Constrained Convergence: Operationalizing India-Canada Security and Defense-Industrial Cooperation
This report examines India-Canada defence-industrial cooperation amid geopolitical pressures and the 2023-24 diplomatic rupture. The report maps existing industrial ties, identifies feasible cooperation areas—maritime security, peacekeeping, cybersecurity, critical minerals—while acknowledging structural constraints from export controls and procurement complexities. It offers actionable recommendations for operationalizing partnership within alliance architectures.
Aligned Orbits: Forging a New Era of Indo-German Space Collaboration
This report assesses the Indo-German space partnership, noting that despite historical ties since 1963, the bilateral space relationship has underperformed largely due to ISRO’s monopoly and Germany’s ESA-centric focus. However, a pivotal opportunity has emerged, driven by concurrent major policy shifts in both countries, including a series of Indian reforms (since 2020) to privatize its space sector and Germany’s recently announced $41 billion defense space investment.
Europe without America: Can the Continent cope with Russia?
Even as Europe struggles to lend military support to Ukraine after Trump’s decision to pull back, it is also debating several longer-term strategies – from conscription to nuclear weapons — […]
Arab states – and peace – are more important than Iran or Israel
Success of moderate Arab states is critical for India’s interests in the region. Delhi must join hands with them in preventing the disastrous alternative of total war between Iran and […]