It’s Indo-Pacific, Not Asia-Pacific: Reframing Global Strategy Amid China’s Aggression
Shashank Pandey As global power shifts, discarding the outdated "Asia-Pacific" for "Indo-Pacific" is crucial, as it provides a more accurate…
Semiconductors and Superpowers: Inside the Global Techno-Strategic War
Diksha Bharti In this new geopolitical age, the side with the smartest chips may well hold the upper hand not…
Rekindling South–South Solidarity: Modi’s Landmark Visit to Ghana
On the economic front, India and Ghana decided to double bilateral trade from the current around USD 3.3…
Beyond the Words and Photo-Op: The Quad’s Struggle for Cohesion and Concrete Action
If the Quad is to emerge from its Washington rendezvous with credibility intact, its members must turn shared…
Power, Peace, and the NPT: Navigating the Future of Nuclear Arms Control
Megna Devkar The Non-Proliferation Treaty has its flaws, but is still “the best legal bulwark we have against nuclear war”,…
INS Tamal: Unveiling India’s Next-Generation Stealth Frigate and Its Path to Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Piyush Anand Tamal, the final foreign-built frigate to join the Indian Navy, embarks on history, not as a conclusion, but…
Building Blue Economies: Small-Scale Fisheries as the Front Line Against IUU and for Food Security
Lakshmi Karlekar & Aanchal Pandey The Indo-Pacific area has turned into a playground in the twenty-first century, where the unbridled pursuit of illicit…
India’s Strategic Autonomy: Balancing Act in a Fragmented Multipolar World
Archita Gaur India is emerging as a balancer in a multipolar, fragmented world, where it does not align fully with…
Rewiring the Ballot for a New India in the Age of Digital Democracy
Alok Virendra Tiwari The Digital India initiative, a transformative mission capable of making government services electronically available under the enhancement of…
Forging Tri-Services Synergy: The Evolution of Integrated Defence from Fragmentation to Unified Command in India
Dhruv Ashok and Viswapramod C This issue brief traces India’s journey from fragmented defence structures post-1947 to the current push for integrated theatre…