Debating the Past: Nehru, China and Lessons from 1962 War The year 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. Fought over a period of one month, the war is seen as one of the watersheds in the... Mayuri Banerjee | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
China’s South Asia Policy The first half of 1971 witnessed some significant developments in South Asia: the emergence of a liberation movement for an independent Bangla Desh, the Janata Vimukti Peramuna (JVP) insurgency in... K. N. Ramachandran | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
‘Strategising’ the India-EU Partnership India’s foreign policy, as in the case of any other sovereign state, aims at protecting and promoting the country’s ‘national interest.’ Strategic autonomy, which has been its defining value and... Manoj Babu Buraga | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Quad and the Indo-Pacific: Examining the Balance of Interest Theory in Quad Coalition In light of China’s rise, the Quad coalition has gained momentum in its efforts to maintain a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). While scholars have discussed the relevance of Quad,... Adarsh Badri | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Colonialism Matters: Benefits of Metropoles with a Focus on India and Great Britain The history of colonialism normally focusses on the socio-economic losses of colonies, and the benefits of metropoles are a much less-studied field. Our study indicates that the flow of resources,... Leonid Grigoryev , Alexandra Morozkina | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
New Russia-West Confrontation: War of Attrition or Escalation? The article analyses the ongoing Russia-West confrontation manifested mainly in the armed conflict in Ukraine, the world’s largest war of sanctions, a growing confrontation in cyberspace and politics, the erosion... Konstantin Khudoley | November 2022 | Strategic Analysis
A Decade of US ‘Pivot to Asia’ The Biden administration has further reinforced and strengthened US strategic priorities towards the Indo-Pacific, a decade after the ‘Pivot to Asia’ by the Obama administration. Anushka Saxena | October 27, 2022 | IDSA Comments
The Reality of AI Drones: Are they Overhyped? Drones, often referred to as ‘dull, dirty and dangerous’, are fast becoming crucial to militaries around the world as a force multiplier Kritika Roy | October-December 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Drone Warfare: History, Evolution and Future When Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk, in a room full of US Air Force personnel, asserted that autonomous drone warfare is the future and will replace fighter jets, it... Krutika Patil | October-December 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS): Future of Warfare The history of war is replete with instances where a nation that has effectively, and innovatively harnessed technology has been victorious. From innovations stem revolutions in military warfare, and the... Apratim Sharma | October-December 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
