Strategic Analysis

Indian Traces in Korean Culture: The Legend and Beyond

Indian Traces in Korean Culture: The Legend and Beyond, by Renata Czekalska, is probably the first of its kind in the context of India–Korea cultural relations and examines the cultural...

Negotiating with Pakistan

Sometime last June, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wrote to Yahya Khan, President and Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan, about the need for normalizing lndo–Pak relations, which have been in deep...

J.D. Sethi |
May-June 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Pakistan’s Air Power

Born of the partition assets of the pre-partition Indian Air Force, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) came of age towards the end of the fifties when, through free-supply of modern...

S. B. Guha |
May-June 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Challenges to Deep-Decarbonization to Achieve Net Zero for India: A Review

Achieving net-zero emissions is essential to limiting global warming, and India’s role is critical given its size, developmental needs, and rising energy demand. This article reviews recent academic and grey...

Economy, Efficiency, and Equity: Significance of Gender-Balanced Militaries in the Global South

The economic viability of ‘ideas’ is one of the primary driving forces in the policy landscape worldwide, and this principle needs to be employed in the service of gender equity...

Landscaping Renewable Energy in Changing Dynamics of World Energy: India’s Response

Energy security and climate change are prime concerns worldwide. Every nation has its own Nationally Determined Commitment, and it aspires to achieve net zero in a specific time frame. India...

India-Oman Space Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges

Countries like the US, China, Russia and France are significantly increasing their space programme budgets. West Asian countries like the UAE and Oman are investing in space programmes and collaborating...

Samruddhi Pathak , Alvite Singh Ningthoujam |
May-June 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Rediscovery of the Chola Dynasty – A Review of Lords of the Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire

The Chola Empire, a dominant South Indian dynasty that thrived between the 9th and 13th centuries CE, has captivated the attention of historians for over a century. The Empire is...

Geopolitical Dimensions of India’s Coal Transition

This study examines the complexities of India’s coal transition within the global energy landscape, where there is a persistent dominance of coal despite the increasing share of renewables in the...

Stranded in Legal Ambiguity: Gilgit-Baltistan’s Fight for Identity

This article examines the legal ambiguity surrounding Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), a disputed region administered by Pakistan, through expert interviews. It explores GB’s unclear status, tethered to the Kashmir issue, and Pakistan’s...

India’s Evolving Approach Towards the Gulf: From Bilateralism to Regionalism

The Gulf and Indo-Pacific are the two strategic regions in India’s extended neighbourhood located, respectively, at the northwestern and southeastern flanks of the Indian Ocean and are key to the...

Cyberwarfare in Post-Colonial States: An Analysis of China’s Apps Ban in India

Cyberwarfare has emerged as a critical dimension of modern conflicts, challenging traditional State-centric frameworks in international relations. As technology continues to advance, cyber attacks have the potential to cause significant...

Sangit Kumar Ragi , Ningthoujam Koiremba Singh , Satish Irungbam |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Beyond the Facade of Azadi: POK’s Struggle for Political Autonomy

The territories of the so-called ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), known together as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), hold immense geostrategic significance while remaining at the heart of...

India’s Roadmap for Small Modular Reactors

The Indian Union Budget for the fiscal year 2025–26 provisioned ₹ 20,000 crore for the Nuclear Energy Mission aimed at advancing research and development in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), to...

Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak , Bhawna Budhwar |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Institutions, Journals and Discourse: Legacy of Strategic Analysis

Strategic thought has long found its sharpest expression in the in-house journals of leading policy institutions. These publications serve as repositories of insights, platforms for debate, and at times, instruments...

Uttam Kumar Sinha |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India’s Foreign Policy

What are the domestic factors shaping India’s foreign policy? Where do the opportunities and challenges for India’s foreign policy come from? How can India navigate a tumultuous world where events...

B. R. Neeraj |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Voices of the Unvoiced: Women’s Struggle for Education in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Voices of the Unvoiced is a deeply moving and painstakingly researched book,Footnote1 which explores the various challenges faced by PakhtunFootnote2 women as they seek education in the culturally complex and...

Ashok K. Behuria |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Kashmir Under 370: A Personal History by J&K’s Former Director General of Police

Soon after acceding to India in October 1947, the princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) became synonymous with what was to be known as ‘the Kashmir issue’, ‘the Kashmir...

Priyanka Singh |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Currents: China and US Competition for Influence

In the aftermath of the Cold War, the resurgence of Russia and the swift ascent of China have reignited an era of intense great power competition. The United States’ National...

Decision Making for Defence

The aim of this article is to examine in comparison with some other modern parliamentary democracies, India’s decision making process and organizational structure in the overall realm of national security,*...

Rathy Sawhny |
March-April 2025 |
Strategic Analysis