Juxtaposing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India’s Security and Economic Equation

From a defence and security perspective, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands provide India with strategic depth and the ability to enhance stability and ensure security in the Bay of Bengal
Enhancing Australia-India Underwater Domain Awareness Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

This scoping report is the first in a series of five and examines the evolving maritime risk environment in the Indo-Pacific, the strategic importance of UDA, and the technological developments shaping it. It highlights UDA as a promising avenue for Australia-India cooperation, building on complementary strengths such as India’s manufacturing scale and Australia’s niche intellectual property and research expertise.
India’s Approach to Military AI: Strategy, Governance, and Challenges

This report assesses India’s military AI ecosystem, its institutional foundations, operational deployments, and persistent structural constraints, and benchmarks it against the rapid advances of its principal competitors.
Power and Purpose: Indian Foreign Policy 2025

This report examines India’s foreign and security policy amid unprecedented geopolitical volatility in 2025. It analyzes India’s navigation of regional turbulence, recalibration of its technology strategy, defense reforms, and potential for cascading domestic reforms amid a deteriorating strategic environment.
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.
Marching Beyond the Margins: Advancing Women’s Meaningful Participation in the Indian Army

This report examines the critical need for systematic gender integration in India’s largest military service, the Indian Army. It explored the current state of women’s participation in the Indian Army, […]