China

5Jan 202625 Feb 2026

Strings Attached: How Military Aid Shapes Alliances

Published Taaza Khabar News 05 Jan 2026 https://taazakhabarnews.com/strings-attached-how-military-aid-shapes-alliances/ The global arms trade has transcended mere commercial transactions and emerged as…

16Dec 20251 Jan 2026

Deconstructing and Countering the Triple Trap of Defence Dependency

Published 17 Dec 2025-Taaza Khabar News https://taazakhabarnews.com/deconstructing-and-countering-the-triple-trap-of-defence-dependency/ The “Triple Trap” is a significant issue encountered by nations that are heavily…

12Dec 20251 Jan 2026

China’s Strategic Penetration in the Pacific Islands: Geopolitical Dynamics

Published 12 Dec 2025 Council for Strategic Affairs, USA https://www.councilforstrategicaffairs.org/csa-journal/dr-s-kulshrestha#h.tl4nicrtpcvv The vast Pacific Ocean would always remain the islanders’ great…

AI…

Weaponised Unmanned Vehicles in the Indian Navy: Technology Outlook

13 Jun 201711 Sep 2018

(Published IndraStra Global May 22, 2016 ) In the Navy unmanned vehicles constitute four types of vehicles which operate in aerial, surface-land, surface-sea and underwater environments. Even though more glamorous…

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Book Review Adam Kahane, Collaborating with the Enemy; How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust. Pages 130. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Oakland, CA. ISBN: 978-1-62656-822-8

6 Jun 201711 Sep 2018

(Published at IndrastraGlobal and Amazon) Book Review Adam Kahane, Collaborating with the Enemy; How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust. Pages 130. Berrett-Koehler Publishers,…

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Military Domain of Cyber warfare

30 Mar 201717 Jun 2017

(Published in CLAWS Scholar Warrior, Spring 2017, ISSN 2319-7331) “it would require sustained action for an adversary to take down a network for a period of time which would…

Cyber warfare…

Hybrid warfare-The Naval Dimension

1 Jan 201725 Jan 2017

(Published IndraStra Global 01 Jan 2017, http://www.indrastra.com/2017/01/FEATURED-Hybrid-Warfare-Naval-Dimension-003-01-2017-0002.html) It is so damn complex. If you ever think you have the solution to this, you’re wrong, and you’re dangerous. You have to keep…

China…

Jade Necklace: Naval Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Coastal Nations Across the Oceans

17 Dec 201625 Jan 2017

(Published IndraStra Global, 17 Dec 2017; for complete interactive experience visit http://www.indrastra.com/2016/12/FEATURED-Jade-Necklace-Naval-Dimension-of-Chinese-Engagement-with-Coastal-Nations-Across-the-Oceans-002-12-2016-0032.html ) “Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of…

Indian Navy…

Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)- Navy’s Armed Patrol

15 Dec 201625 Jan 2017

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, Dec 2016-Jan 2017. Vol 11 No. 6 ) “It is not surprising that some OPVs are multirole and heavily armed, lighter scantling and faster, whereas others…

Blockchain

Military Applications of Blockchain Technology

23 Nov 201625 Nov 2016

(Published 23 Nov 2016, CLAWS) “Blockchain protocols are a new class of protocols that are extremely resilient to attack ‒ they gain that resiliency by virtue of being decentralized,” Professor…

Cyber warfare…

Cyber Warfare – a Perspective

15 Oct 20165 Nov 2016

(Published 15 Oct 2016, CLAWS) The US Defense Science Board report of 2013 states that “in a perfect world, DOD operational systems would be able to tell a commander when…

Indian Navy…

Plugging Gaps in Strategic MDA

5 Oct 201619 Jul 2017

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, Oct 2016-Nov 2016, Vol 11 No.5) Plugging Gaps in Strategic MDA Maritime Domain Awareness is “the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime environment…

ARGUS…

Smarter Eyes in the Skies

10 Sep 20164 Oct 2016

(Published 10 Sep 2016, CLAWS) “…[t]he main advantage of using drones is precisely that they are unmanned. With the operators safely tucked in air-conditioned rooms far away, there’s no pilot…