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Strategy and Culture: India’s Continued Relevance in a Complex Multipolar World (Lt Gen (Dr) S.K. Gadeock – Observer Research Foundation)

India’s strategic culture has evolved through millennia of civilisational continuity, philosophical introspection, and pragmatic statecraft. Rooted in traditions of intellectual enquiry and adaptability, it...

Ports and Geopolitics: The Case of Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Bay of Bengal (Sohini Bose – Observer Research Foundation)

The Bay of Bengal has emerged as a key arena for Sino-Indian competition due to its proximity to vital sea lanes, rich resource potential,...

China’s Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam (Rajiv Lathar – Observer Research Foundation)

In the past seven decades, China has been actively building civilian, military, and dual-use infrastructure in Xinjiang and Tibet—which it calls, respectively, the Xinjiang...

The Quad’s Calibrated Maritime Security Agenda (Sayantan Haldar – Observer Research Foundation)

The Quad has been repeatedly criticised for supposedly lacking a maritime security agenda. These views, however, stem from a narrow interpretation of ‘maritime security’—one...

A new model for forest finance or just more debt? (Jawad Khalid – Lowy The Interpreter)

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) has been hailed as a landmark in global climate finance – a new model to...

Pacific Islands: Without literacy, climate resilience is nigh on impossible (Serena Sasingian – Lowy The Interpreter)

Bill Gates’ recent essay “Three tough truths about climate” carried a warning worth heeding in the Pacific: don’t let the urgency of climate change...

Not every critical mineral is equal – and Australia’s policy should reflect this (Eli Hayes, Darren Lim – Lowy The Interpreter)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese boasted twin benefits from the critical minerals deal signed with the United States last month. On the security side, Albanese...

The COP30 and COP31 summits must be a display of southern hemisphere stewardship (Izabela Pereira Watts – Lowy The Interpreter)

Climate talks in Brazil have begun with the high-level COP30 general plenary and the attendance of more than 40 world leaders. The United Nations...

The digital battlefield around Australia’s South China Sea patrols (Fitriani and Astrid Young – ASPI The Strategist)

When an Australian patrol aircraft met a Chinese jet over the South China Sea last month, the encounter quickly moved beyond airspace to digital...

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