India’s Roadmap for Small Modular Reactors The Indian Union Budget for the fiscal year 2025–26 provisioned ₹ 20,000 crore for the Nuclear Energy Mission aimed at advancing research and development in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), to... Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak , Bhawna Budhwar | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Institutions, Journals and Discourse: Legacy of Strategic Analysis Strategic thought has long found its sharpest expression in the in-house journals of leading policy institutions. These publications serve as repositories of insights, platforms for debate, and at times, instruments... Uttam Kumar Sinha | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
The Invisible Battlefield: Information Operations in the 12-Day Israel–Iran War The 12-day war between Israel and Iran showed that Information Operations have become a decisive part of modern warfare. Harsh Yadav | | Issue Brief
India, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban: Evolving Dynamics South Asia is witnessing new alignments, with divergences between old allies (the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan) and convergences between new partners (India and the Afghan Taliban). Saman Ayesha Kidwai | | Issue Brief
Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India’s Foreign Policy What are the domestic factors shaping India’s foreign policy? Where do the opportunities and challenges for India’s foreign policy come from? How can India navigate a tumultuous world where events... B. R. Neeraj | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Voices of the Unvoiced: Women’s Struggle for Education in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan Voices of the Unvoiced is a deeply moving and painstakingly researched book,Footnote1 which explores the various challenges faced by PakhtunFootnote2 women as they seek education in the culturally complex and... Ashok K. Behuria | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Kashmir Under 370: A Personal History by J&K’s Former Director General of Police Soon after acceding to India in October 1947, the princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) became synonymous with what was to be known as ‘the Kashmir issue’, ‘the Kashmir... Priyanka Singh | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Strategic Currents: China and US Competition for Influence In the aftermath of the Cold War, the resurgence of Russia and the swift ascent of China have reignited an era of intense great power competition. The United States’ National... Nistha Kumari Singh | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Decision Making for Defence The aim of this article is to examine in comparison with some other modern parliamentary democracies, India’s decision making process and organizational structure in the overall realm of national security,*... Rathy Sawhny | March-April 2025 | Strategic Analysis
The Trump–Albanese Meeting and the Future of AUKUS The future of AUKUS after the Trump–Albanese meeting appears more secure than some feared but less specific than supporters hope. Abhay Kumar Singh , R. Vignesh | | Issue Brief