Vipul V. Tamhane

The writer is an expert on geopolitics, national security, and counter-terrorism; and he regularly contributes his subject thought-leadership and academic commentary with several publications in newspapers, journals, and periodicals. He works with investigative agencies, regulatory bodies, financial institutions and enterprises, providing strategic and regulatory advisory. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

The Himalayan Reset

there is an old aphorism within India's intelligence establishment: Nepal is not merely a neighbour; it is a corridor. A corridor for commerce, for culture, for labour and, when state capacity frays, for threats....

A Strategic Turning Point

Numbers, in matters of nuclear strategy, rarely tell the full story. Yet the figure buried inside the SIPRI Yearbook 2026 demands attention: twelve. For the first time in its history as a nuclear-armed state,...

The Algorithm and the Abyss: Why AI Makes War Faster but Not Wiser

There is a pattern in the history of weapons that democratic societies consistently fail to notice until it is too late. Every major military technology arrives bearing the same promise: that this time, war...
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