Shifting Alignments in the Himalayas: The China, Nepal, Bhutan and India Dynamics China’s expanding engagement has reconfigured established patterns of regional interaction that historically reflected India’s predominant influence, without necessarily constituting a formalised structure of hierarchical control. This research paper analyses China’s... Sachin Jaggi | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
The Eurasian Logic of Ostpolitik: Testing the Limits of Normative Geoeconomics This study explores the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity in India-China border management, emphasising the shift from Traditional Security Studies (TSS) to Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTSS). It critically... Athanasios Grammenos | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity in Border Management: Reconfiguring Non‑Traditional Threat Responses in the India-China Context Satish IrungbamORCID Icon This study explores the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity in India-China border management, emphasising the shift from Traditional Security Studies (TSS) to Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTSS). It critically... Satish Irungbam | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Security and Sustainability: India’s Response to China’s Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Southwest Indian Ocean Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens marine ecosystems in regions with fragmented regulation and limited enforcement. In the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) region, distant-water fishing intersects with questions of... Sakshi Kharbanda , Nagalaxmi M Raman | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Beyond Water Allocation: Rethinking the Indus Waters Treaty at a Critical Juncture This Commentary advances three interconnected claims. First, it establishes that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has reached a critical juncture shaped by the convergence of ecological stress, escalating security tensions,... Minakshi Koch | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Destruction Beyond the Battlefield: The Ecological Toll of War The prioritisation of military objectives by governments can always bring risks in terms of causing permanent damage to sources of water, farmlands, and populations. The dilemma in the case has... Madhuri , Waseem Ahmad | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Transforming Military Logistics in India: The Strategic Impact of National Logistics Policy and GatiShakti Yojna Logistics plays a critical role in operational readiness of National Militaries. The National Logistics Policy (NLP) 2022 and the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) contribute holistically in creating an... Mukesh Chadha | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Entanglements in World Politics, Peter J. Katzenstein, Shaftesbury Road, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press If the first quarter of the twenty-first century has taught strategists anything, it is that our models are broken. The Russo-Ukrainian War was not supposed to devolve into a networked... Khyati Singh | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
The China–Russia Relationship: The Dance of the Dragon and the Bear As part of the Global Power Shift series of Springer, Robert Hamilton’s The China–Russia Relationship: The Dance of the Dragon and the Bear provides a current and fact-based analysis of... Rajinder Singh | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Iran as a Regional Power: Flexibility and Constraints Few states have achieved such rapid prominence from a position of relative obscurity as has Iran in recent years. This dramatic upsurge in Iran’s international role has resulted from conscious... Onkar Marwah | January-February 2026 | Strategic Analysis
