Issue Briefs
The Centre for Security Studies regularly engages in research work on themes and topics relevant to the field of international security through the publication of issue briefs on its website.
March 2024
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Critical Resources: A Driving Force for Technological Advancement but a Growing Security Concern - Shehaan Sahni
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Three Years of Border Stalemate: No Resolution in Sight - Vedica Karnik
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January 2024
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The Role of External Powers in the Israel-Hamas Conflict - Sankalp Wadhwani
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Balancing the Scales: Navigating the Interplay between Technology and Humint - Divyashree Jha
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Myanmar's Civil War: India and China's Pursuit for a Peaceful Neighborhood - Harshita Mahajan
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South Korea and NATO: Boosting Security, Cyber Threats, and North Korea - Jaskirat Gujral
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Cyber Resilience in the EU - Vaibhavi Katal
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Geopolitical Realignment in Greater Eurasia: India’s Strategic Imperatives and the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation - Arth Agarwal
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China's Nuclear Submarine Accident - Shehaan Sahni
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Chinese Economy and the Possible Global Impact - Renuka Sreekumar
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December 2023
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Pakistan's Economy: Are Exchange Rates Fudged? - Tanish Srivastava
Taiwan's Counter-Measures Against Chinese Assertive Posture - Harshita Khaund
The Geopolitics and Militarisation of Outer Space - D. Sakshi
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The Indo-Pacific Army Heads' Meeting - Aarushi Suvarna
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Revitalizing Diplomatic Energy: The Resurgence of the China–Japan–South Korea Trilateral
Summi - Aditi Hanninamane
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Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative - Siddhant Kilpady
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Dissecting NATO Chief's Remarks on the Russia- Ukraine War - Charunivetha Solai Gnanasekar
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India and the Cyber Governance Architecture - Bhavyl Bansal
Understanding Directed Weapons - Aditya Gulati
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The Israel-Palestine Conflict: An Analysis of The Latest Surprise Attacks by The Hamas - S. Shailesh
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Navigating the Global Semiconductor Industry - Shashwat Kotiyal
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The Challenges of Crypto Regulations - Madalsa Jain
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France-UAE-India Trilateral Relations - Jayanti Dhingra
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July 2023
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Indian Strategic Infrastructural Development in Arunachal and Beyond - Vaibhavi Katal
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South China Sea: A Power Keg in Asia - Harshita Dey
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Somalia: A Failed State? - Harshita Mahajan
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June 2023
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Philippines and Japan Defence Partnership - S. Shailesh
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India-Africa Defence Cooperation - Aditi Hanninamane
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Insurgency in Nigeria - Tanish Srivastava
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Delhi's Strategic Investment in the Indian Ocean - Samyak Banerjee
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Narcoterrorism in Northeast India - Shatakshi Tyagi
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Evolving India-Myanmar Relations: Underlying Objectives and Values - Vedica Karnik
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The National Security Strategy of Japan: An Analysis - Shehaan Sahni
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I2U2 and Shared Strategic Goals - Aakrith Harikumar
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May 2023
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Restoration of Saudi-Iran Relations - Sankalp Wadhwani
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Vietnam's Presence in the Spratly Islands: The South China Sea Dispute - Vanisha Krishnani
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China’s Assertion in Latin America and the Caribbean - Harshita Mahajan
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Venezuela as a Petrostate - Satyansh Tomar
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The UK-Rwanda Migration Asylum Plan: Analysis - Anoushka Rawat
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November 2022
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The Future of Indian Border Infrastructure and its Preparedness - Vaibhavi Katal
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International Intervention in Myanmar - Yashvi Sachdeva
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Military Strategy of Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine War - Vanshika Sirohi
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Piracy and Terrorism: Possibilities Collaboration - Jaskirat Singh Gujral
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Ukraine’s Nuclear Policy: The Politico-Legal Perspective - Gayatri Kasibhatta
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The Game of Domination in the Arctic and Antarctica - S. Shailesh
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Arms Control Measures in the Middle East - Bipasha Banerjee
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Developing the Role and Impact of OSINT on Security Planning - Kanak Mohiley
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Challenges to Economic Security in Sri Lanka - Shilpa Santosh
October 2022
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The Evolution of Saudi-US Relations - Mehak Johari
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Future Prospects of Drone Swarm Systems - Prabal Padam Singh Rana
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India's Aerospace Security: Technological, Budgetary and Policy Issues - S. Shailesh
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China's Growing Influence in the Global Arms Market - Vedica Karnik
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Tracking American Critical Technology Transfer and Allied Concerns - Arshdeep Singh Dutt
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Hypersonics and the Global Order - Aaryan Panchal
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Civil Side of the Ukraine War - Aditi Hanninamane
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September 2022
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Nordstream Pipeline Attacks - Nandini Bhatnagar
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Role of India and China in the Global South - Manshi Suhag
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Mitigating the Rise of Terror in Kashmir - Pradeek Krishna
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Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea - Ojus Sharma
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Islamic State and its Affiliates - Sukhrit Kaur
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Role of Private Military Companies in Combating Islamic Terrorism - Aakrith Harikumar
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Chinese Marine Corps: Evolution and Purpose - Mehul Singh Gill
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August 2022
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India in the Indian Ocean Region: Development in HADR - Atri Patel
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An Assessment of the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy - Raghav Dua
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End of Autonomy in Hong Kong and Macau - Smruthi Chandrasekar
State Cyber Offensive Capabilities: A Multi-Domain Operation Construct - B.S. Ashish
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Evaluating India’s HADR Diplomacy - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgad
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BIMSTEC in Lieu of SAARC: Not Exactly a Great Replacement - Femi Ann Varghese
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May 2022
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Scope Of Quantum Technology in India - Hardika Dhanpuri
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Indian Ocean and India's Modern Warfare - Tony S George
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April 2022
Biden's Indo-pacific Strategy - Aditi Nahata
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Central Asian Republics' China concerns - Sukhrit Kaur
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Geopolitical convergence and challenges facing Iran and Russia in Eurasia - Smruthi Chandrasekar
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Is the West Declining or is the East Rising - Ojus Sharma
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Privatisation of Indian Space Sector - Anushka Mokta
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Progress Report: United States Space Force - Raghav Dua
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What will Russia gain from Ukraine invasion - Mahek Bhanu Marwaha
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Houthi attacks on UAE - Basangouda Patil
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The Russian Energy Market - Masha Tokas
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BrahMos Deal: Balance of Power in the Indo-Pacific - Aditi Maurya
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March 2022
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The future of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) - Sahej Veer Singh
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Chinese revolution in military affairs - Mehul Singh Gill
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Pondering war - renewed tensions in Ukraine - Samruddhi Pathak
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The AUKUS alliance - Amit Kumar
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Kurile islands dispute - implications for the Indo-Pacific - Yukti Panwar
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Comprehending Chinese psychological warfare against India - Atri Patel
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A new Osake in an old bottle - the new Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida - Ashutosh Kumar
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The role of the Bush Doctrine in the failure of US operations in Afghanistan - B S Ashish
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February 2022
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Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy of India and its preaching - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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Blockchain technology and its importance in the military applications - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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Politics of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgud
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Pakistan's citizen centric national security - Femi Ann Varghese
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India's double hook strategy - Sonal Mitra
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India-Vietnam Strategic Partnership - Khushi Mahendru
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China's New Land Border Law - Yukti Panwar
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Critical technologies of Israel & India - Karthika Ellangovan
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January 2022
India’s Race of Technology and Digitisation - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Hypersonics and the global disorder - Rayan V Bhagwagar
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India's new air defenders - the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system - Akhilesh Dwivedi
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The looming nuclear threat with Iran - Joseph Punnen
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Bidens immigration policies and its impact on Latin America - Khushi Baldota
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Maritime security and the misuse of AIS - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgud
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The Return of JCPOA - Piyush Singh
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Northern Sea routes and shipping regulations - Karthika Ellangovan
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The world on fire: a global ecological threat - Aulina Pandey
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October 2021
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Current trajectory of the KSA-Iran conflict - Ananya Singh
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Efficacy of FONOPs in countering Chinese expansionism - Atri Patel
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Brexit: the future of Northern Ireland - Yukti Panwar
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Resurgent clashes in Ethiopia - Femi Ann Varghese
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Joint EU Cyber Response Unit - Palak Minda
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Evolution of Filipino policy vis-a-vis China - Ahan Mohit Gadkari
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August 2021
The Afghanistan crisis: India's strategic hedging - Nehal Dadhich
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The Islamic Insurgency in Mozambique - BS Ashish
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The missing piece of India's defence paradigm: the defence white paper - Joseph Punnen
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Erdogan and the rise of Neo-Ottomanism in Turkey - Pradeek Krishna
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Surge in cybercrime in Brazil - Mehak Dhiman
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Pros and Cons of Theatre Commands - Mehul Singh Gill
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Drones: The new aerial threat - Vedant Saigal
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Integration of Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy post 26/11 - Mehak Dhiman
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July 2021
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Weaponisation of 5G - Rushil Khosla
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Growth of the Indian Private Defence and Aerospace Sector - Preeti Sharma
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Why terrorism continues to flourish in Western Africa - Pradeek Krishna
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British attempts to maintain a global military presence - Palak Maheshwari
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Disruptive technologies in the Indian Armed Forces - Vedant Saigal
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Inter-Korean missile capabilities - Sahej Veer Singh
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Assessment of Gender Parity in UN Peacekeeping - Aulina Pandey
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Role of Women Combatants in DRC - B.S Ashish
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EU Peacekeeping in Africa - Jyot Shikar Singh
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Israel-Palestine Conflict on Social Media - Medha Shukla
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Baltic Air Policing - Mehul Gill Singh
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Colombia's internal unrest - Nehal Dadhich
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June 2021
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Coca and Colombia - Swati Batchu
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India’s National Intelligence Grid - Sonal Mitra
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Russia’s troop build up across Ukraine - Piyush Singh
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Terrorist or Revolutionary? - Kritika Karmakar
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Asian Hate Crimes - Bhanavi Bahl and Khushi Mahendru
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China's crackdown on online education forums - Khushi Mahendru
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Future of the Indo-US military partnership under Biden - Sonal Mitra
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Resurgent clashes in Ethiopia - Swati Batchu
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Terror and Identity: countering illegal Bangladeshi migration - Rayan V Bhagwagar
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The Israeli military industrial complex and its success - Samruddhi Pathak
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May 2021
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What, when, why of DARPA - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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India AI Stack - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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UK D10 and 5G - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its effects - Himanshu Dubey
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Hazara prosecution in Pakistan - Piyush Singh
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India's Ocean Policy - Ishita Dutta
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UK Space Command operations and possibilities - Samruddhi Pathak
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March 2021
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China's investments in Indonesia - Khushi Mahendru
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Ethnicity and conflict in Myanmar - Zoya Raj Singh
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January 2021
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Increasing cyber attacks on Healthcare Systems - Khushi Baldota
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Challenges to EU cyberspace - Bhanavi Bahl
Africa’s growing foreign military bases a race for regional superpower? - Himanshu Dubey
Mapping India’s data security and sovereignty - Jahnavi Pande
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Diplomatic contest in IOR - Jyot Shikhar Singh
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The role of women in terrorist organisations: case studies within South East Asia - Khushi Baldota
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The role of Artificial Intelligence in the Navy - Mehak Dhiman
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Russia’s critical technologies and hypersonic capabilities - Nandini Bhatnagar
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Drones and terrorism: the dynamic road - Piyush Singh
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NATO: cyber security and cyber coalition - Urjasvi Ahlawat
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November 2020
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Drug cartels in Latin America - Samruddhi Pathak
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North Koreas Missile Program: instability in East Asia and the role of the US - Ishita Dutta
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CPEC and extremist attacks - Sonal Mitra
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October 2020
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Chinese applications and data security in the 21st century - Ishita Dutta
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August 2020
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SITREP: Daesh post-Baghdadi - Rayan V Bhagwagar
Balancing the trapeze: US sanctions on Iran and the Indian response - Grace Cheema
Science, Technology & Society (STS) approach to the new Security Studies - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Kerala’s remittances trap - Joseph Punnen
The McDonaldization of terrorism - Siya Bindal
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US military aid in Asia - Rayan V Bhagwagar
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An analysis of the Chinese white paper of 2019 - Samyukktha Miriyala
Human trafficking trade in India - Sankalp Sreenath
China’s involvement with insurgent groups in North-East India - Swati Batchu
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July 2020
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Terror and cyber finance: use of crypto-currencies by terror Organisations - Kritika Karmakar
Special Briefs
Technology Linkages and Policies Series
India-Russia military technology cooperation - Rayan V Bhagwagar
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India-Japan technology ties - Joseph Punnen
India-US military technology cooperation - Rayan V Bhagwagar
Science and Technology Policy of France and Germany - Arun Teja Polcumpally
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Immigration Control and Policies Series
Evolution of Policy for Illegal Migration in the United States - Akshara Sivakumar
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Dealing with migration the West Asian way - Ananya Singh
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Evolution of Policy of Illegal Migration in Southeast Asia - Yukti Panwar
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Anatomy of Failed States Series
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