Data sovereignty is a strategic imperative
India must move beyond viewing data as a mere economic asset and treat it as a pillar of national resilience and strategic autonomy
Armed forces must confront the past
No matter how politically inconvenient, military actions should be documented and scrutinised
Post-Pulwama lessons for India, Pak
There was a deliberate effort by both sides to control the escalation through public messaging
AI and Nuclear Risk: India’s Imperative in the Age of Intelligent Warfare
This report argues that the inevitable integration of AI into nuclear command systems creates unprecedented risks of inadvertent escalation and miscalculation. Facing China’s “intelligentized warfare” and Pakistan’s asymmetric capabilities, India risks strategic obsolescence if it fails to modernize. The authors propose a dual strategy: India must accelerate indigenous AI development for deterrence while championing an International AI Security Council to enforce human oversight and global norms in this volatile new era.
Trump-Xi meeting: What it means for India in the G-2 world
As Trump’s trade-driven strategy begins to reorder the region, Delhi must re-examine long-held assumptions about American purpose, Chinese ambition, and the strategic space available to middle powers such as India
C Raja Mohan writes: Rise of the new peacemakers
Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and increasingly China, have inserted themselves into conflict resolution as Western power fragments and the UN weakens. Mediation has become the new language of […]