Cdr Abhijit Singh
Why India’s South China Sea Stand Matters
During his visit to New Delhi last week, Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister, held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The agenda for…
Lessons from the China vs. Philippines Arbitration Saga
On July 12, a United Nations arbitral tribunal in The Hague will pronounce verdict on a submission by The Philippines questioning the validity of China’s nine-dash line claims in the…
Games Navies Play: Anti-Access and Area Denial in Maritime Asia
On June 14, as Indian, Japanese and American warships began the fifth day of the 20th iteration of the Malabar Naval Exercises in the seas off Okinawa, they were informed…
India’s Submarine Modernisation Plans
India’s submarine modernisation plans have long been a subject of conjecture and debate in the Indian strategic affairs community. After an August 2013 explosion gutted the INS Sindhurakshak – the…
The Escalating South China Sea Dispute – Lessons for India
In recent days, the fight for dominance in the South China Sea has escalated. A few days after a Washington-based think-tank released a report which featured satellite imagery showing further…
Pakistan: Testing of Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Pakistan’s recent tests of its Tactical Nuclear Missiles suggest a lowering of the threshold for nuclear conflict. More portentous is the underlying assumption of Tactical Nuclear Missiles being ‘fair…
