China-India competition

Gwadar and Chabahar emerge as more than ports – they are strategic battlegrounds where economic ambitions, regional and global power collide.

Thus far, India’s strategy appears to be a reactionary stance focused more on countering China than on responding to the specific dynamics of the Arctic region.

For sustainable growth, Afghanistan must maintain control over its resources while seeking investments that promote local development.

BRICS eyes expansion, but without a coherent agenda. Meanwhile, rhetoric about respect for international law sours beside Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi needs to assess if China’s growing involvement in the Gulf is detrimental to its long-term security interests and the regional balance of power.

Surveillance balloons are a new threat to reckon with in the grey zone – and a wake-up call for India to enhance its intelligence and counterintelligence proficiency. 

The same sea lanes that China depends on serve India’s friends and partners as well.

A Taiwan Strait conflict could also spark a Sino-Indian war in the Himalayas.

A recent trip by China’s defense minister featured key stops on the planned International North South Transport Corridor, India’s answer to the Belt and Road.

India is not completely dependent on Chinese technologies in its power plants, but New Delhi wants to further decrease what reliance does exist.

The Quad may still be a mist-covered structure but Indo-Japanese cooperation against China is becoming more concrete.