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... 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
