Strategic Analysis

From Cold War Distance to Indo-Pacific Partnership: An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of India-ASEAN Strategic Engagement

The year 2022 marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and ASEAN and its progression into a comprehensive strategic partnership. Meanwhile, the unfolding geopolitical developments in the form of...

Friends: India’s Closest Strategic Partners

In an era marked by geopolitical flux, strategic rivalries, and an increasingly multipolar world order, the question of how India can safeguard its national interests while asserting itself as a...

Ahmed Raza |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Emerging from the Shadows: Essays on Disarmament by Indian Women

After prolonged negotiations, 94 non-nuclear weapon States signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017 without the participation of any nuclear weapons States. In February 2023,...

Subhash Bhambhu |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

The Silk Road

Historical background Traditionally, an improvised caravan route used by both the Chinese and European traders for transporting once famous Chinese silk to West Asia and Europe, the legendary ‘Silk Road’...

S. B. Guha |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Colonial Legacies and Contested Territories: Unravelling UK-PoK Relations with a Focus on Mirpur

This Article examines the UK’s historical and contemporary ties with PoK, focussing on ‘AJK’, and, in particular, the Mirpuri diaspora in the UK, through the lenses of colonial legacies, mass...

Priyanka Singh |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Xi’s Call to ‘Tell the China Story Well’ – An Understanding of China’s Discourse Power

To contest the discursive hegemony of the West, China has been striving to have a greater say in the way it is represented on the world stage. It is believed...

Amrita Jash , A. Anupama |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Competitiveness in India’s Defence Industry Ecosystem: An Analysis

India has undertaken multi-pronged reforms to achieve self-reliance in defence sector. It has gained momentum based on the success of the indigenous weapon system during Operation SINDOOR. However, creating an...

The Geopolitical Trap: War in Ukraine and Strategic Takeaways

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the Ukraine–Russia War began in Europe.Footnote1 The War has lasted for more than three years, resulting in around 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed,...

Nihar Kulkarni |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Chinese Air and Missile Power

Air force Built up with Russian aid in the wake of the Korean War in the early fifties, the Chinese Air Force grew up around 1960 to be the third-largest...

S. K. Ghosh |
July-August 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Prioritising Human Development: A Blueprint for the World from India’s Journey from Pre-MDG Successes to SDGs

This article examines India’s comprehensive journey towards sustainable development, demonstrating the deep alignment between its national priorities and the global development agenda even before the advent of the Millennium Development...

D. Padma Kumar Pillay , Srishti Slaria |
May-June 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Neighbourhood First Policy: Navigating Power, Trust, and Rivalry in South Asia

India’s Neighbourhood First Policy (NFP) is a touchstone of its foreign policy, aimed at promoting peace, stability, connectivity, and cooperation in South Asia to enhance India’s regional and global influence....

Gaurav Sen, Peril of the Pacific: Military Balance and Battle for Taiwan, New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2025

The issue of the Taiwan Straits lies at the core of tensions governing the relationship between two great powers: the United States and China. Amidst the economic and technological developments...

Khyati Singh |
May-June 2025 |
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

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...

Strategic Analysis

From Cold War Distance to Indo-Pacific Partnership: An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of India-ASEAN Strategic Engagement

Friends: India’s Closest Strategic Partners

Emerging from the Shadows: Essays on Disarmament by Indian Women

The Silk Road

Colonial Legacies and Contested Territories: Unravelling UK-PoK Relations with a Focus on Mirpur

Xi’s Call to ‘Tell the China Story Well’ – An Understanding of China’s Discourse Power

Competitiveness in India’s Defence Industry Ecosystem: An Analysis

The Geopolitical Trap: War in Ukraine and Strategic Takeaways

Chinese Air and Missile Power

Prioritising Human Development: A Blueprint for the World from India’s Journey from Pre-MDG Successes to SDGs

India’s Neighbourhood First Policy: Navigating Power, Trust, and Rivalry in South Asia

Gaurav Sen, Peril of the Pacific: Military Balance and Battle for Taiwan, New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2025

Indian Traces in Korean Culture: The Legend and Beyond

Negotiating with Pakistan

Pakistan’s Air Power

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

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

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

India-Oman Space Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges

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