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Distinguishing Between “AI in Warfare” and “Warfare in an AI World”
Artificial Intelligence Nov 18, 2025

Distinguishing Between “AI in Warfare” and “Warfare in an AI World”

Winning in an AI world requires mastering both fronts—developing AI for warfare and defending against warfare in a world run by AI ...

Crafting India’s Maritime Grand Strategy: Naval Priorities for the 21st Century
Maritime Security Nov 18, 2025

Crafting India’s Maritime Grand Strategy: Naval Priorities for the 21st Century

As naval power becomes central to great-power competition, India must build a renaissance navy capable of deterring China and shaping the future balance of power across the Indo-Pacific ...

India-Bhutan: Reiterating Old Ties in A New Context
International Affairs Nov 18, 2025

India-Bhutan: Reiterating Old Ties in A New Context

PM Modi’s recent visit to the mountain nation visit was intended to address the new dynamics of a changing Bhutan ...

Smithian Principles Reimagined by the UK-India FTA
International Trade and Investment Nov 17, 2025

Smithian Principles Reimagined by the UK-India FTA

By blending openness with calibrated safeguards, the UK-India FTA demonstrates how Adam Smith’s principles can be adapted to today’s complex global trade landscape ...

Trump’s Asia Visit: Key Lessons for India in Securing a Fair Deal with the US
International Affairs Nov 16, 2025

Trump’s Asia Visit: Key Lessons for India in Securing a Fair Deal with the US

Trump's Asia visit highlighted key economic and security deals with allies, offering India valuable lessons on leveraging market, money, and minerals to secure comprehensive deals and strengthen strategic ties with the US ...

AFRICOM under the Trump Administration
International Affairs | Defence and Security Nov 14, 2025

AFRICOM under the Trump Administration

With the shift from aid to security, AFRICOM may deliver tactical wins but cannot fill the gap left by reduced civilian and diplomatic efforts ...

Rewriting the Rules of War: How States Weaponised ‘Self-Defence’
Law and Justice Nov 13, 2025

Rewriting the Rules of War: How States Weaponised ‘Self-Defence’

As states invoke “self-defence” to justify aggression, Article 51 of the UN Charter risks becoming a tool for legitimising war, not preventing it. ...

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Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy is an Associate Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme’s Neighbourhood Studies Initiative.  He focuses on strategic and security-related developments in the South Asian region, with a specific interest in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Bhutan.  His research work ...

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Harsh V. Pant

Professor Harsh V. Pant is Vice President – Studies and Foreign Policy at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is a Professor of International Relations with King's India Institute at King’s College London. He is also Director (Honorary) of Delhi ...

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