Article

• The US-China Competition in Southeast Asia from the Perspective of Offensive Realism

  Nguyen Hung Son

• How Does Fear Motivate States to Go Nuclear? The Case of Pakistan

  Ido Gadi Raz

• Transformation of Islam in Central Asia: From Faith to Traditional Islam

  Mushtaq A. Kaw

• Maritime Security and Processes in India: A Need for Review/Revamping

  P.S.S. Uday Kiran

• Legitimising Proactivity: Japan’s Use of the FOIP in Defence Export Policy

  Shahana Thankachan

• Dual-Use Satellites and Strategic Ambiguity: Toward Robust Legal and Normative Frameworks

  Akanksha Kalyan

Commentary

• Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact and India’s Evolving Engagement in West Asia

  Deepika Saraswat

• India in SCO: India’s Diplomatic Balancing in a Constrained Multilateral Order

  Manish

  Gayatri Rajpurohit

• Shifting Dynamics: The Fraying Pakistan-Taliban Ties and the Contest for Strategic Influence

  Shakoor Ahmad Wani

• Indus Waters Treaty: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

  Uttam Kumar Sinha

Strategic Essay

• Demanding an Inclusive Governance: Nepal’s 2025 Youth Uprising in Perspective

  Sneha M

• India’s Role as ‘Preferred Security Partner’ in the Indian Ocean Region: A Strategic Assessment of Maritime Leadership and Regional Cooperation

  Abhay Kumar Singh

  R. Vignesh

Book Review

• The Nehru Years: An International History of Indian Non-Alignment

  Mayuri Banerjee

• China’s Air Power and Maritime Strategies Towards the Indian Ocean Region

  V Krishna Kumar

From the Archives

• Decision Making in Defence

  K. Subrahmanyam