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The need for the sector to transition from the traditional industrial model into a modern, digital and sustainable one is more urgent than ever.
The Pentagon leaks represent yet another challenge for the Biden administration as it confronts many pressing geopolitical challenges
A recent report by Pentagon states China’s intention of tripling its nuclear arsenal by 2035. This has significant implications for India
Kashmir now stands at the cusp of definite change vis-à-vis its attitude towards Pakistan
As the world today looks up to India as a net security provider, Delhi needs to recast its peacekeeping strategy by modernising its decision-making structures, expanding domestic defence capabilities, and strengthening its military diplomacy.
Covid-19-related economic repercussions have rendered the unifying, cooperation-creating element of a common energy market in the Eastern Mediterranea
Piracy in the Arabian Sea has been coming dangerously close to the Indian shores. Piracy and sea terrorism also affect the security and commercial interests of major powers like China who seek to ensure continued supply of energy across the Arabian Sea. The pirates collect logistical data and raise funds for Al-Shahbab, in exchange for protection.
MeitY needs to spearhead the initiative to draft a suitable framework to regulate Artificial Intelligence by working closely with relevant stakeholder
At 96, after eight years of relentless ongoing military reforms, the PLA’s continued investment in reforms implies a seriousness in achieving China�
Reeling under droughts and famines, Madagascar finds itself in desperate need of long-term adaptation funds.
India’s policymakers signal that historically strong ties with Russia should not become an obstacle to an equally strong relationship with the US
As Manmohan Singh meets Myanmar's President in the sidelines of the Bimstec summit, this will give an opportunity for the two leaders to further deepen bilateral ties. As part of the two neighbours growing relations, a border security pact is expected to be signed during Dr Singh's visit.
While technocentric threats pose evolved security problems that need to be addressed, overhauling the police force is essential to move forward.
Would the recent indictment of Donald Trump impact his re-election prospects?
Salafist politics varies in different nations based on the broader political context
While India’s malnutrition rates have improved over the recent years, the country is still home to the largest number of stunted and wasted children in the world. To combat the dismal state of nutrition in the country, the government launched the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan (‘movement’) in 2017, a flagship mission that aims at a convergence mechanism for the country’s response to malnut
Developing economies with large informal sectors can take advantage of the ‘impact sourcing’ model to create a digital economy where the low skill
Experts at the event opined that it is a win-win situation for India and Bangladesh to have a functional river, rail and road network.
Bangladesh must invest to enhance its energy security as the current crisis can have economic implications
Through digital osmosis, India attempts to balance profits from international engagements with national security considerations
Integrating their economies will help Bangladesh and India rise up global and regional value chains
The presence of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan has been counter-productive and has only led to increase in terrorism, according to Dr. Saeed Jalili, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.
One of the foremost questions around Trump's victory has been in relation to the future of the Iran nuclear deal, one that the President-elect has cri
Advances in technology, the shifting sands of the global nuclear energy market, and the extant standards and practices surrounding the monitoring of radioactive materials raise important questions about the future of nuclear security. Technological advancements have enabled the retrieval of radioactive materials from unconventional sources and made fuel fabrication easier. The emergence of new players in the nuclear energy market also flags conce
On 1 January 2020, the Ministry of External Affairs announced the establishment under its wing of the New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies (NEST) division. This marked a welcome addition to the government’s organisational capacities in an era increasingly being characterised by the interplay of technology, trade, security and geopolitics. This brief outlines the global and domestic context that will surround the operations of the NEST divis
India is concentrating more on connectivity projects to strengthen the India-Nepal relations and to cater to its security needs in the Northeast
New avenues — fighting terrorism, nuclear energy for civilian purpose, trade in small arms — presents Ghana and India with opportunities to streng
As technology evolves and new solutions emerge, governments have taken greater interest in regulatory matters, particularly in Indo-Pacific economies
Although the trajectory of India's relations with the Middle East remains a grey area, in the future, it can become a defining relationship to global security.
African countries should learn from mistakes that have already been made while pursuing their own path in Internet security.
Pakistan must proceed beyond providing immediate relief to its people by investing in programmes that reduce vulnerability and lead to sustained impro
In many ways, some of the worst fears of the security forces have come true.
A study done in 2010 by Observer Research Foundation for the Integrated Defence Staff, Government of India, Navigating Near: Non Traditional Security Threats to In dia, 2022', highlighted the huge deficiency that India faces and also recommendations to address some of the gaps
Will Russia be able to deftly put an end to the Ukraine war on its own terms or would it get drawn into a protracted war?
The striking capability and influence of the People¿s War Group (PWG) Naxalites¿ has steadily been declining in their flagship North Telengana Special Zone (NTSZ) area since the past few years. The death of some experienced, capable and important leaders of the NTSZ, especially in the past couple of years, in security force operations has weakened the Naxalites there.
The latest Quad meeting underscored continued growth, but when will the four countries seriously confront the matter of direct security cooperation?
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue सुनिस्चित करेगा की दक्षिण चीन सागर और भारतीय
India’s assertion of the QUAD as a force for global good is expected to make an impact in establishing peace, economic prosperity, and geostrategic
The UN Charter states that the Secretary General should be appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.
How the island nation’s security conundrums will worsen an already threatened South Asia post the reemergence of the Taliban
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that global health crises are geopolitical events with far-reaching and long-lasting effects across the globe. It creates prodigious disruptions across economic, security, and social sectors, with spillover effects through trade, financial linkages, and tourism, to name the least. This essay argues that as the American-led order in Asia arguably falters, instead of China rushing to fill the post COVID-19 vacuu
The ongoing conflict on the Sino-Indian border has highlighted the need for structural reforms in the Indian Army. This paper examines the impact of the Joint Doctrine of Indian Armed Forces, 2017 (JDIAF) and the Indian Army’s Land Warfare Doctrine, 2018 (LWD) on the development of the Indian Army’s tactical concepts, organisational structures, and the weapons and equipment profile. It discusses the importance of formulating a formal National
The ground situation in Iraq and Syria, while still ripe for an ISIS return, has also created ripples in traditional security structures of countries
After a decade, officials from India, Japan, Australia and the United States convened in Manila in November 2017 to renew their quadrilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. While the agenda of the quad is still unknown, this paper presents a political-military strategy for the grouping directed at shaping Chinese behaviour in the region. Viewing strategy through the ends-means-ways lens, the paper describes key objectives of dissuasion, deterre
The Observer Research Foundation's programme on Defence Procurement Reforms, following a seminar organised in May, 2012, has now moved to the second stage of identifying initiatives that can be taken in the executive and legislative branches. This Paper presents practical recommendations to improve capacities and decision-making methodologies in India's arms procurement system.
The threat to regional security is mainly from pan-Islamic jihadi terrorist organisations and not from ideological or ethnic terrorist groups.
The regional approach to collectively combat the pandemic may have allowed global institutions such as the United Nations and its agencies to engage r
