The discourse on climate change has conventionally centered around melting glaciers, elevated temperatures, and diminishing forests. However, one domain where its consequences are increasingly tangible—and critical—is maritime security. India, endowed with an extensive coastline of over 7,500 kilometers and a strategic position in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), stands at the intersection of this evolving environmental landscape.
As Europe rearms and prices rise, India must rethink its reliance on imported weapons in an increasingly unforgiving defence market.
The twelve-day war between Iran and Israel and the direct bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the US dramatically ended in a fragile ceasefire – as usual announced by President Donald Trump.
In the ongoing war between two arch-rivals, Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the death and destruction and the utter defiance of international law by both sides under the garb of ‘self-defence' have pushed the entire West Asian region and the world to the edge. Their conception of one another as an existential threat had played out mostly clandestinely in the past. However, in the last year and a half, their confrontation has been more direct, with the latest showdown shaping up to be a fight to the finish.
The relevance of G7 and BRICS figures among the casualties list, but not Iranian nuclear capability; how should India react in this situation?
Policy UpdateAashvee Prisha Background The Suborno Jayanti Scholarship was announced during the PM visit to Bangladesh on 26-27 March 2021, to promote synergies between the two nations on Bangladesh’s 50th Anniversary (Suborno Jayanti). This initiative exemplifies India’s educational and capacity…
The scheme for promotion of academic and research collaboration is a flagship initiative launched in August 2018 by the Ministry of Education. Officially coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the basic idea behind the scheme was to improve the research ecosystem in Indian higher educational institutions.