Issue Brief

Iran has seen a sudden rise in its importance as a transit and transport hub connecting China and Central Asia to Europe, and also Russia with India.

• Deepika Saraswat
• July 19, 2022
• Issue Brief

China’s technology sector has faced challenges due to sanctions imposed by the United States.

• Halima Z. Ansari
• July 13, 2022
• Issue Brief

Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific Island Countries highlights Beijing’s efforts to further consolidate ties with the region.

• Esha Banerji
• July 11, 2022
• Issue Brief

Far-right extremism, rooted in the anti-Semitic, White supremacist Nazi and Fascist ideologies of the 20th century, has gained popularity across first world countries.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai
• July 06, 2022
• Issue Brief

Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir has continued to remain communal, even as ‘secular’ justifications for acts of terror are being professed in the information domain.

• Tejusvi Shukla
• July 04, 2022
• Issue Brief

While Turkey’s nuclear ambitions are not new, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's nuclear rhetoric is in the backdrop of Turkey's deteriorating regional security situation.

• Kushal Agrawal
• June 01, 2022
• Issue Brief

While the Russia–Ukraine crisis has given India the impetus to engage more proactively with European states, the need is to maintain and build on the momentum, in the pursuit of mutual benefit and prosperity.

• Anandita Bhada
• May 30, 2022
• Issue Brief

NATO countries are adopting Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs) to maintain their strategic advantage and to mitigate transnational threats.

• Sanur Sharma
• May 24, 2022
• Issue Brief

There are five fundamental deficiencies in India’s maritime security mechanism that will need to be addressed by the newly appointed National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC), to prevent a recurrence of a 26/11 scenario.

• Anurag Bisen
• May 18, 2022
• Issue Brief

The Russia–Ukraine conflict, as well as Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, draw light on the geopolitics of data routing and the usage of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) as a tool of control.

• Krutika Patil
• April 29, 2022
• Issue Brief