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Cyber operations targeting cameras require relatively limited technical sophistication but offer significant intelligence gains once access to the...
The UAE’s exit from the intergovernmental groupings of OPEC and OPEC has introduced a new dilemma for the global energy market. In addition to...
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The UAE has built one of the world’s most structured clean energy transitions in the Gulf. The UAE’s renewable energy push is driven by...
While nuclear sharing arrangements remove the incentive for NNWS to develop nuclear weapons, thus complementing the non-proliferation objectives of...
The forthcoming review conference will be critical to maintaining the NPT’s legitimacy as the cornerstone of the global nuclear order. While the NPT...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s March–April 2026 outreach to West Asia, including engagements with key Gulf States such as Saudi...
President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed or forced the retirement of more than a dozen senior commanders across the US...
Despite being territorially and numerically limited in scope, ISIS Somalia has emerged as a key enabler within the global terror ecosystem and a...
Russia’s newly planned Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor (TATC) and India’s emphasis on developing multimodal connectivity to strengthen its Eastern...
The 11th NPT Review Conference, scheduled from 27 April to 22 May 2026, will take place in the shadow of the Iranian nuclear crisis, the suspension of...
The accidents involving the LCA Tejas aircraft should not be viewed solely as technical setbacks nor dismissed as media overreaction. They represent...
According to the World Bank, the Maldives faces significant downside risks in 2026 due to upcoming large debt repayments, foreign-exchange liquidity...
Venezuela and Iran, the two countries that President Trump has targeted for military operations to date, along with the US, account for about...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent summit with US President Donald Trump yielded a range of outcomes. The Brief analyses the reasons why Japan...
The US’s emergence as the sole superpower after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a strategic shift from conventional warfare to...
Mozambique’s LNG future faces uncertainty as Rwanda signals a potential troop withdrawal from Cabo Delgado, exposing the fragility of externally...
Islamabad is seeking to transform economic fragility, security exposure, and strategic dependence into relevance by positioning itself as a useful...
In the last few years, China has directed its diplomacy to advance the narrative of being a responsible major power. Through its mediation attempts...
The State Department noted that the proposed sales will meet the national security objectives of the United States and help its regional partners meet...
Competing declarations of victory from Washington and Tehran accompanied the announcement of the ceasefire. However, as the talks commence, strategic...
BRICS began as BRIC in 2006, and with the inclusion of South Africa, it acquired its present nomenclature in 2010. Five more countries—Egypt,...
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...