The maritime security landscape in the East China Sea has experienced a major and long-term shift in the last ten years, shifting away from the periodical territorial conflicts to a state of long-term strategic rivalry characterised by pers...
Grey zone warfare refers to a form of state coercion that is more aggressive than normal diplomatic activity without causing an outright military conflict. It involves carefully designed tactics that steadily escalate security tensions and ...
China’s maritime assertiveness is increasingly extending beyond conventional naval power, relying on coast guard operations, maritime militia, research vessels, commercial connectivity and information activities to shape the maritime enviro...
The South China Sea continues to be among the most disputed maritime zones in the modern international system, a mixture of unresolved claims to sovereignty, dense commercial shipping routes, and strategic priorities on both regional and ex...
On 13 July 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defence released the latest edition of its annual white paper, Defence of Japan 2021. The document describes a range of issues regarding Japan's security including China's growing military capabilit...
As the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s antagonistic strategies have begun to alter political and economic dynamics across the globe, it is only likely that many countries will now adjust their foreign policies and strategies as well. It has b...
On April 17th 2020, at the PLA website, China designated two of the occupied islands groups- Spratlys and Paracels as its two new districts under the Sansha city administration located in Hainan. The two groups of islands have been named as...
India’s border security architecture has evolved from a predominantly physical model based on fencing, floodlighting, checkpoints and human patrols towards an increasingly integrated system built around surveillance, data fusion and intelli...
China’s growing maritime presence in the Indian Ocean is raising new questions about the evolution of regional maritime competition and India’s security strategy. Drawing parallels with Beijing’s assertive approach in the South China Sea, t...
Cuba’s deepening economic and infrastructural crisis is unfolding against a wider transformation in the geopolitical landscape of the Western Hemisphere. This article examines the paradox of Cuba as an economically fragile yet strategically...
The 2026 Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi marked an important step in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue from a primarily consultative forum into a platform increasingly focused on operational cooperation and p...
For much of its modern strategic history, India has viewed security through a predominantly continental lens, focusing on land borders and territorial challenges. Yet India's geography tells a different story. With more than 7,500 kilometre...
