The guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir. A fragile ceasefire is in place, but this calm is unlikely to last. Pakistan has a long history of breaking ceasefires and provoking conflict. India’s recent military operation, Operation Sindoor, forced a temporary de-escalation and pushed Pakistan onto the defensive. Yet this tactical success […]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones have revolutionised the way wars are being fought. Over just a few years, the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation has changed the nature of conventional warfare. In 2020, the US used the MQ-9 Reaper weaponised drone with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles to carry out a targeted decapitation operation for the assassination of Qassem […]

In contemplating an attack on Taiwan, China’s leader would need to ensure there is no significant damage to the economy, nor large-scale social unrest and, above all, no resultant threat to the party’s rule That the world is going through turbulent times is not in doubt. Rising geo-political risks have increased the cost to national security and development. As the […]

On May 7, 2025, between 1:05 and 1:30 a.m. (IST), airstrikes carried out by the Indian Air Force hit nine locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). It was codenamed Operation Sindoor. Significantly, this is the first time since 1971 that India struck across the international boundary (IB) or the settled and accepted border between India and Pakistan. The […]

The words of American maritime strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan rings true in contemporary world politics as the Indian Ocean is very active ocean, where many players are contesting to gain maritime influence. The Indian Ocean, recognized as the third-largest ocean in the world, has acquired growing strategic significance in contemporary global affairs. A major factor contributing to this importance is […]

The Trump administration, which had previously displayed a lack of interest in the conflict, then quickly intervened and brokered a ceasefire. “[T]he possession of nuclear weapons may have incentivized risky confrontations that pass just below the ambiguous nuclear threshold.” — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, May 23, 2025. Pakistan did not have to detonate one of its nuclear warheads to shake […]

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation are outnumbered by more than 40,000 forces deployed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. Indian security forces have launched an all-out war against Maoist fighters in Chhattisgarh state, as the federal government aims to “wipe out” long-running armed rebellions in the mineral-rich tribal region of the country. The Karrigatta hills forest, which straddles across Chhattisgarh and […]

Following a terrorist attack in Kashmir, India and Pakistan are heading toward a conflict, with few signs of de-escalation. Following last week’s terrorist attacks in the disputed Kashmir region, India and Pakistan have taken escalatory moves that have placed the two nuclear-armed powers on the verge of conflict. The two exchanged cross border fire, expelled diplomatic personnel, closed land border […]

India’s aerial attacks on Pakistan mark a sharp escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations following an attack in Kashmir that killed twenty-six tourists and posing a dilemma for U.S. policymakers. Manjari Chatterjee Miller is a senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, and professor of international relations and Munk chair in […]

On May 21, 2025, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Bhagwant Singh aka Manna Bhatti from Akalgarh village in Amritsar district, Punjab, for his alleged involvement in the March 15, 2025, grenade attack on a temple in Amritsar, carried out by operatives affiliated with the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF). According to the NIA, Bhagwant Singh played a key logistical role, […]