Preparing for the Next War: Inside Pakistan’s Bid to Reset the Balance with India
This report examines how the 7–10 May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict has reshaped Pakistan’s military thinking, procurement, and higher defense organization. Focusing on the period since the crisis, it traces the relative demotion of nuclear “full-spectrum deterrence” in favor of a conventional “Quid Pro Quo Plus” posture built for limited, stand-off, non-contact warfare. It assesses service-by-service acquisitions across the Air Force, Navy, and Army.
Power and Purpose: Indian Foreign Policy 2025
This report examines India’s foreign and security policy amid unprecedented geopolitical volatility in 2025. It analyzes India’s navigation of regional turbulence, recalibration of its technology strategy, defense reforms, and potential for cascading domestic reforms amid a deteriorating strategic environment.
Operation Sindoor & India’s New Doctrine of Deterrence: Strategic Lessons from the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis
Operation Sindoor marks a strategic inflection point in India’s military history, representing the most significant escalation in India-Pakistan relations since the Kargil conflict in 1999. This edited volume examines the […]
From Trees to Forests: The Evolution of India-Middle East Ties Post 2014
This report examines the evolution of India-Middle East relations from 2014 to 2025, highlighting how these ties have transformed through distinct phases: establishing independent bilateral relationships (by 2014), strengthening these connections (by 2019), creating new regional cooperative frameworks based on mutual trust (by 2024), and safeguarding these gains amid renewed regional conflict.