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The crisis stability in South Asia remains severely fragile, given the nature of India-Pakistan relations. The May 2025 post-Pahalgam four-day conflict has further highlighted the challenges for regional crisis stability. Since the nuclearization of South Asia, India has been trying to carve out a space for a limited war under the nuclear overhang against Pakistan.
This research paper explores the ongoing strategic competition between the United States (U.S.), China, and Russia in the development and proliferation of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). It introduces ‘Strategic Funneling’ as an analytical approach that explains how states accelerate military modernization by concentrating resources, institutions, and innovation toward specific technological objectives.
The Indian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has proposed three theatre commands, including a Western Theatre built explicitly around Pakistan and placed under Air Force leadership, with implementation expected to be completed soon.
Amid intensifying new great-power competition, US President Donald Trump stated at the Pentagon that his “one big beautiful bill” had saved billions of dollars to secure critical minerals. These resources, he argued, would support technological advancement in the military domain, including precision-guided weaponry, advanced communications, and AI-driven autonomous warfare platforms. In this regard, the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has signed contracts to stockpile large quantities of critical minerals, including those essential for clean and renewable energy technologies.
The book Artificial Intelligence in Military Technology: Sociological, Cultural and Ethical Perspectives, edited by Kairi Talves and Dierk Spreen, is an interdisciplinary volume on military Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Entire European continent is witnessing a record-breaking heat wave, causing number of deaths. According to World Health Organization (WHO), Europe’s heatwave has caused over 1,300 deaths and these deaths are directly linked with increasing temperature across the continent.
On 29 June 2026, outgoing Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi announced the raising of specialised Baaz battalions under the…
The underlying principle of the Chemical Weapons Convention expressed in Article XI is that disarmament should not be achieved at the expense of development. This Convention is not only intended to eradicate chemical weapons but also to allow all States Parties to enjoy the benefits of the peaceful application of chemistry.
New Delhi’s first dimension of nuclear expansionism is its sustainable vertical proliferation. With a substantial rise of 280%, India’s arsenal has increased from around 50 warheads in 2008 to around 190 warheads in 2026. This increasing stockpile is supported by the expansion of fissile material production.
