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What India’s BRICS Reset Means for African Non-Alignment

The real test for BRICS remains whether it can deliver meaningful gains for Africa in financing, industrial cooperation, technology and trade, while...

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Abhishek Mishra

China and the Critical Minerals Race

The subset of critical minerals known as rare earth minerals, consisting of 17 metallic minerals, is vital to strategic industries spanning sectors...

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Anveshi Bisht

Is BRICS Becoming a Nuclear Minilateral?

18.09.2026 30

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Hina Pandey

25 Years after Amerithrax: The Changing Landscape of Biosecurity

18.09.2026 10

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Aayushi Sharma

India–Bangladesh Land Trade: Non-Tariff Barriers

17.09.2026 10

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Cyrus Ghosh

India–Bangladesh Land Trade: Non-Tariff Barriers

Bangladesh has near-zero tariff access to India under SAFTA. However, structural constraints such as infrastructure bottlenecks, regulatory and...

17.09.2026 10

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Cyrus Ghosh

Changing Fault Lines in Israel–Syria Dynamics

16.09.2026 10

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Hirak Jyoti Das

Xi’s Visit to the US: Managing Constructive Strategic Stability

16.09.2026 10

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Mayuri Banerjee

How ASEAN and the Quad Are Quietly Aligning in an Era of Strategic Competition

15.09.2026 30

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Simran Walia

Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Challenge the Mecca Defence Alliance

15.09.2026 10

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Prasanta Kumar Pradhan

China’s Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) in Focus

15.09.2026 10

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Abhishek Kumar Darbey

BRICS and Space: Engaging Divergent Powers

14.09.2026 20

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Ajey Lele

25 years of the Global War on Terror

10.09.2026 30

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Saman Ayesha Kidwai

Beyond Piracy: The Emerging Contest for Somalia’s Maritime Security

09.09.2026 30

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Abhishek Mishra

Healthcare and National Security: Territorial Army Medical and Dental Corps Revitalisation

09.09.2026 10

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Saurabh Sachar

Forward-Deployed Engineering and AI in Defence Operations

The modern military faces a challenge in translating the enormous capabilities of AI into reliable operational outcomes. This gap between...

09.09.2026 20

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Vivek Reshi

The AfD’s Rise in German Politics

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...

03.09.2026 40

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Saman Ayesha Kidwai

China’s AI Diplomacy and the Global South

China’s AI diplomacy in the Global South consists of three primary strategies: the promotion of Chinese open-weight models, the expansion of AI...

03.09.2026 30

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Mayuri Banerjee

The Mecca Pact: A Middle-Power Coalition amid Turbulent Transition in West Asia

Driven by instability from the Iran conflict, Israeli military assertiveness, and doubts about US security guarantees, the Mecca pact seeks to...

01.09.2026 20

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Deepika Saraswat

Diversification of the Philippines’ Strategic Partnerships

The Philippines is pursuing strategic diversification by maintaining its alliance with the US while expanding defence partnerships with like-minded...

31.08.2026 50

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Simran Walia

PM Modi Travels to Central Asia: A Welcome Move

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to participate in the 25th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of...

27.08.2026 30

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Ashok Sajjanhar

Data on a Beam of Light: Li-Fi and India’s Military Communications

Light Fidelity, or Li-Fi, an optical wireless technology, has opened new avenues for strengthening military communications in the contested...

25.08.2026 30

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Anamika Choudhary

India’s De-Risking Paradox: The Political Economy of Strategic Dependence on China

25.08.2026 20

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Bintul Islam

Assessing Japan’s 2026 Defence White Paper

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...

21.08.2026 60

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Arnab Dasgupta

PMF and Iraq’s Foreign-Policy Autonomy

Iraq’s foreign-policy sovereignty is increasingly constrained by the Iran-aligned militias within the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF). The PMF’s...

21.08.2026 20

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Aquib Mohammed Khan

Assessing Amnesty’s Claims on India–Israel Arms Transfers

Defence supply chains are complex and transnational. The presence of components and military-use items within defence supply chains does not, by...

20.08.2026 20

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Rahul Wankhede

The Unravelling of the Hybrid Regime in Pakistan

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...

19.08.2026 40

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Ashish Shukla

Building, Not Buying: India’s HALEU Decision

17.08.2026 30

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Kavya Wadhwa

History and Future of Japan’s Landmark Intelligence Reforms

13.08.2026 60

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Arnab Dasgupta

Fujairah and the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve

11.08.2026 30

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Saman Ayesha Kidwai

The US–Saudi Nuclear Deal and the Politics of Strategic Exceptions

11.08.2026 20

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Sreshtha Chakraborty

PM Modi’s Visit to Indonesia: Defence Cooperation and Strategic Convergence

07.08.2026 40

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Om Prakash Das

India’s Scramjet Propulsion Programme

06.08.2026 30

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Rahul Wankhede

The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara: An Analysis

04.08.2026 30

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Khyati Singh

US–Nigeria Counter-Terror Cooperation

30.07.2026 30

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Miruthulani Murali

Military Applications of Edge Computing

30.07.2026 40

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Vivek Reshi

The China–Tajikistan Treaty: Formalisation of Chinese Influence in Central Asia

Unlike the 2025 China–Central Asia Treaty, the 2026 China–Tajikistan Treaty places explicit constraints on Tajikistan’s external alignments,...

29.07.2026 70

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Swati Arun

Atoms for Al: The Promise of SHANTI Act

29.07.2026 40

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Hina Pandey

Europe’s Sharpened Focus on Continental Defence

The Coalition of the Willing, made up of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, at...

28.07.2026 60

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Sukhbir Kaur Minhas

The BRICS 2026 Energy Ministers’ Communiqué

The June 2026 communiqué released following the 11th Energy Ministers’ Meeting held under India’s BRICS chairmanship reflected a growing...

28.07.2026 60

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Saman Ayesha Kidwai

India and the Rising Costs of Strategic Autonomy

While strategic autonomy remains a central principle of Indian foreign policy, the conditions under which it operates are becoming increasingly...

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Ghadeer Nabizade

Afghanistan’s Pakistan Problem

Pakistan has always tried to influence the internal situation in Afghanistan to suit its strategic objectives. Islamabad’s security-centric approach...

22.07.2026 60

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Priyanka Singh

Turkish Defence Exports to the GCC States

The SIPRI Trend Indicator Value (TIV) is a metric used to measure the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons, reflecting the...

22.07.2026 80

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Abhishek Yadav

India’s 2028–29 UN Security Council Campaign: Africa beyond Bilateral Goodwill

The contest also shows how Security Council elections have become more competitive. Diplomatic reputation and bilateral partnerships remain important,...

21.07.2026 60

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Rajeesh Kumar

India, Chile and the Lithium Supply Chain

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...

21.07.2026 70

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Avi Singhai

IAF’s Quest for Software-Defined Radios: Enabling Net-Centric Operations

The pursuit of indigenous Software-Defined Radios aligns with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and removes India’s dependence on foreign radios....

17.07.2026 60

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Anamika Choudhary

Mapping Australia in India’s Broader Uranium Strategy

India is concluding these uranium supply agreements with multiple countries for two reasons—to diversify uranium import sources and to meet its...

17.07.2026 50

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Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak

Future Prospects for the Indo-Pacific beyond US Commitment

The Renaming of INDOPACOM The United States of America’s late June 2026 announcement that the official designation for the US Indo-Pacific Command...

17.07.2026 60

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Arnab Dasgupta

IRSA 1.0 and India’s Indigenous SDR Communications Architecture

In October 2025, the Defence Research and Development Organisation, in collaboration with the Integrated Defence Staff and the three Services,...

17.07.2026 70

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Rahul Wankhede

Southern Indo-Pacific Outreach: PM Modi’s Visits to Australia and New Zealand

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...

16.07.2026 60

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Simran Walia