Tag: Indian Foreign Policy

This analysis explores the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC), a key mechanism for deepening the strategic relationship between the European Union and India amidst shifting global dynamics. It highlights areas of shared interest, including strengthening semiconductor ecosystems, promoting trustworthy AI, and fostering collaboration in clean and green technologies, often seeking to reduce reliance on other dominant global powers.

The conference, co-hosted with India’s World Magazine, explored India–Middle East relations through the expert panels. It featured the launch of a CSDR policy report and a special magazine edition, fostering strategic dialogue on India’s westward engagement—past, present, and future.

This report chronicles the April-May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict sparked by a terrorist attack in Pahalgam. It details escalating military exchanges featuring drone warfare and precision strikes, while tracking diplomatic interventions. The confrontation demonstrated conventional warfare under nuclear shadow before ending with a May 10 ceasefire.

The launch of Maritime Power and China’s Grand Strategy by VAdm Anil Chawla explored China’s use of maritime power to achieve global dominance by 2049. A roundtable followed, discussing China’s naval expansion, its strategic goals, and implications for India and the Indo-Pacific amid rising maritime competition and regional tensions.

This roundtable explored India–South Korea collaboration in defense and space. It examined South Korea’s growing role as an arms exporter, joint ventures like the K-9 Vajra, and India’s leadership in space technology. The discussion focused on joint research, tech-sharing, and strengthening strategic ties to enhance regional security and innovation.

This roundtable explored the emerging ‘third nuclear age,’ marked by rising nuclear tensions in the Russia–Ukraine and Israel–Iran conflicts, the breakdown of arms control agreements, and the growing nuclear arsenals of countries like China. It examined the implications for global arms control and the weakening of non-proliferation norms.