Zapad-2025: Multi-Domain Manoeuvres and India’s Assertion of Strategic Autonomy
Piyush Anand The exercise blends battlefield experimentation with strategic messaging, showcasing Russian capabilities across land, air, cyber, and nuclear domains…
Artificial Intelligence and Human Security: Between Promise and Peril
John Guite While policymakers and researchers continue to debate solutions, the transformative force likely to address many of these human…
Ladakh Unrest and the Security Imperative: Why Statehood Is Not a Concession to Orchestrated Protests
Tejashree P V Granting full statehood to Ladakh at present would carry strategic, governance, and social risks that outweigh the political…
Reimagining International Relations: Building an India-Centric Theoretical and Strategic Framework
Archita Gaur This Sharp Scope issue explores the urgent need to reimagine IR from an India-centric perspective, grounded in civilisational…
From Strategic Convergence to Tariff Confrontation: The Arc of India–U.S. Relations, 1947–2025
Balaji Subramanian The India–U.S. relationship since 1947 has not been a straight line but an irregular arc, evolving from early…
Digital Currencies vs Dollar Hegemony: A Data-Based Geopolitical Analysis
Divyanka Tandon The most important geopolitical aspect of CBDCs is their potential to change cross-border payments. CBDCs could be the…
Breaking the H-1B Model: How Indian IT Firms Are Forced to Rethink
Diksha Bharti The H-1B's new price tag may have priced out the Indian dream of reaching America, but it might…
Youth Unrest and Regional Stability: Reassessing India-Nepal Relations after the September 2025 Protests
Dhruv Ashok The recent protests are a matter of critical strategic concern for India, as Instability in Nepal poses several…
From Dependency to Opportunity: What Trump’s H1B Policy Means for India’s IT Future
Aayush Pal While short-term risks remain, the policy shift could push India to invest in domestic talent and innovation, reducing…
A Strategic Game Changer: Analysing India’s BrahMos Missile Export to the Philippines
John T Guite and Vinay N Bhushan The BrahMos export establishes a precedent for future defence cooperation with other Southeast Asian nations, potentially expanding India’s…