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While strategic autonomy remains a central principle of Indian foreign policy, the conditions under which it operates are becoming increasingly...
Pakistan has always tried to influence the internal situation in Afghanistan to suit its strategic objectives. Islamabad’s security-centric approach...
The SIPRI Trend Indicator Value (TIV) is a metric used to measure the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons, reflecting the...
The contest also shows how Security Council elections have become more competitive. Diplomatic reputation and bilateral partnerships remain important,...
Chile is the largest supplier of critical minerals to India. A major share of lithium, including 32 per cent of lithium carbonate and 41 per cent of...
The pursuit of indigenous Software-Defined Radios aligns with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and removes India’s dependence on foreign radios....
India is concluding these uranium supply agreements with multiple countries for two reasons—to diversify uranium import sources and to meet its...
The Renaming of INDOPACOM The United States of America’s late June 2026 announcement that the official designation for the US Indo-Pacific Command...
In October 2025, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, in collaboration with the Integrated Defence Staff and the three Services,...
Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Australia and New Zealand follow a successful visit by Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to India from 1...
The digital ecosystem is increasingly playing an enabling role in disseminating propaganda, incitement and mobilisation in the pursuit of violent...
Europe accounted for the largest share of Israel’s defence exports in 2025, fuelled by its defence relationship with Germany, despite other...
The use of Autonomous Weapon Systems has changed the dynamics of warfare in recent times. The rise of Artificial Intelligence has reshaped military...
While Bangladesh has demonstrated considerable capacity to withstand economic shocks, structural weaknesses include its banking sector, which has been...
The recent Final Operational Clearance (FOC) for the Netra MK1 fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) marks a significant milestone for India’s...
At present, the global nuclear energy industry relies on the technique of nuclear fission for energy generation. Here, heavy atoms (say, uranium 235)...
On 16 June 2026, the Pentagon retired a name it had carried for eight years. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reverted to its older title, U.S. Pacific...
The US–Israel war on Iran has accelerated the reconfiguration of West Asia’s geopolitical and connectivity landscape, heightening the importance...
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh visited the Federal Republic of Germany from 21 to 23 April 2026. The visit, coming shortly after German Chancellor...
The anniversary of the arbitral ruling is of particular significance in 2026 as the Philippines is the ASEAN Chair and also coincides with ASEAN’s...
‘Three Types of Terror Groups’ The CT strategy document demarcates ‘three types of terror groups’—narco-terrorists and transnational gangs;...
There is more than one reason why the 2026 NPT Review Conference (Rev Con) failed. Many ex post facto analyses have attributed the failure to current...
President Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to India is significant given that Myanmar’s civil war since 2021 has affected India’s border security and...
India is transforming into a comprehensive development partner and re-establishing its strategic and economic presence in Sri Lanka. China has...
Japan and the Philippines announced they will begin negotiations to delimit their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and continental shelves (essentially...
The joint US–Israel war against Iran has exposed the fragility of Iran–GCC relations. While the GCC states have displayed a considerable degree of...
Vietnam is departing from its reticence and caution to a pragmatic foreign policy focused on balancing global and regional powers. This strategic...
China’s decision to extend zero-tariff access to imports from 53 African countries marks an important development in China–Africa economic...
Cybersecurity has long been viewed as a support function, largely focused on protecting military computer networks and information systems. This...
India and the Republic of Cyprus have maintained warm and friendly relations since establishing diplomatic ties in 1962. Built on mutual respect and...
In early March 2026, Chinese Premier Li Qiang recommended consolidating and enhancing the ‘Integrated National Strategic System and Capabilities’...
The New Delhi Foreign Ministers’ meeting demonstrated that the framework is evolving into a practical mechanism for shaping the political and...
India’s BRICS presidency is facing a test. Two key ministerial-level meetings, the BRICS deputy foreign ministers’ meeting in April and the...
India–South Korea relations have evolved since the end of the Cold War period as both countries have deepened their bilateral economic and strategic...
The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in New Delhi on 25 May, after a 10-month hiatus. Before the meeting, there was much speculation about...
Under Chinese law, the ‘Suspension of Death Sentence or Death with Reprieve’ is a unique system for the application of the death penalty. It...
Under Chinese law, the ‘Suspension of Death Sentence or Death with Reprieve’ is a unique system for the application of the death penalty. It...
Modern naval warfare involves diverse targets ranging from large surface combatants such as destroyers or aircraft carriers to small patrol vessels...
The Trump–Xi summit in Beijing reflected China’s attempt to move the international system from American primacy towards a form of negotiated...