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Baseload Rationale and the Fuel Assurance Imperative The baseload argument is analytically unambiguous. India cannot industrialise at scale,...
When the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran on 28 February 2026, within hours, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
While the NPT is experiencing a credibility crisis, the future of the CTBT hangs in the balance. The expiry of the New START on 5 February 2026 marked...
The recent developments in India–Israel cybersecurity cooperation, reflected in the signing of multiple agreements and initiatives, highlight a...
As coercive actors capable of sustained campaigns, violent non-state actors across Africa have leveraged their violent activities to extract...
Satellite internet is a technology that provides internet service via communication satellites. Compared to ground-based infrastructure, satellite...
Israel’s leadership adopted comparable objectives. Israel’s leadership, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister...
The propulsion system, housed in the service module, has 33 engines, including a powerful main engine for major deep-space manoeuvres over vast...
In the ongoing US–Israel–Iran war, there was an asymmetry of air power between Iran and the US–Israel combined forces. Yet, drones created...
Food insecurity in Sudan is driven by civil war, climate shocks, border disputes and restrictions on seasonal cross-border labour migration from...
The accelerated use of munitions such as long-range precision strike systems has led to critical shortfalls in US supply chains. These constraints are...
Precise strikes on Iranian leadership targets by the US and Israel, launched at the very outset of the conflict, did not produce the expected collapse...
Modern capabilities in airpower, including PGMs, long-range rockets, BVR missiles and drones, provide an unusually seductive form of military...
The rapid integration and deployment of AI within military systems has triggered ethical debates and controversies. The integration of AI into...
At the 2026 ‘Two Sessions’, the unveiling of the 15th Five-Year Plan was a major point of focus. The Party met in the backdrop of a turbulent...
Despite the USs possessing overwhelming superiority over Iran in the naval domain, it has been unable to deter or prevent Iranian disruption of...
AI has rapidly accelerated the transformation of the global violent extremist landscape by acting as a force multiplier in the manufacturing and...
One of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s most consistent pledges during and after her ascent to office has been the revision of three key security...
From Iran’s perspective, the current war is a continuation of the US–Israeli attacks on the nuclear and missile programme in June 2025, which was...
The designation is not purely rhetorical. There has been unprecedented use of AI-driven assets as Decision Support Systems (DSS), not merely as...
One of the defining features of the current crisis in West Asia has been a degree of confusion within the US administration regarding its ultimate...
Cyber operations play a critical role in shaping the battlefield, with actions designed to weaken the adversary’s defences, morale and command...
The Doomsday Clock seeks to capture the severity of the existential threats facing humankind, as understood by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists....
The Iranian attack on the GCC countries was anticipated. Even before the start of the war, Iran had announced that if the United States attacked Iran,...
In the ongoing war, the Iranian defence infrastructure has been a key target for the US and Israel to ensure that Iran’s ability to threaten the US...
Fifty years after the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, Japan and Australia have built a partnership that extends beyond the economic...
CPEC Phase II marks a transition from infrastructure connectivity to industrial embeddedness, through which China could acquire longer-term influence...
The strategy consists of six pillars, outlining approaches towards adversaries while also advancing broader objectives such as regulatory measures and...
Before the elections, the US had expressed a commitment to have robust engagement with the next government in Dhaka. On 21 January 2026, during a...
India’s Maritime Doctrine 2025 doctrine formalises the No War, No Peace (NWNP) operational category, emphasises multi-domain operations, prioritises...
Mission Sudarshan Chakra aims to enhance India’s Air Defence (AD), Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) and aerial offensive capabilities. Ongoing global...
Satellites that enable dual-use communications, navigation and surveillance are vulnerable to kinetic and non-kinetic attacks.[iv] Cyber domain has...
Energy security is an important aspect of India–Saudi Arabia bilateral relations. Saudi Arabia is the third-largest source of crude oil and...
The Chinese military has been in disarray since early 2023. Dozens of senior PLA officers, mostly lieutenant generals and generals, have been...