India’s AI leap marks a decisive shift from digital adoption to technological leadership, as it builds its own models, data systems, and large-scale compute infrastructure under the India-AI Mission. This transition reflects not just economic ambition, but a strategic move toward technological sovereignty and inclusive growth.

From Imperial Expansion to Constitutional Pacifism: Japan’s Strategic Evolution and the Return of Military Assertiveness Amidst a Rising China in the Indo Pacific.

In the Arthashastra, written by Kautilya in the 4th century BCE, the concept of Matsya Nyaya warns that in the absence of just governance, anarchy prevails, morality collapses, and power supplants justice. Today’s international system increasingly reflects this condition, where might, rather than law, determines outcomes.

Putin’s address to the European public. Is Moscow kicking EU when they are down?

A world war involves direct, sustained conflict between multiple great powers, with full societal and economic mobilization. In contrast, a transition toward multipolarity is characterized by dispersed power, regional influence, and indirect competition through diplomacy, economic measures, and proxy engagements, with risks arising from miscalculation rather than open warfare.