Tag: International Security

India faces a critical 2030 deadline to achieve drone superiority against China’s AI-enabled warfare capabilities and Pakistan’s asymmetric drone strategy. Despite progress with MQ-9B acquisitions and indigenous development, supply chain vulnerabilities and bureaucratic gaps threaten India’s goals. A unified National Mission for Unmanned Systems is essential for strategic security.

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.

The Prime Minister’s participation in the summit is an opportunity for India to assess the bloc’s changing dynamics

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 […]

As PM Modi visits Riyadh, a look Saudi Arabia’s transformation and foreign policy pragmatism

The road ahead for everyone is uncharted and tricky to navigate.  India will also need a new wave of major internal reform.