Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Global Competition for Anti-drone Technologies”

Recent reports predict that the value of the military drone market would reach US$17.0 billion in 2027 at a compound annual growth rate CAGR...

Issue Brief on “The Persecution of Yasin Malik and the Future of Gandhism in...

On May 25, 2022, the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Judge Parveen Singh sentenced the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front’s (JKLF) Chief Yasin...

Issue Brief on “Drone Warfare in Contemporary Conflicts: Five Lessons to Gen Up”

In recent years, drones are being used for various purposes in armed conflicts ranging from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations to counterforce strikes. The...

Issue Brief on “India’s “Accidental” Missile Launch: Implications and Challenges Ahead”

On March 9, 2022, an Indian missile flying at supersonic speed landed near Mian Channu, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It was a...

Issue Brief on “Contextualising China’s Missile Defence Developments”

On June 19, 2022, China successfully conducted an anti-ballistic missile test. The Chinese Defence Ministry said that it was a land-based mid-course missile, which...

Issue Brief on “Currency Manipulators: India on US Treasury Currency Monitoring List Once...

India is one of 11 countries on the US Treasury’s ‘Monitoring List’ with regard to their currency practices as per the April 2021 edition...

Issue Brief on “President Xi’s Work Report at 20th National Congress: Key Takeaways”

The 20th National Congress (NC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened on October 16 with a two-hour speech by the current General...

Issue Brief on “Electoral Demographic Change: The unabated onslaught on Kashmiri identity”

The ongoing onslaught on Kashmiri identity and the desire to disempower Muslim population of Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) has led Modi...

Issue Brief on “Civil War in Tigray: Worst Humanitarian Crisis”

On August 17, 2022  Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Ethiopia's conflict-ridden province of Tigray is the worst humanitarian...

Issue Brief on “Unprecedented Floods Increasing Non- Traditional Security Challenges in South Asia”

Heavy, pre-monsoon rains affected north-eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal beginning mid-May, leading to landslides, river overflow and floods. The flooding displaced millions and was...

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