Issue Briefs
The Centre for Security Studies regularly engages in research work on themes and topics relevant to the field of international security through the publication of issue briefs on its website.
March 2024
Critical Resources: A Driving Force for Technological Advancement but a Growing Security Concern - Shehaan Sahni
January 2024
Balancing the Scales: Navigating the Interplay between Technology and Humint - Divyashree Jha
Myanmar's Civil War: India and China's Pursuit for a Peaceful Neighborhood - Harshita Mahajan
South Korea and NATO: Boosting Security, Cyber Threats, and North Korea - Jaskirat Gujral
Cyber Resilience in the EU - Vaibhavi Katal
Geopolitical Realignment in Greater Eurasia: India’s Strategic Imperatives and the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation - Arth Agarwal
China's Nuclear Submarine Accident - Shehaan Sahni
Chinese Economy and the Possible Global Impact - Renuka Sreekumar
December 2023
Pakistan's Economy: Are Exchange Rates Fudged? - Tanish Srivastava
Taiwan's Counter-Measures Against Chinese Assertive Posture - Harshita Khaund
The Geopolitics and Militarisation of Outer Space - D. Sakshi
The Indo-Pacific Army Heads' Meeting - Aarushi Suvarna
Revitalizing Diplomatic Energy: The Resurgence of the China–Japan–South Korea Trilateral
Summi - Aditi Hanninamane
Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative - Siddhant Kilpady
Dissecting NATO Chief's Remarks on the Russia- Ukraine War - Charunivetha Solai Gnanasekar
India and the Cyber Governance Architecture - Bhavyl Bansal
Understanding Directed Weapons - Aditya Gulati
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: An Analysis of The Latest Surprise Attacks by The Hamas - S. Shailesh
Navigating the Global Semiconductor Industry - Shashwat Kotiyal
The Challenges of Crypto Regulations - Madalsa Jain
France-UAE-India Trilateral Relations - Jayanti Dhingra
July 2023
Indian Strategic Infrastructural Development in Arunachal and Beyond - Vaibhavi Katal
South China Sea: A Power Keg in Asia - Harshita Dey
Somalia: A Failed State? - Harshita Mahajan
June 2023
Philippines and Japan Defence Partnership - S. Shailesh
India-Africa Defence Cooperation - Aditi Hanninamane
Insurgency in Nigeria - Tanish Srivastava
Delhi's Strategic Investment in the Indian Ocean - Samyak Banerjee
Narcoterrorism in Northeast India - Shatakshi Tyagi
Evolving India-Myanmar Relations: Underlying Objectives and Values - Vedica Karnik
The National Security Strategy of Japan: An Analysis - Shehaan Sahni
I2U2 and Shared Strategic Goals - Aakrith Harikumar
May 2023
Restoration of Saudi-Iran Relations - Sankalp Wadhwani
Vietnam's Presence in the Spratly Islands: The South China Sea Dispute - Vanisha Krishnani
China’s Assertion in Latin America and the Caribbean - Harshita Mahajan
Venezuela as a Petrostate - Satyansh Tomar
The UK-Rwanda Migration Asylum Plan: Analysis - Anoushka Rawat
November 2022
The Future of Indian Border Infrastructure and its Preparedness - Vaibhavi Katal
International Intervention in Myanmar - Yashvi Sachdeva
Military Strategy of Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine War - Vanshika Sirohi
Piracy and Terrorism: Possibilities Collaboration - Jaskirat Singh Gujral
Ukraine’s Nuclear Policy: The Politico-Legal Perspective - Gayatri Kasibhatta
The Game of Domination in the Arctic and Antarctica - S. Shailesh
Arms Control Measures in the Middle East - Bipasha Banerjee
Developing the Role and Impact of OSINT on Security Planning - Kanak Mohiley
Challenges to Economic Security in Sri Lanka - Shilpa Santosh
October 2022
The Evolution of Saudi-US Relations - Mehak Johari
Future Prospects of Drone Swarm Systems - Prabal Padam Singh Rana
India's Aerospace Security: Technological, Budgetary and Policy Issues - S. Shailesh
China's Growing Influence in the Global Arms Market - Vedica Karnik
Tracking American Critical Technology Transfer and Allied Concerns - Arshdeep Singh Dutt
Hypersonics and the Global Order - Aaryan Panchal
Civil Side of the Ukraine War - Aditi Hanninamane
September 2022
Nordstream Pipeline Attacks - Nandini Bhatnagar
Role of India and China in the Global South - Manshi Suhag
Mitigating the Rise of Terror in Kashmir - Pradeek Krishna
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea - Ojus Sharma
Islamic State and its Affiliates - Sukhrit Kaur
Role of Private Military Companies in Combating Islamic Terrorism - Aakrith Harikumar
Chinese Marine Corps: Evolution and Purpose - Mehul Singh Gill
August 2022
India in the Indian Ocean Region: Development in HADR - Atri Patel
An Assessment of the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy - Raghav Dua
End of Autonomy in Hong Kong and Macau - Smruthi Chandrasekar
State Cyber Offensive Capabilities: A Multi-Domain Operation Construct - B.S. Ashish
Evaluating India’s HADR Diplomacy - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgad
BIMSTEC in Lieu of SAARC: Not Exactly a Great Replacement - Femi Ann Varghese
May 2022
Scope Of Quantum Technology in India - Hardika Dhanpuri
Indian Ocean and India's Modern Warfare - Tony S George
April 2022
Biden's Indo-pacific Strategy - Aditi Nahata
Central Asian Republics' China concerns - Sukhrit Kaur
Geopolitical convergence and challenges facing Iran and Russia in Eurasia - Smruthi Chandrasekar
Is the West Declining or is the East Rising - Ojus Sharma
Privatisation of Indian Space Sector - Anushka Mokta
Progress Report: United States Space Force - Raghav Dua
What will Russia gain from Ukraine invasion - Mahek Bhanu Marwaha
Houthi attacks on UAE - Basangouda Patil
The Russian Energy Market - Masha Tokas
BrahMos Deal: Balance of Power in the Indo-Pacific - Aditi Maurya
March 2022
The future of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) - Sahej Veer Singh
Chinese revolution in military affairs - Mehul Singh Gill
Pondering war - renewed tensions in Ukraine - Samruddhi Pathak
The AUKUS alliance - Amit Kumar
Kurile islands dispute - implications for the Indo-Pacific - Yukti Panwar
Comprehending Chinese psychological warfare against India - Atri Patel
A new Osake in an old bottle - the new Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida - Ashutosh Kumar
The role of the Bush Doctrine in the failure of US operations in Afghanistan - B S Ashish
February 2022
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy of India and its preaching - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Blockchain technology and its importance in the military applications - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Politics of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgud
Pakistan's citizen centric national security - Femi Ann Varghese
India's double hook strategy - Sonal Mitra
India-Vietnam Strategic Partnership - Khushi Mahendru
China's New Land Border Law - Yukti Panwar
Critical technologies of Israel & India - Karthika Ellangovan
January 2022
India’s Race of Technology and Digitisation - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Hypersonics and the global disorder - Rayan V Bhagwagar
India's new air defenders - the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system - Akhilesh Dwivedi
The looming nuclear threat with Iran - Joseph Punnen
Bidens immigration policies and its impact on Latin America - Khushi Baldota
Maritime security and the misuse of AIS - Mihir Vikrant Kaulgud
The Return of JCPOA - Piyush Singh
Northern Sea routes and shipping regulations - Karthika Ellangovan
The world on fire: a global ecological threat - Aulina Pandey
October 2021
Current trajectory of the KSA-Iran conflict - Ananya Singh
Efficacy of FONOPs in countering Chinese expansionism - Atri Patel
Brexit: the future of Northern Ireland - Yukti Panwar
Resurgent clashes in Ethiopia - Femi Ann Varghese
Joint EU Cyber Response Unit - Palak Minda
Evolution of Filipino policy vis-a-vis China - Ahan Mohit Gadkari
August 2021
The Afghanistan crisis: India's strategic hedging - Nehal Dadhich
The Islamic Insurgency in Mozambique - BS Ashish
The missing piece of India's defence paradigm: the defence white paper - Joseph Punnen
Erdogan and the rise of Neo-Ottomanism in Turkey - Pradeek Krishna
Surge in cybercrime in Brazil - Mehak Dhiman
Pros and Cons of Theatre Commands - Mehul Singh Gill
Drones: The new aerial threat - Vedant Saigal
Integration of Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy post 26/11 - Mehak Dhiman
July 2021
Weaponisation of 5G - Rushil Khosla
Growth of the Indian Private Defence and Aerospace Sector - Preeti Sharma
Why terrorism continues to flourish in Western Africa - Pradeek Krishna
British attempts to maintain a global military presence - Palak Maheshwari
Disruptive technologies in the Indian Armed Forces - Vedant Saigal
Inter-Korean missile capabilities - Sahej Veer Singh
Assessment of Gender Parity in UN Peacekeeping - Aulina Pandey
Role of Women Combatants in DRC - B.S Ashish
EU Peacekeeping in Africa - Jyot Shikar Singh
Israel-Palestine Conflict on Social Media - Medha Shukla
Baltic Air Policing - Mehul Gill Singh
Colombia's internal unrest - Nehal Dadhich
June 2021
Coca and Colombia - Swati Batchu
India’s National Intelligence Grid - Sonal Mitra
Russia’s troop build up across Ukraine - Piyush Singh
Terrorist or Revolutionary? - Kritika Karmakar
Asian Hate Crimes - Bhanavi Bahl and Khushi Mahendru
China's crackdown on online education forums - Khushi Mahendru
Future of the Indo-US military partnership under Biden - Sonal Mitra
Resurgent clashes in Ethiopia - Swati Batchu
Terror and Identity: countering illegal Bangladeshi migration - Rayan V Bhagwagar
The Israeli military industrial complex and its success - Samruddhi Pathak
May 2021
What, when, why of DARPA - Arun Teja Polcumpally
India AI Stack - Arun Teja Polcumpally
UK D10 and 5G - Arun Teja Polcumpally
US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its effects - Himanshu Dubey
Hazara prosecution in Pakistan - Piyush Singh
India's Ocean Policy - Ishita Dutta
UK Space Command operations and possibilities - Samruddhi Pathak
March 2021
China's investments in Indonesia - Khushi Mahendru
Ethnicity and conflict in Myanmar - Zoya Raj Singh
January 2021
Increasing cyber attacks on Healthcare Systems - Khushi Baldota
Challenges to EU cyberspace - Bhanavi Bahl
Africa’s growing foreign military bases a race for regional superpower? - Himanshu Dubey
Mapping India’s data security and sovereignty - Jahnavi Pande
Diplomatic contest in IOR - Jyot Shikhar Singh
The role of women in terrorist organisations: case studies within South East Asia - Khushi Baldota
The role of Artificial Intelligence in the Navy - Mehak Dhiman
Russia’s critical technologies and hypersonic capabilities - Nandini Bhatnagar
Drones and terrorism: the dynamic road - Piyush Singh
NATO: cyber security and cyber coalition - Urjasvi Ahlawat
November 2020
Drug cartels in Latin America - Samruddhi Pathak
North Koreas Missile Program: instability in East Asia and the role of the US - Ishita Dutta
CPEC and extremist attacks - Sonal Mitra
October 2020
Chinese applications and data security in the 21st century - Ishita Dutta
August 2020
SITREP: Daesh post-Baghdadi - Rayan V Bhagwagar
Balancing the trapeze: US sanctions on Iran and the Indian response - Grace Cheema
Science, Technology & Society (STS) approach to the new Security Studies - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Kerala’s remittances trap - Joseph Punnen
The McDonaldization of terrorism - Siya Bindal
US military aid in Asia - Rayan V Bhagwagar
An analysis of the Chinese white paper of 2019 - Samyukktha Miriyala
Human trafficking trade in India - Sankalp Sreenath
China’s involvement with insurgent groups in North-East India - Swati Batchu
July 2020
Terror and cyber finance: use of crypto-currencies by terror Organisations - Kritika Karmakar
Special Briefs
Technology Linkages and Policies Series
India-Russia military technology cooperation - Rayan V Bhagwagar
India-Japan technology ties - Joseph Punnen
India-US military technology cooperation - Rayan V Bhagwagar
Science and Technology Policy of France and Germany - Arun Teja Polcumpally
Immigration Control and Policies Series
Evolution of Policy for Illegal Migration in the United States - Akshara Sivakumar
Dealing with migration the West Asian way - Ananya Singh
Evolution of Policy of Illegal Migration in Southeast Asia - Yukti Panwar
Anatomy of Failed States Series