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... Chander Sheikhar , Anil Bhat | July-August 2025 | Strategic Analysis
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
AI and Extremist Propaganda: An Assessment The future wave of violent extremism will be increasingly decentralised, AI-driven, and post-organisational, requiring a new-age counter-violent extremist framework. Saman Ayesha Kidwai | | Issue Brief
The First AI War: The Dilemma of Military Autonomy The war in West Asia has seen an unprecedented use of Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems like drones in the military kill chain. Meghna Pradhan | | West Asia War Analyses
Japan’s Evolving Security Strategy The Ministry of Defence document, ‘Directions of Change in Defence Capabilities 1’, released on 12 March, offers a glimpse into the evolution of Japan’s security strategy. Arnab Dasgupta | | IDSA Comments
Reforms for Atmanirbharta in Indian Naval Aviation This monograph deliberates on reforms for achieving self-reliance in naval aviation. Indian Navy (IN) is at the cusp of transforming from a ‘buyers navy’ to a ‘builder navy’ in ship... Rajiv Kumar Narang | | Monograph
US Motivations to Attack Iran, Pressures for De-Escalation, and Potential Outcomes The strategic end-state of the US military campaign against Iran, whether it is deterrence, coercive diplomacy, or regime change, has been unclear. Cherian Samuel | | West Asia War Analyses
The First AI War: The Dilemma of Military Autonomy The war in West Asia has seen an unprecedented use of Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems like drones in the military kill chain. Meghna Pradhan | | IDSA Comments
The US–Israel War on Iran: Tehran’s Perceptions and Objectives Iran is fighting a ‘war of balance’, using controlled horizontal escalation as a tool to impose sufficient costs on the US and its regional partners. Deepika Saraswat | | IDSA Comments
