China’s Naval Playbook in Myanmar: India’s Bay of Bengal Dilemma
Icon-download Introduction The region of the Bay of Bengal (BoB) has transitioned from being the silent periphery of the Indian Ocean region (IOR) to now rapidly growing as an area of battleground amid the increasing maritime conflict between two Asian powers, India and China.1 Myanmar is also anchored in the centre of this geopolitical move, […]
Brahmaputra at the Crossroads: Upstream Power, Downstream Worries in the India–China Water Conflict
Icon-download Introduction In December 2024, China approved the Construction of the Medong Hydropower Station, a mega dam project on the Yarlung Tsangpo, which becomes the Brahmaputra downstream. With actual capacity of 60GW, annual generation of 300 billion kWh, and an investment touching $167 billion, there’s already a very big dam in China called the Three Gorges […]
UKRAINE WAR- HEADED TO NOWHERE EXCEPT FOR MORE CATASTROPHIC DISASTER
Icon-download Introduction While the new dwarfed deadline of President Trump to President Putin from 50 days to 10-12 days to make peace or face crippling sanctions is making most of the headline’s media today1, this work analyses how the ‘military future’ of the war is heading nowhere except for a greater catastrophic disaster. Changing Profile […]
Mekong Ganga Vs Mekong-Lancang; India and China’s vision for Southeast Asia
Icon-download Introduction The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia, spanning the length of approximately 4,900 km and covering over six Asian countries.1 It is also nicknamed as the ‘Mother of Water’ as it is a crucial source of livelihood for the populations living around the Mekong basin, across particularly the Southeast Asian […]
India-China Engagement in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria
Icon-download Introduction India and China have been looking towards African countries since the last two decades now. Nigeria being Africa’s biggest economy has become the focal point of this cross connection between the two. To understand the multilateral relationship, we look at the past of all the three countries and how the current equation came […]
Whole-of-Nation, Whole-of-Sea: A Framework for Integrated Maritime Security
Icon-download Introduction India’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), with a 11,098 kilometres coastline and surrounded by major trading routes moving over 90% of goods by volume and over 74% by value makes maritime security a top national priority.i Increasingly complex threats like piracy, territorial disputes, illegal fishing, maritime terrorism, and cyberattacks now […]
Supercapacitors: Journey towards enhanced storage batteries
Icon-download Introduction As we dwell into the modern era where safety has become an important aspect of almost every item that we consume, be it as little as a blender to as massive as an aircraft engine, the need to ensure cost effectiveness, operability, efficiency and sustainability, has provided humankind with various challenges that needs […]
Securing the Bay: Underseas Cable Security in India’s Bay of Bengal Strategy Introduction.
Icon-download Introduction In the contemporary period, when global power struggle dominates the global security architecture, there has been a rise of contestation in the domain of digital infrastructure, where undersea cables have become significant for global internet, economies and intelligence operations. Famously referred to as ‘submarine cables’, these fibre-optic cables transport more than ninety-five per […]
