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…
Israel-Iran Conflict: Lessons, Implications, and India’s Strategic Roadmap
Rajeev KS In today’s world, real power lies not just in having stockpiles of missiles or money, but in the…
From Non-Alignment to Multi-Alignment: India’s Strategic Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific
India wants to protect its interests by using a flexible, multi-directional foreign policy that takes into account the…
India’s Rare Earth Elements (REEs) Conundrum: The Looming Resource Crisis and the Road Ahead
Abhinav Sharma Despite possessing the world’s third-largest reserves of rare earth elements (REEs), India is now facing a severe supply…
How will the Israel-Iran Conflict End and What’s at Stake for India?
Frank Rausan Pereira India is in a unique position to urge Tehran and Tel Aviv to show restraint and address the…