Strategic Analysis

India’s De-Risking Paradox: The Political Economy of Strategic Dependence on China

India is pursuing strategic de-risking as a response to the profound strategic vulnerabilities arising from its relationship with China, particularly amid mounting geopolitical tensions. Employing a quantitative analysis of recent...

Bintul Islam , Humaira Iqbal , Bashir Ahmad Dar |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Counter-Radicalisation and Deradicalisation Strategy: Challenges and Future Directions

Radicalisation and violent extremism constitute critical asymmetric threats undermining India’s national security and social fabric. Despite achieving a 63 per cent reduction in extremism-related incidents between 2022 and 2023, India...

Mahesh A. Tripathi , Chandra Uday Singh |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India in the Arctic: Strategic Significance of Cooperation with Russia

This article investigates the strategic direction of India’s Arctic policy, highlighting the growing relevance of the region for long-term foreign policy planning. The research explores how the erosion of the...

Mall Roads and the Spatial Embodiment of Colonial Exclusivity

The Mall Road, inspired by London promenades, was a strategically designed colonial space linking European residential quarters within cantonments. More than a thoroughfare, it embodied imperial ideals of order, leisure,...

Trump’s Board of Peace: Multilateralism and India’s Strategic Choices

In January 2026, the United States took two decisions that together signal a turning point in the evolution of post-World War global governance. The first was the leaked release of...

Rajeesh Kumar |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Where is the ‘Northeast’ in India’s ‘Act East Policy’?

In reviewing India’s ambitious Act East Policy (formerly the Look East Policy), it appears that the Northeast region’s agenda is being sidelined in policy formulation. The most important driver of...

Anmol Mukhia |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India–Russia Engagement in the Arctic: Navigating Emerging Geopolitical Dynamics

The Arctic is no longer a peripheral frontier. Climate-induced ice melt has unlocked vast hydrocarbon reserves, estimated at 13 per cent of undiscovered global oil and 30 per cent of...

How Mobs and Collective Frenzy Converge to Shape the Politics of Revenge in Nepal

On 9 September 2025, frenzied mobs set on fire private residences and government quarters of Nepal’s senior mainstream political leaders. Properties and goods from their houses were stolen. Ministry buildings...

Deobandi Movement: Theological Strands and Socio-Political Offshoots

India has always been a melting pot of antithetical extremes. Even at the elementary levels of spiritual and intellectual consciousness, it has shown a remarkable capacity to harmonise even the...

Adil Rasheed |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Policy Towards the European Union in the Post-Cold War Era: Partners in the Liberal Order?

Patryk Kugiel’s India’s Policy Towards the European Union in the Post-Cold War Era: Partners in the Liberal Order? is a systematic and well-structured analysis of the development of India’s engagement...

Waseem Ahmad , Madhuri , Anisur Rahman |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Proxy War in Afghanistan: The Politics of State-wrecking

Research on the failure of International State Building in Afghanistan focuses on counter-insurgency, the internal dynamics of the conflict and political legitimacy, ethnic and tribal conflict, identity politics and social...

Navneet Khan |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Concepts—Old and New

Although security is basically a national problem, the strategic factors that are applied to the process of finding a military solution to it cannot be considered in an isolated, purely...

D. K. Palit |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

The Indo–Soviet Treaty and China

The post-Second World War era may be divided broadly into four periods in terms of international strategic power balance. The first period stretched up to 1953–54, when the USA had...

S. K. Ghosh |
May-June 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Strategic Rebalancing with Russia and the Interplay of Bilateral Ties, Triangular Pressures, and Global Shifts

This article advances an analysis of India’s strategic rebalancing with Russia, and argues that India’s recalibration reflects adaptive restructuring driven by layered interdependencies. It examines the institutional foundations of the...

Manish , Aditi Saxena |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

India–Vietnam Strategic Cooperation in Shaping Regional Responses to China in the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific is increasingly marked by strategic rivalry and maritime coercion, placing pressure on the regional order and on States seeking to preserve strategic autonomy without entering formal alliances. Within...

Prakash Panneerselvam , Phan Cao Nhat Anh |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Conditionality in Climate Finance: Balancing Effectiveness, Justice, and Sovereignty in the COP Framework

This article analyses why conditionality persists in climate finance and how it can be redesigned to reconcile effectiveness with climate justice. Building on the principal-agent theory, the political economy of...

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra , Madan Meher |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Beyond the Euphoria: The Resilience of Atmanirbhar Bharat in a Fractured Global Order

This article examines India’s drive towards national security self-reliance through defence innovation under Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India. The study situates this project within a historical continuum, interpreting India’s...

Sujit Thakur |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Authoritarian Stability and the Challenge of Federal Aspirations in Myanmar’s Post-Independence Conflict

The question of federalism is the structural core of the conflict between Ethnic Armed Organisations and Tatmadaw. This article uses Hobbes’ concept of the state of nature to examine why...

Staging Dissent: Agit-Prop, Performative Mobilisation, and Legitimacy Struggles in Iran, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal

Over the past four years, there have been at least five significant protest movements across Asia. Each has left a lasting impact on the region’s political and social landscape. This...

Swati Pal |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis

Stablecoins, Statecraft and the Genius Act in Reinforcing US Dollar Hegemony

The US dollar’s hegemony is under scrutiny amid debates over its potential decline, fuelled by the recent withdrawals of sovereign investments from US Treasuries. Countries like England, China and India...

Meera Nangia |
March-April 2026 |
Strategic Analysis