The evolution of defence technology in India is occurring at a fast pace and is no longer limited to established manufacturers or major weapon platforms. A new breed of startups is emerging to provide...
The Indian Ocean Region is no longer a peripheral maritime space. It has become the central artery of global trade, energy movement, and strategic signalling. Nearly 80 per cent of global seaborne oil trade...
Tarique Rahman, the newly anointed prime minister of Bangladesh, is the person of the moment, not just in Bangladeshi politics but in the geopolitics of South Asia. The son of the late premier Khaleda...
India’s AI debate has been framed largely around digital services and start-up innovation. That focus obscures a more consequential question: whether AI can reorganise the country’s defence ecosystem at an industrial level. For a...
In an age when national security is represented by high-tech drones flying over rugged frontiers or 30-foot barbed-wire fences set up across barren landscapes, the threat does not exist on the border, but at...
In February 2026, the Government of India initiated a debate over a proposed mandatory 20-year cooling-off period before former senior officials — including top military commanders — could publish books after retirement. The reported...
The keenly watched elections in Bangladesh were important, not just for the country but for the region as a whole. At the centre of this was the anticipated performance of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). The ...
In early February 2026, India's Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, made an important statement to the media on the margins of defence-related briefings in New Delhi. The statement dealt with India's ongoing fighter aircraft...
just days before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled visit to India to attend a summit on artificial intelligence, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced a slew of decisions worth ₹3.60 lakh crore, including...
India’s Parliament was stalled for three consecutive days in the first week of February, not by a budgetary impasse, nor a constitutional crisis, nor a national emergency, but by a carefully sustained confrontation over...
The Great Nicobar Project near the Malacca Strait, formally called the Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island, was approved by the Indian government in 2021. The proposal to develop Great Nicobar was first floated...
In the mountainous hamlets and forested reaches of Jammu & Kashmir’s Chenab and Pir Panjal ranges, the concept of security has never been abstract. For decades, it has been deeply embedded in the everyday...
Not with standing the political noise about the five-and-a-half-year-old incident, which took place on August 31, 2020, at Rechin Pass of the Kailash range in Eastern Ladakh, when Chinese troops attempted an intrusion across...