Comments & Briefs

Resetting Ties: Modi’s Visit Reinvigorates India–Maldives Relations

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Male reflected the pragmatic recalibration of bilateral relations recently soured under President Mohamed Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ campaign.

August 01, 2025

Anand Kumar

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Salafi Al-Shabaab and Shia Houthis: Ominous Ties across the Red Sea

Notwithstanding their sectarian differences, Al-Shabaab and Houthis are in cohorts over warring with the West and its allies in the wake of the Gaza crisis.

August 01, 2025

Adil Rasheed

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The Western Indian Ocean and Maritime Domain Awareness

Information-Sharing Platforms help achieve interoperability with friendly nations and can build effective maritime domain awareness in the Western Indian Ocean.

August 01, 2025

V Krishna Kumar

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Compressing the MoD’s Capital Procurement Timelines

It is necessary to eliminate or combine two or more stages and introduce AI-enabled processes at various stages to compress the MoD’s capital procurement timelines.

July 29, 2025

Amit Cowshish

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Israel’s Strategic Priorities in Post-Assad Syria

Israel’s July 2025 military intervention in Syria is motivated by an attempt to preserve the post-December 2024 territorial security status quo.

July 29, 2025

Hirak Jyoti Das , Abhishek Yadav

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ECOWAS Leadership Transition: Between Symbolism and Substance

ECOWAS can reassert its role as a central driver of West Africa’s economic integration and political stability with sustained political will and coordinated policy implementation.

July 28, 2025

Mohanasakthivel J

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The Trump Administration and Alliance Burden Sharing

President Donald Trump’s transactional approach to alliance burden sharing has resulted in US alliance partners increasing their contributions for collective defence requirements.

July 24, 2025

Khyati Singh

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Myanmar’s Rare Earth Elements: Conflict Dynamics and Supply Chains

Amid the civil war, Myanmar’s rare earth elements have become a flashpoint for regional and global resource politics.

July 24, 2025

Om Prakash Das

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The Israel–Iran War and the Nuclear Factor

The Israel–Iran War has raised serious questions regarding the credibility of the IAEA and highlighted structural deficiencies in the NPT.

July 23, 2025

Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak

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Creating Conditions for Utilisation of Higher Defence Outlay

Defence expenditure must be aligned with operational requirements and the MoD's capacity to utilise the funds rather than be pegged to a certain percentage of the GDP.

July 21, 2025

Amit Cowshish

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