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Return to articleIndia’s Indo-Pacific Approach in 2024 and Vision for 2025: Building on Regional and Global Influence
The return of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for a third term in 2024 has meant a continuity in New Delhi’s foreign policy goals and projection, especially with regard to priorities in the Indo Pacific. The pursuit of key…
India’s 2024-2025 Defense Budget: Incremental Progress at Best
Last month, India and China reached an agreement to disengage from their military standoff on the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh and conduct coordinated patrols along friction points. Despite this disengagement, however, India needs to invest in its…
Kargil at 25: India Drifts Inchmeal to Defense Reforms
The Kargil war between India and Pakistan in May 1999 effectively constituted the world's first hot war between two nuclear armed nations. In its wake, the war sparked a series of radical changes. Pakistan’s clandestine operations shocked India's political, military,…
آبدوزیں بحرہند میں ہندوستان کی ابھرتی ہوئی قوت کی کلید ہیں
شمال مغربی بحر ہند میں سمندری تجارت گزشتہ چھ ماہ کے دوران دوہرے خطرات کا شکار رہی ہے۔ ایک طرف یمن سے تعلق رکھنے والے حوثی باغیوں نےبحیرہ احمر سے گزرنے وا لے بین الاقوامی بحری جہازوں پر حملے کیے…
Modi 3.0: Six Defense Sector Reforms Key to National Security
Over the past two terms, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has created the narrative of being a more muscular, national-security-oriented political party with a strong will to pursue reforms and implement policy decisions. However, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins…
Submarines are Key to India’s Evolving Force Posture in the Indian Ocean
Maritime commerce in the Northwestern Indian Ocean has been vulnerable to twin threats in the last six months. On the one hand, the Yemen-based Houthis have attacked international shipping passing through the Red Sea to draw global pressure on Israel…