C Raja Mohan writes | Elon Musk, the robot revolution and a dominant China: Will India be left behind in the embodied AI race?
Self-reliance rhetoric is no substitute for strategy here. Unlike China, India cannot isolate its robotics ambitions from the world; its near-term task is to combine international collaboration with the patient […]
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.
Toward a Trilateral Tech Framework: Connecting India, Japan, and South Korea in the Indo-Pacific
This report examines a conspicuous gap in Indo-Pacific architecture: the absence of a formalized mechanism for technology cooperation among three of Asia’s leading democracies. Against the backdrop of intensifying US-China rivalry, erratic American trade policy under Trump 2.0, and China’s weaponization of economic interdependence, the report makes a compelling case for a purpose-built minilateral that leverages complementary national strengths — India’s digital economy and human capital, Japan’s precision manufacturing and standards diplomacy, and South Korea’s semiconductor and electronics leadership.
Taiwan Beyond Semiconductors: Three Decades of India-Taiwan Relations and Emerging Collaborations
This CSDR report examines three decades of India-Taiwan relations, arguing that despite significant growth from USD 5 billion to over USD 10 billion in bilateral trade, the partnership remains vastly […]