India has announced Exercise Trishul, projecting the tri-service choreography as a display of post-Operation Sindoor confidence – presenting failure as success. But beneath the theatre of jointness lies a deeper …
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Igniting Instability: Agni-P Missile Catalyzing Hair Trigger Alert posture In South Asia
by Akash Shahby Akash ShahIndia recently carried out the test of Intermediate range Agni Prime or Agni-P missile from a Rail based missile platform which is interpreted as purely a Pakistan specific development. It …
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India’s Aspiration for a Regional Hegemony – An Awaited Failure
India aspires for a regional hegemony as India’s conventional and strategic forces rapidly grow up both on land and in sea. India through the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) …
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The Nuclear Question: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the New Mutual Defence Pact
The Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) signed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in September 2025 has sent ripples through the geopolitical landscape. Signed amid the ongoing instability in the Middle …
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India’s Naval Modernisation and Security Dynamics of South Asia
The Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean after the Pacific and Atlantic, is again in the spotlight following the recent four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May 2025. Once …
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Strategic stability in South Asia remains hostage to India’s strategic thought and its hegemonic ambitions. Its growing ties with the West and its label as a “Net Security Provider” have …
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Rethinking Strategic Stability in South Asia: The Prestige Paradox of Indian Military Modernization
Beyond restraint and tactical inclinations, symbolism and prestige are in play to recalibrate the protracted balance of South Asia’s strategic stability. Endeavors of global recognition and thrust for power projection …
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The last week’s signing of a ‘Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement’ between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has prompted wide-ranging debates over its geopolitical implications. Many nuclear pundits have …
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The Indian Navy’s BrahMos Deployment Is Laying the Keel for the Next War with Pakistan
India’s aggression on Pakistan in May 2025 left it scarred, exposed and disarrayed. Domestically, Indian political and military circles have tried their best to spin off their “ Operation Sindoor” …
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Why India’s Own Policies May Bring Kashmir Back to the Global Stage
When India abrogated Article 370 in August 2019, it claimed that the Kashmir issue was over. For the Indian government, it became something purely internal, part of regular administration like …