The South Asian Dilemma
Setting the Context: Straying Away but Staying Along
The South Asian region holds a highly potent geostrategic quotient covering around a third of the world’s...
The Greek-Turkish Standoff: A New Source of Instability in the Eastern Mediterranean
Since 2011, Eastern Mediterranean affairs have mainly been marked by instability due to the civil wars in Libya and Syria. Recently, a new source...
India’s strategies short of war against a hostile China
Since India’s independence several peace and border cooperation agreements were signed between the India and China. Prominent among them was the Panchsheel Agreement signed...
COVID-19 and Challenges to the Indian Defence Establishment
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an uncertain situation all over the world. It is defined as the greatest challenge faced by the world since...
Rafale deal: A change in aerial balance in South Asia?
The induction of the first consignment of five Rafale jets in the Indian Air Force inventory is considered to be a game-changer in the...
India’s Hegemonic Design for Indian Ocean Region
“Whoever controls the Indian Ocean has India at his mercy. India cannot exist, without the Indian Ocean being free. The Indian Ocean, therefore, remains...
How far Pakistan has succeeded to counter India through second strike capability?
South Asia has long remained a nuclear flash point. China, India and Pakistan, all three armed nuclear states, craft a triangular dilemma. Nevertheless, the modernization...
Indian Force Modernization: A Threat to Strategic Stability in South Asia
Hans J Morgenthau in his classical work of Politics Among Nations stated that the aspiration for power on part of several nations, each trying...
The Role Of Pakistan’s Naval Strategy In Balancing The Strategic Paradigm Of The Region
The recent turn of events regarding Pakistan’s maritime ambitions and development programmes, can be seen as an attempt to maximize power. This power politics...
Cybersecurity and NATO’s Nuclear Capability
In July 2020, Chatham House released the “Ensuring Cyber Resilience in NATO’s Command, Control and Communication Systems” information and analytical report. It covers a...