In evolving warfare, quantitative numbers do not provide an effective measurement of a country’s capabilities. The real metric is how well these capacities are linked and aligned across domains. India is slowly adapting to this reality, as its recent developments in defence are more focused on network-centric operations, such as surveillance, air defence, unmanned systems, electronic warfare and command-and-control architecture.
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The 18th BRICS Summit to be held in New Delhi on 12-13 September is a challenging time for the grouping. BRICS used to be mainly about economic cooperation but has now expanded to also include political coordination and global governance. Its expansion has increased its global weight while deepening geopolitical divisions. The Iran-Israel-US clash has brought the cleavages to the fore, challenging India’s capacity to forge consensus among the growing diversity of its members.
The decision by India to place the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance has transformed the treaty from a water-sharing agreement into a test of strategic stability in South Asia. The treaty, once seen as a technical document to deal with the management of shared rivers, is now more influenced by geopolitical rivalry, loss of political trust, and growing securitisation of water.
The next India-Pakistan crisis might not begin with a missile, but with a video that never happened. AI can now generate realistic videos, images and audio within minutes. In a nuclearized region, marked by crises, it’s not just a change of technology; it can have implications on how crises emerge and escalate in South Asia.
Scientific collaboration across the world is changing at an unprecedented rate with the advent of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital research platforms. Sensitive technical knowledge can now be shared between scientists internationally via virtual laboratories, cloud technologies for collaboration, and AI tools to support research.
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).
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.
Beyond expanding its nuclear arsenal, India is investing in a range of advanced strategic capabilities. Recent advancements include testing of Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, further development of longer-range ballistic missiles, an increase in Indian nuclear submarines, rail-based nuclear weapon testing, and deployment of long-range sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).
Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario is a compelling and thought- provoking analysis of the risks associated with modern nuclear…
The US-Israel War against Iran has once again highlighted the precarious nature of security in the Middle East and the…
