Security & Conflict
America’s upcoming sixth-generation F-47 aircraft prospects
F-47 announcement:
On March 21st, 2025, President Trump declared that the US Air Force (USAF) would move on with Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter...
Enhancing Strategic Deterrence: Israel and Limited Nuclear War
“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.”-Proverbs 24,6
On its face, the idea of a “limited nuclear war” seems self-contradictory, both generically and...
SCO and a New Era of Regional Cooperation
The SCO and a New Eurasian Regionalism
Amid shifting global geopolitics, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has emerged as a pivotal platform for regionalism in...
How Pakistan shot down India’s cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
Intel failure on range of China-made PL-15 missile central to downing of India's Rafale jet-sources
Shootdown of Rafale had raised questions about effectiveness of Western...
Pagers to Spider’s Web: Deep Intelligence and Low-Cost Weapons Redefining Warfare
June 1, Operation Spider’s Web can be considered a watershed moment in the Russia–Ukraine war but cannot be understood as a watershed alone without...
Is Pakistan developing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
A prominent scholar of international security, Vipin Narang, has recently claimed in his co-authored article that Pakistan is developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with...
Silent Threats: Cyber Vulnerabilities in Aviation Industry
In the modern age of technology and globalization, the aviation industry is facing a silent threat in the form of cyberattacks. The aviation industry...
India-Pakistan: Terror, Deterrence and the Dilemma of Stability
Authors: Suman Manchi and Dr. Rubina Pradhan*
The Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April 2025, followed by the Indian armed forces’ swift ‘Operation Sindoor,’ has...
Japan’s Defence White Paper 2025: Japan Flags Growing Threats in the Indo-Pacific
Tokyo officials published their Defense of Japan 2025 White Paper, which found that the international community is at its highest risk of conflict since...
The “Pentagon Pizza Index” as a Case Study in Low‑Tech OSINT
The so-called “Pentagon Pizza Index” denotes an informal but enduring observation that sudden spikes in pizza orders at eateries proximate to U.S. government installations—most...