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Southern Indo-Pacific Outreach: PM Modi’s Visits to Australia and New Zealand

Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Australia and New Zealand from 8 to 11 July 2026 mark a significant milestone in India’s engagement with the southern Indo-Pacific.

Simran Walia

Issue Brief

July 16, 2026

Digitally Enabled Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in India

Digitally enabled radicalisation and violent extremism will increasingly shape India’s emerging security calculus.

Saman Ayesha Kidwai

Issue Brief

July 15, 2026

Israel’s Rising Defence Exports Amidst Regional Conflicts

Israel’s surging defence exports in the midst of multiple conflicts reinforce its position as a leading defence-technology power.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv

Issue Brief

July 14, 2026

Force Multipliers: Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts

AWS can act as a force multiplier but also create risks related to civilian harm, accountability and escalation.

Vinayak Rajpurohit

Issue Brief

July 13, 2026

Bangladesh’s Economic Resilience and Structural Constraints

Bangladesh’s economy has shown considerable resilience despite an uncertain domestic and global economic environment.

Pushpita Das

Issue Brief

July 09, 2026

Netra’s Final Operational Clearance: Enhancing Mission Sudarshan Chakra

Netra’s Final Operational Clearance signifies operational maturity and strengthens the sensor-shooter network required for Mission Sudarshan Chakra.

Sukhbir Kaur Minhas

Issue Brief

July 07, 2026

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’: The Holy Grail of Energy

China’s rapid progress in nuclear fusion highlights its ambition to emerge as a dominant force in next-generation energy technologies.

Ajey Lele

IDSA Comments

July 07, 2026

The Indo-Pacific without the Indo: Strategic Consequences for India

Can the Indo-Pacific remain strategically coherent if India is no longer central to it, and does the shift point to something deeper than a bureaucratic housekeeping exercise?

Priyanshu Agarwal

IDSA Comments

July 03, 2026

म्यांमार के राष्ट्रपति की भारत यात्रा: रणनीतिक विकल्पों की तलाश!

भारत के साथ म्यांमार की बढ़ती नज़दीकी का मतलब यह नहीं है कि वह चीन और रूस से दूर जा रहा है। बल्कि वह अपने हितों के लिए अधिक विकल्प और रणनीतिक संतुलन बनाने की कोशिश कर रहा है।

Om Prakash Das

Issue Brief

July 2, 2026

Between Justice and Jurisdiction: The DRC’s Case against Rwanda at the ICJ

The DRC’s latest case against Rwanda brings its quest for accountability in eastern Congo back to the International Court of Justice.

Mohanasakthivel J

IDSA Comments

July 02, 2026

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West Asia War Analyses

The US–Israel War on Iran and the Emerging Regional Order in West Asia

The US–Israel war on Iran has forced the old regional order to change, but the shape of the new order remains uncertain.

Prasanta Kumar Pradhan

July 02, 2026

The Iran War and Türkiye’s Emerging Role in Corridor Dynamics in West Asia

Türkiye has positioned itself as a critical logistics and energy hub linking Asia, the Gulf and Europe.

Deepika Saraswat , Abhishek Yadav

June 24, 2026

Deteriorating GCC–Iran Relations amid Renewed Tensions in West Asia

As regional tensions persist, GCC–Iran relations are entering a period of heightened uncertainty and strategic recalibration.

Prasanta Kumar Pradhan

June 11, 2026

UAE’s Exit from OPEC and OPEC+: Strategic Drivers

The UAE’s exit from OPEC and OPEC+ signals a transformation in global energy governance, driven by competing interests and the securitisation of energy.

Saman Ayesha Kidwai

May 05, 2026

Pakistan’s Mediation in the West Asia Crisis: Strategic Survival and Diplomatic Utility

Pakistan’s attempt to mediate in the 2026 West Asia crisis should be understood primarily as a strategy of geopolitical survival through diplomatic utility.

Lauren Dagan Amoss

April 15, 2026

Exhaustion and Endurance: Contrasting US–Russian Defence Industrial Resilience and Lessons for India

Advanced precision capabilities, robust mass-production capacity, and strategic reserves offer the most credible path to sustaining high-intensity operations.

Rajneesh Singh

April 16, 2026

US Weapons Sales to West Asia amidst the Iran War

The challenge for the US defence industrial base will be to meet the increased demands of allies in conflict zones for critical high-end defence equipment.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv

April 13, 2026

China and the Iran Crisis

In the Iran crisis, a major strategic objective for Beijing was to frame itself as a ‘stabilising’ power, in contrast to Washington’s disruptive interventions.

Mayuri Banerjee

April 13, 2026

US/Israel–Iran War: Ceasefire and Beyond

The Iran conflict has reshaped global dynamics and irreversibly upended international norms.

Tanmay Pathak

April 10, 2026

Japan and the Iran Crisis

In the wake of the West Asian crisis, the challenge for Japan, a US ally, is to maintain strategic autonomy given its energy dependencies on the region.

Simran Walia

April 09, 2026

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