Armed forces must confront the past
No matter how politically inconvenient, military actions should be documented and scrutinised
Post-Pulwama lessons for India, Pak
There was a deliberate effort by both sides to control the escalation through public messaging
How India Views the Saudi-Pak Defense Pact: Historical Drivers and Future Concerns
Trump announces Iran-Israel ceasefire: Why Tehran gave ‘early notice’ of its attack on US base in Qatar
That Tehran telegraphed its retaliatory attack to the Americans indicates that it wants to retain space for negotiations and recuperate. Hours later, Donald Trump announced the Iran and Israel have […]
The Taliban’s Entry Into India-Pakistan Rivalry
Kabul’s flirt with New Delhi is a classic case of geopolitical logic.
Recasting India’s Air Defence Architecture: Countering the Drone and Swarm Threat
This report argues that India’s traditional air defence (AD) architecture—reliant on expensive, centralized missile systems—is becoming obsolete against the proliferating threat of low-cost, autonomous drone swarms. The May 2025 “Operation Sindoor” crisis exposed a critical “cost asymmetry”: expending million-dollar interceptors against disposable $2,000 FPV drones is economically unsustainable, allowing adversaries to easily exhaust India’s magazine depth.