Tag: International Security

This report assesses the outcomes of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s three-day visit to India from 19 to 21 April 2026, the first state visit by a Republic of Korea head of state in eight years. It tracks the visit’s strategic frameworks, government-to-government agreements, business-to-business deals, and policy announcements, and reads them against the prior arc of the India-ROK Special Strategic Partnership.

This roundtable will discuss the significance of President Lee Jae Myung’s 2026 visit to India and its implications for the India-South Korea partnership. It will examine cooperation in trade, shipbuilding, technology, energy, and defence, assess persistent structural challenges, and explore how both countries can translate summit commitments into sustained strategic outcomes.

Building on the previous two Australia–India UDA workshops, the Third Workshop in Australia will focus on undersea search and rescue, deep-sea awareness, and industry challenges in operationalising emerging technologies. The programme will also feature a table-top exercise under the project’s first Expert Exchange, supported by DFAT under SATPI.

This report is a follow-up to an earlier study, “Beyond the Kinetic,” by the same authors, which introduced the Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace as a way of understanding modern conflict.

Operation Sindoor transformed India’s military doctrine and showcased the Indian Navy’s significant maritime strength.

A peculiar feature of the Indian security state is the frequency with which failures to anticipate enemy action are explained away as ‘intelligence gaps or failures’.