High-Level Visits From China : New Diplomatic Strategy

Strategic Communication, Manufacturing of Narratives and India–ASEAN Relations

CNAS Insights | Strategic Stability with China Will Come at a Cost

The Partner System Repriced

This paper proposes that the 2025–26 rupture in US-India relations arose from two key factors that enmeshed: presidential decision-making based on dogmatic foreign policy beliefs and transactional style in place of strategy; and the silent but long accumulating frustration in the United States…

Leveraging BRICS & SCO for India’s Energy Security Strategy

Energy security featured prominently in discussions at both the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and BRICS in 2026, as volatility continues in global energy markets. India can leverage these organisations to attract investments and forge partnerships in clean technology supply chains.

Global Regional Analysis on International Affairs

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) analyzes important foreign policy & national security issues and their impact across global regions.

ASEAN–India Defence Think Tank Forum 2026

The ASEAN–India Defence Think Tank Forum is proposed as a Track-1.5/2.0 platform connecting strategic research communities with defence policymakers and ...

International Conference “Pakistan’s Evolving Counterterrorism Landscape: TTP, Cross-Border Threats and Regional Security”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) cordially invites you to the International Conference titled “Pakistan’s Evolving Counterterrorism Landscape: TTP, Cross-Border Threats and Regional Security” October 12, 2026 at 1000 hrs at the Crystal Ball Room, Marriott Hotel Islamabad

2026 Annual Report

CFR's think tank, analyzes pressing global challenges and offers actionable steps that policymakers and citizens can take to address them.

Issue Brief on “China-U.S. Eight Outcomes: A Framework for Managing Strategic Competition”

The China-U.S. relationship remains one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the international system. Competition between the world’s two largest economies has expanded beyond trade to technology, artificial intelligence, supply chains, strategic security and regional affairs. At…

Sri Lanka’s Economic and Geopolitical Balancing Act

Economic recovery has brought Sri Lanka a modicum of stability, but domestic strains and great-power rivalry could test how long it lasts.

Militia vs Maritime gains: Seizure of The Hanish Islands and Making of a Non-State Maritime Power

In the middle of September 2026, Houthi rebels carried out and completed a campaign that made a strategic statement out of what were largely uninhabited islands. The group expanded its presence in the region by the capture of the Greater and Lesser Hanish Islands in the Southern Red Sea furthering…

Papers/Study - IPRI

IPRI is one of the oldest non-partisan think-tanks on all facets of National Security including international relations & law, strategic studies, governance & ...

CLAWS – Cyberpeace Chair of Excellence | Essay Competition 2026

🌐 Theme: Strategic Communication in the Digital Age How can India safeguard its cognitive security, counter AI-enabled disinformation, strengthen digital sovereignty and shape strategic narratives in an increasingly contested information environment? 🎓 Open to students, researchers, armed forces…

The Trump-Xi Summit Leaves Taiwan in Limbo

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.

'China shock 2.0' and Europe's industrial future

This paper examines how China has come to dominate key industrial sectors and assesses the implications for Europe (including the UK).

The Scope and Nature of the U.S.-China Competition

China is not set to dominate world politics. This report is the first of several deliverables in a RAND study on U.S.-China competition,

REVIEW OF “SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: POLITICS, PRIORITIES, AND PATHWAYS OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY PATCHWORK”

Edited by Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley and Anna Powles. Routledge, London and New York 2025. 334 pages, ISBN: 978-1-003-61319-0, (Open Access) As strategic competition between the United States and China increasingly plays out across the “Blue Pacific”,[1] the question of how the…

MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING AS A STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE TOOL — INDIA’S DOMESTIC CAPABILITY AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

Keywords: Marine Spatial Planning, Indian Ocean, Regional Cooperation, Ocean Governance This paper argues that India should understand Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) not merely as an environmental management and conservation tool, but as a strategic asset. A carefully governed MSP architecture, one…

GeoStrategy Initiative

The GeoStrategy Initiative employs foresight and strategy to help governments and businesses navigate a turbulent geopolitical future.