Tag: defence
Village Defence Guards Scheme (2022): Assessing Community-Based Border Security In Jammu...
Policy UpdateDolly KaushikThis article examines the Village Defence Guards Scheme (VDGS) as a case study in community-based auxiliary security policy in a contested border...
National Cyber Coordination Centre: Evaluating India’s Approach To Proactive Cyber Defence
Policy UpdateVinita SharmaBackground The modern international security context demands a reconsideration of the ideas and institutions that have traditionally governed statecraft and national security. Traditional...
Security Chiefs’ BIMSTEC Meeting, Delhi, 2026: Securing Supply Chains And Multi-Domain...
Policy UpdateAmeya SatamIntroduction:On 6th June, 1997, BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand) was created as a regional organization via the Bangkok Declaration (Shetty,...
The Pakistan-Saudi Defence Pact And India’s Gulf Diplomacy
Policy UpdateAsmatwaliBackgroundOn 17 September 2025, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Strategic Mutual...
SAIL’s Defence-Grade Steel Supply: Advancing India’s Defence Indigenisation
Policy UpdateSimona Miriam HughesBackground:India has undergone a significant change especially in the defence sector over the past few years mainly due to important indigenous...
India’s Defence Export Diplomacy: Implementing The India–Philippines BrahMos Missile Agreement (2024–2026)
Policy UpdateSimona Miriam HughesBackground:The India-Philippines Brahmos Missile Agreement is known to be one of the major landmark developments in India’s development as a credible...
From Procurement To Acquisition: India’s Shift From Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)...
Policy UpdateNinchen TamangBackgroundThe Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) and its successor, the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) form the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) policy framework for...
India’s Air Defence Ecosystem – %site
Policy UpdateVinita SharmaIntroductionIn modern times, Air defence has emerged as an important part of the national security of India. Air defence is no longer...
From Deterrence To Preparedness: Analysing India’s ₹52,000 Crore Defence Modernisation Drive
Atharva SalunkeIndia’s security environment has changed fundamentally over the last decade. Conventional military threats continue to exist, but they are now accompanied by rapidly...
Strained To Strategic: India–Canada’s Nuclear And Defence Reset At G7 Evian...
Policy UpdateRakhi KumariBackgroundIndia and Canada’s relationship goes back a long way, built on shared democratic values, a large Indian diaspora of nearly 1.8 million...
