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Pakistan’s pursuit of low-yield nuclear weapons lowers the nuclear threshold, destabilises South Asia, and undermines global norms on nuclear restra

New redlines, old rivalries—India’s deterrence doctrine walks a fine line between resolve, restraint, and reputational risk.

India’s response to cross-border terror has changed the playbook: restraint with readiness, deterrence with consequence—it is no longer business a

Russia's role as an enabler of North Korea's nuclear ambitions risks undoing decades of work toward nuclear restraint

India’s nuclear weapons programme has been developed in response to the diabolic Sino-Pak nuclear axis. Yet, India has advanced its nuclear programm

While India handled the Doklam face-off with a great degree of maturity and restraint, India cannot afford to let its guard down.

Japan’s efforts to establish comprehensive cyber policy frameworks have not yet fully translated into effective external threat responses.

Donald Trump’s idea of machine politics has not just conditioned his view of domestic politics, but also of international relations and US foreign policy

The view from Dhaka was summed up in a journal thus: ¿The cumulative case against a dependable relationship between India and Bangladesh is a very strong one¿ since Bangladesh suffers from ¿a serious lack of bargaining power¿ and hence needs ¿a viable strategy of alliances with China, Burma, Nepal and Pakistan¿. Adventurism is its logical outcome.

By not railing against Trump, by showing restraint during the VP debate, Harris came across as a woman in control.

It's not often that one sees leaders take risks in the pursuit of a political conviction. Abe, a rare exception, has been steadfast in his determination to remove the extraordinary restraints on Japan's military imposed by its post-war constitution. Abe wants Japan to be a "normal" power, 70 years after World War II.

As global powers fracture into rival spheres of influence, India’s strategic restraint, non-alignment, and economic resilience position it as a stabilizing force in a multipolar world.

The Doklam crisis of 2017 illustrates the increasing tension in India and China’s nuclear relationship. There are elements of stability and instability in such relationship, and this brief examines them. Stability, on one hand, is derived from a history of military and political restraint, ongoing institutionalised negotiations, and growing economic relations. However, the continuing border dispute and disagreement on a non-demarcated Line of A

Modi appears to recognise that it is strategic restraint that has brought India to the front rank of economic powers.

India has asserted an edgier counter-terror doctrine: credible, calibrated, and coercive

Atal Bihari Vajpayee emerges as a figure in the classical tradition of the 19th century European strategists like Metternich and Castlereagh—a realist committed to restraint and balance

India’s employment of offensive air power in sub-conventional operations has evolved rather slowly for several reasons, primary of which is the quest for restraint in the application of force against internal fissures. There is also a popular reluctance to recognise the capabilities of air power in pursuing counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and counter-infiltration operations. This brief explores the evolution of a doctrinal clarity for the

Narendra Modi's emphasis on Vajpayee's foreign policy legacy is politically significant for a number of reasons. It has offered much-needed reassurance all around that India will not abandon its traditional nuclear restraint, continue to seek peace with neighbours and promote regional prosperity through the economic integration of the subcontinent.

It is in India's interests to institute a code of conduct for guiding certain responsible behavior in order to ensure a cleaner, safer, and less congested outer space, and also bringing in certain restraint on China.

भारताने आता दहशतवादाविरोधात अधिक ठोस आणि कडक धोरण स्वीकारलं आहे ते म्हणजे, विश्वास मिळवणारं, काळजीपूर्वक पावलं टाकणारं आणि गरज पडल्यास दबाव आणणारं.

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