US-Israel planned to reinstate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran. An Expert Explains why it was unlikely to work

The former Iranian President’s association with US aggression against Iran significantly reduces his chances. Moreover, Iran has a long history of staunch regime allies working within the Islamic Republic’s larger […]
Expert Explains | As Trump claims ceasefire on ‘life-support’, why US-Iran crisis is far from over

The differences between Washington and Tehran remain the same as in April: over Iran’s nuclear enrichment rights, the fate of its existing enriched stockpile, its new control over the Strait […]
Could US-Iran deal end the elusive quest for ‘New Middle East’?

Disputes over interpretation will begin as soon as the text is released. Implementation will be harder, the possibility of breakdown is real. Whatever emerges, the region is in the midst […]
US-Iran peace deal: A war Trump chose & lost

It is important to state the obvious lest we forget amid the news cycle tomorrow: Washington chose to fight an unnecessary war, and lost the war.
Building Drone Power: India’s Path from Innovation to Endurance

This report examines whether India can sustain drone warfare, not merely whether it can acquire drones. Moving beyond the platform-centric terms that have shaped India’s debate, it reframes drone capability as a question of endurance: the capacity to absorb losses, replenish inventories, adapt under fire, and keep producing through a prolonged conflict.
Fighting on Borrowed Ground: Multi-Domain Operations and the Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace

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.