Silent Deterrents: India’s Undersea Gamble Amid China’s Indo-Pacific Surge
India’s nuclear submarine program aims to counter China’s Indo-Pacific expansion but faces significant challenges. With only two operational SSBNs versus China’s six, India struggles with limited missile range, stealth vulnerabilities, and infrastructure delays. Achieving credible sea-based deterrence may require 50-60 years amid intensifying regional maritime competition.
C Raja Mohan writes on Modi and the G7 summit: Engaging with a divided West
The Prime Minister’s participation in the summit is an opportunity for India to assess the bloc’s changing dynamics
At G7 summit in Canada, PM Modi will assess a divided West
Modi would do well to ignore distractions such as protests by Khalistani groups and work toward repairing ties with Canada, and re-engaging with Trump. He must assess the internal contradictions […]
When Modi meets MbS: A Gulf of opportunities
As PM Modi visits Riyadh, a look Saudi Arabia’s transformation and foreign policy pragmatism
Trump shreds old globalisation map, what India needs for road ahead
The road ahead for everyone is uncharted and tricky to navigate. India will also need a new wave of major internal reform.
Europe without America: Can the Continent cope with Russia?
Even as Europe struggles to lend military support to Ukraine after Trump’s decision to pull back, it is also debating several longer-term strategies – from conscription to nuclear weapons — […]