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The real test for BRICS remains whether it can deliver meaningful gains for Africa in financing, industrial cooperation, technology and trade, while...
The subset of critical minerals known as rare earth minerals, consisting of 17 metallic minerals, is vital to strategic industries spanning sectors...
Bangladesh has near-zero tariff access to India under SAFTA. However, structural constraints such as infrastructure bottlenecks, regulatory and...
The modern military faces a challenge in translating the enormous capabilities of AI into reliable operational outcomes. This gap between...
The media hype surrounding the rise of the AfD, an alt-right party in Germany’s post-World War II political establishment, often overlooks the...
China’s AI diplomacy in the Global South consists of three primary strategies: the promotion of Chinese open-weight models, the expansion of AI...
Driven by instability from the Iran conflict, Israeli military assertiveness, and doubts about US security guarantees, the Mecca pact seeks to...
The Philippines is pursuing strategic diversification by maintaining its alliance with the US while expanding defence partnerships with like-minded...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to participate in the 25th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of...
Light Fidelity, or Li-Fi, an optical wireless technology, has opened new avenues for strengthening military communications in the contested...
The emphasis on ‘new ways of warfare’ in the Defense of Japan 2026, released on 4 August, indicates Japan’s desire to play a more assertive...
Iraq’s foreign-policy sovereignty is increasingly constrained by the Iran-aligned militias within the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF). The PMF’s...
Defence supply chains are complex and transnational. The presence of components and military-use items within defence supply chains does not, by...
Ever since Pakistan took the initiative to facilitate the United States and Iran in reaching an understanding to end the West Asia crisis, the hybrid...
Unlike the 2025 China–Central Asia Treaty, the 2026 China–Tajikistan Treaty places explicit constraints on Tajikistan’s external alignments,...
The Coalition of the Willing, made up of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, at...
The June 2026 communiqué released following the 11th Energy Ministers’ Meeting held under India’s BRICS chairmanship reflected a growing...
While strategic autonomy remains a central principle of Indian foreign policy, the conditions under which it operates are becoming increasingly...
Pakistan has always tried to influence the internal situation in Afghanistan to suit its strategic objectives. Islamabad’s security-centric approach...
The SIPRI Trend Indicator Value (TIV) is a metric used to measure the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons, reflecting the...
The contest also shows how Security Council elections have become more competitive. Diplomatic reputation and bilateral partnerships remain important,...
Chile is the largest supplier of critical minerals to India. A major share of lithium, including 32 per cent of lithium carbonate and 41 per cent of...
The pursuit of indigenous Software-Defined Radios aligns with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and removes India’s dependence on foreign radios....
India is concluding these uranium supply agreements with multiple countries for two reasons—to diversify uranium import sources and to meet its...
The Renaming of INDOPACOM The United States of America’s late June 2026 announcement that the official designation for the US Indo-Pacific Command...
In October 2025, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, in collaboration with the Integrated Defence Staff and the three Services,...
Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Australia and New Zealand follow a successful visit by Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to India from 1...