Preparing for the Next War: Inside Pakistan’s Bid to Reset the Balance with India
This report examines how the 7–10 May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict has reshaped Pakistan’s military thinking, procurement, and higher defense organization. Focusing on the period since the crisis, it traces the relative demotion of nuclear “full-spectrum deterrence” in favor of a conventional “Quid Pro Quo Plus” posture built for limited, stand-off, non-contact warfare. It assesses service-by-service acquisitions across the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Shifting dynamics of power projection in the Indian ocean region
The Indian Ocean is seeing growing naval activity from China, Pakistan and major global powers. The analysis examines what these shifts mean for India’s maritime security, energy routes and naval […]
Military reforms are not a one-man act
The new CDS alone can’t push through reforms such as theatreisation and jointness. It needs political impetus more than inter-service negotiations.
Not West vs rest, India’s challenge is how to navigate within West itself
Where many in Delhi’s foreign policy community see an irreconcilable contradiction between the pursuit of strategic autonomy and partnership with the West, China demonstrated the art of transcending it — […]
C Raja Mohan writes: In navigating US and China, Japan is imagining a new Asia story
Tokyo is not breaking from its One China policy. But it has increasingly signalled that a military conflict over Taiwan would have direct consequences for Japan
Keep the doors open for talks with Pakistan
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale advocates for open dialogue with Pakistan, emphasizing strategic risk management over civilizational ties amid geopolitical tensions.