Publications
The Arctic: The "Third Pole" Strategy
Executive Summary India has pursued an orientation towards more engagement with the Northern Sea Route (NSR) using the Chennai Vladivostok Maritime Corridor, serving as an important access point potentially essential to offset reliance on the Suez Cana...
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National Security Imperative: Infrastructure Resilience in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Executive Summary The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) are grappling with a serious double whammy: tectonic subsidence from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the slow but steady rise in sea levels due to climate change. While the Andaman group has seen a bit of upli...
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Why Brazil’s "Blue Amazon" Matters for India’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Introduction Brazil’s alleged “Blue Amazon” has quietly emerged as one of the most debated yet least understood maritime spaces in the context of global economic strategy. It stretches over approximately 4.5 - 5.7 million square kilometers off Brazil's...
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India’s 2026 Security Outlook:India’s High-Tech Defense Pivot (2026)
What happened? In a significant victory for India's aspirations of self-reliance, the fiscal year 2025-26 marked a remarkable milestone for the defense sector, witnessing a record high in exports reaching ?38,424 crore (approximately $4.6 billion). This surg...
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Global Turbulence and India's Strategic Choices
A Conversation with Dr. Madhukar Shyam, Advisory Board Member, IFWA Interviewed by Simran Gungaliya, Visiting Fellow, IFWA | February 2026 Introduction In an era marked by geopolitical volatility, shifting power balances, and renewed great-powe...
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Green Hydrogen Diplomacy: India’s New Energy Statecraft
What happened and why does it matter? India has recently expanded its green hydrogen diplomacy through multiple bilateral engagements, including agreements with the European Union, Japan, and Gulf countries to develop supply chains and technology partnerships. Thes...
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India- Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation
Summary The state visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Israel in February 2026 was a defining event in terms of elevating the relationship between the two countries to the level of a “Special Strategic Partnership for Peace, Innovation, and Prosperity,&rdquo...
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Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Integration
Executive Summary India’s maritime security is of high priority in the current juncture, where the world is witnessing a new cold war developing among the United States and China. We observe this competition getting increasingly tense in the Indo-Pacific regio...
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Pakistan and Afghanistan Conflict and What it Means for Regional Connectivity
The conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan is one of the most complex geopolitical challenges in modern South Asia, rooted in historical border disputes and present-day security fears. When Taliban 2.0 took over Kabul in 2021, it was expected that Pak-Afghan relations would...
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