The security environment of the world has become less defined by conventional warfare and more by persistent, low-intensity tensions over certain periods of time as such conflicts have become the rage in the current scenario. Protracted arm...
India’s political and strategic debates continue to revolve around identity and ideology, yet an increasingly destabilising force remains under-addressed: climate change. This commentary examines how climate stress is no longer a peripheral...
India’s defence diplomacy has become a key pillar of its contemporary foreign policy, enabling New Delhi to project influence while maintaining strategic autonomy. This article examines how India employs military-to-military engagements, tr...
This article discusses how climate change has become a growing security concern for India. While rising temperatures, unpredictable monsoons, cyclones, floods, and heatwaves are often seen as environmental issues, their impact now directly ...
This article examines how India’s Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative is transforming defence modernisation by bridging the gap between innovation and operational use. It evaluates iDEX’s progress across AI, UAVs, autonomy,...
The article highlight the achievements and challenges of India’s Military–Industrial Complex, exploring the efforts of the country to transition into a defence exporter. Several acquisition, structural and institutional reforms in the defen...
The militarisation of outer space has transformed it into a critical frontier of national security and strategic competition. For India, space-based assets have become indispensable for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, navigation...
India’s defence partnership with Russia, rooted in the Soviet era, has been strained by the Ukraine war. Sanctions, delivery delays, and supply chain disruptions have compelled India to diversify towards Western partners while advancing dom...
The April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians, marked a turning point in India’s internal security and triggered Operation Sindoor against Pakistan-based terror infrastructure. While militarily effective, the operation ex...
The evolution of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) has reshaped modern defence in the 21st century, emerging as a critical resource often described as “the new oil.” This article traces OSINT’s trajectory from its early reliance on manual da...
Proxy warfare is a strategic tool through which powerful states influence conflicts abroad while minimising direct military, political, and financial costs. This report outlines the evolution, types, benefits, and risks associated with prox...
?India’s defence sector is experiencing a decisive shift from reliance on imports to building indigenous capacity, driven by the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and reinforced by policy reforms such as the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) ...
