PLA, Capabilities and Power Projection 2021-22
The PLA seeks to modernize its capabilities and improve its proficiencies across all warfare domains so that, as a joint force, it can conduct...
Glimpses from Joint International Exercises
Ex Veer Gaurdian 2023: IAF and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF)
India and Japan conducted joint Ex Veer Guardian 2023 at Hyakuri Air Base,...
Developments in China. 2021-22
Understanding China's Strategy
China's National Strategy
China’s national strategy aims to achieve "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" by 2049. The strategy is a determined...
The Russia-Ukraine War: Lessons Learnt
Sometime towards the end of last year, the Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year for 2022: “permacrisis”. Defined by English writer...
Changes in Japan’s Security Environment
Japan’s National Defence Strategy (Part 1)
Objectives of Japan's National Strategy
Over the 77-year period since the end of World War II, Japan has, in the...
Series of CT Summits Held in Nov 22-Jan 23
India Places High Priority to Counter-Terrorism
India-Central Asia Meeting of NSAs
At the first India-Central Asia meeting of NSAs/secretaries of security councils, involving Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...
Bilateral Exercises with Singapore and Indonesia
Exercise Garuda Shakti – Indian and Indonesian Special Forces Exercise
As part of military-to-military exchange programs, a contingent of Indian Special Forces troops carried out...
India-Africa Defence Dialogue Held
The India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) was held on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on October 18, 2022. The dialogue successfully brought...
US Strategy to Out-compete China and Restrain Russia
The PRC and Russia are increasingly aligned with each other but the challenges they pose are, in important ways, distinct. We will prioritize maintaining...
How Real is the Threat From Russian Poseidon Torpedo?
NATO sent out an intelligence note to member countries, as reported in early October 2022, warning of the mobilization of the Russian nuclear submarine...















