Category: Report

The article provides insights from a practitioner’s viewpoint on the opportunities and challenges confronting India’s defense R&D and military industry. It highlights their pivotal role in India’s quest for self-sufficiency in high-end technology to enhance its armed forces’ capabilities.

India’s defense industry faces a pivotal moment as traditional manufacturing clashes with digital advancements. Private sector agility in digital tech contrasts with DPSU reliance. To thrive in innovation, a conducive ecosystem must empower India’s defense private sector.

This special issue focuses on the prospects for cooperation between India and the United Kingdom in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). In light of fresh commitments made by both states to work jointly in several areas and the UK’s tilt to the Indo-Pacific, the WIO has emerged as a critical region where both states could further cooperate.

India-Bhutan water relations lean towards cooperation rather than conflict. Addressing emerging issues can strengthen this relationship. In this report, the authors propose win-win strategies for policymakers from India and Bhutan to consider.

This report highlights the objectives of the South Asia Water Diplomacy Initiative (SAWDI) to map a Zone of Possible Agreement (ZOPA) for bilateral transboundary water relationships between India-Bhutan, India-Bangladesh, India-Nepal, and India-Pakistan. The report presents a range of policy options on which each bilateral is most likely to cooperate.

This report investigates private investments for climate-responsive development at a subnational level in India. It assesses the factors involved in climate finance and identifies challenges for private climate finance readiness. Additionally, the author describes relationships between emerging challenges and the need for effective institutional capacity building or policies to enable mainstreaming Article 6 in India.