Comments & Briefs

From Diffusion to Discretion: Contextualising US Pivot in Compute Control

The abrupt rescission of the AI Diffusion Framework marks a significant shift in US approach to AI policy.

July 04, 2025

  • Meghna Pradhan
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    The Quad and the Critical Minerals Initiative

    Strategic partnerships like the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative can play a crucial role in helping India secure access to critical minerals.

    July 04, 2025

  • Ajey Lele
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    Hypersonic Weapons and Contemporary Conflicts

    The use of hypersonic weapons in the Russia–Ukraine war and increasing relevance in the Middle East is reflective of a major paradigm shift in contemporary conflicts.

    July 03, 2025

  • Amita
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    Beyond Abstention: India, the Korean War Legacy and Contemporary Conflicts

    India's astute diplomacy in the Korean War provides a powerful blueprint for engaging with today's tumultuous global landscape.

    July 01, 2025

  • D. Padma Kumar Pillay
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    China’s Fighter Aircraft Development: A Brief History

    China has made a consistent and gradual progress in research and development of fighter jets keeping the Soviet-designed fighter models as reference.

    June 26, 2025

  • Abhishek Kumar Darbey
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    How Vulnerable are Kinmen and Matsu Islands?

    The probability of a standalone Chinese military action to seize Taiwan’s outlying islands—Kinmen and Matsu—is very low.

    June 23, 2025

  • Prashant Kumar Singh
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    Trump’s Immigration Policies: An Assessment

    President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are in the limelight, given the first full-scale protests against these policies that have erupted in Los Angeles.

    June 23, 2025

  • Khyati Singh
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    DF-31AG Test and PLA Rocket Forces’ Nuclear Choices

    The September 2024 DF-31AG test showed to some extent the success of the efforts aimed at the streamlining of the priorities of the Rocket Forces.

    June 18, 2025

  • M.S. Prathibha
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    Ethiopia’s Russian Gambit: A Solution or a Failing Strategy?

    Ethiopia has reached out to Russia to strengthen defence ties amidst multiple internal conflicts.

    June 18, 2025

  • Abhishek Mishra , Abyssinia Abay Mengistu
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    The Bibi–Sisi Rift: Threat to Camp David Accords

    Multiple factors, including Egypt’s increasingly close ties with China, Russia and Turkiye, are threatening to derail the 1978 Camp David Accords.

    June 13, 2025

  • Adil Rasheed
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