IRSA 1.0 and India’s Indigenous SDR Communications Architecture The release of the Indian Radio Software Architecture standard marks an important step in India’s evolving approach to defence communication technologies. Rahul Wankhede | | IDSA Comments
Future Prospects for the Indo-Pacific beyond US Commitment India, Japan and Australia must contribute to the Indo-Pacific through trilateral cooperation to build a multi-layered network of competencies. Arnab Dasgupta | | IDSA Comments
Southern Indo-Pacific Outreach: PM Modi’s Visits to Australia and New Zealand Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Australia and New Zealand from 8 to 11 July 2026 mark a significant milestone in India’s engagement with the southern Indo-Pacific. Simran Walia | | Issue Brief
Digitally Enabled Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in India Digitally enabled radicalisation and violent extremism will increasingly shape India’s emerging security calculus. Saman Ayesha Kidwai | | Issue Brief
Impact of AI on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Emerging Risks And Policy Responses Terrorist financing and money laundering remain serious international challenges. These seemingly distinct threats are interlinked and feed off each other, thereby reinforcing the challenge they pose individually. The advent of... Vivek Chadha | | Occasional Papers
Israel’s Rising Defence Exports Amidst Regional Conflicts Israel’s surging defence exports in the midst of multiple conflicts reinforce its position as a leading defence-technology power. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | | Issue Brief
Russia’s Pivot to the East: Implications for India The war in Ukraine appears to have accelerated Russia's long-standing "Pivot to Asia," reshaping Moscow's geopolitical orientation. This monograph, framed within a balance-of-power lens, examines the drivers, scope and durability... Rajorshi Roy | | Monograph
Force Multipliers: Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts AWS can act as a force multiplier but also create risks related to civilian harm, accountability and escalation. Vinayak Rajpurohit | | Issue Brief
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
