India–Cyprus Relations: From Comprehensive to Strategic Partnership India and Cyprus are transforming a long-standing friendship into a strategic partnership spanning defence, security, connectivity and economic cooperation. Abhishek Yadav | | IDSA Comments
The Making of China’s Military Power in the New Era The monograph aims to bring Chinese perspectives and debates to the analyses of military reform. It explores and analyses the way China has shaped its military power, to counter challenges to the great rejuvenation, and the drivers and motivations behind the implementation of military reforms. China’s association with military power and its relation to world-class military in the New Era are driven by its worldview and security perceptions. Therefore, the monograph elucidates the political framework for military reforms as it would help identify under what circumstances that military power would be utilised. Finally, it looks at the challenges that China is facing when building its military power and the implications for India. M.S. Prathibha | | Monograph
China Pursues ‘National Strategic Integration’ for its Centenary Goals China is building a strategic system to integrate all its national strategies and develop strategic capabilities to accelerate its economic and security goals. Abhishek Kumar Darbey | | IDSA Comments
Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Key Takeaways The New Delhi Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting reinforced the framework's practical mechanisms for shaping the Indo-Pacific's political and economic architecture. Simran Walia | | IDSA Comments
The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Courses for its Future The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in May 2026 underscored the Quad’s continuing relevance as a provider of regional public goods and services in the Indo-Pacific. Arnab Dasgupta | | IDSA Comments
The Deepening India–South Korea Cooperation in Arms Production and Shipbuilding India–South Korea relations are moving towards deeper engagement in strategic industries, such as arms production and shipbuilding Ranjit Kumar Dhawan | | IDSA Comments
India’s BRICS Test: Can New Delhi Hold a Fractured Bloc Together? The challenge before India’s BRICS presidency is not to eliminate internal differences but to manage them effectively enough to preserve functional cooperation. Rajeesh Kumar | | IDSA Comments
Death Sentences to Former Chinese Defence Ministers: Xi Jinping Cracks Down on PLA Corruption Xi Jinping has been using the anti-corruption drive against PLA officers to deal with disloyal personnel or rival factions. Abhishek Kumar Darbey | | IDSA Comments
From American Primacy to Negotiated Bipolarity: The Strategic Meaning of the Trump-Xi Summit At the Trump–Xi summit, Beijing attempted to normalise the idea of negotiated bipolarity, a world no longer organised solely around American primacy. Swati Arun | | Issue Brief
NASM-SR and the Evolution of India’s Indigenous Maritime Strike Capability Naval Anti-Ship Missile–Short Range (NASM-SR) represents an indigenous effort to equip smaller aerial platforms with stand-off maritime strike capability. Rahul Wankhede | | IDSA Comments
