Category - Security & Strategy
Articles, Culture & Society, Diplomacy, Security & Strategy
Deterrence and Dialogue: Decoding India’s China Policy
From the October 2024 Modi-Xi meeting in Kazan and the subsequent border understanding, to their meeting at the recent SCO summit in Tashkent and the interactions between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, India-China ties have been moving through a gradual process of recalibration.
Articles, Diplomacy, Security & Strategy
Test of the Mecca Pact: How Ansar Allah’s Red Sea Surge Is Unravelling Gulf Deterrence
The author argues that Ansar Allah’s strategic advances in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and key infrastructure strikes have exposed the military and operational limitations of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, leaving Saudi Arabia exposed as key allies and the United States decline direct combat intervention.
Articles, Diplomacy, Security & Strategy, Uncategorized
The Makkah Pact and the Emerging West Asian Order
The author argues that while the newly formed Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between major Muslim nations aims to address shifting West Asian security dynamics and project regional power, its internal rivalries, broad external targets—including Israel, India, and Russia—and questionable operational feasibility will ultimately drive impacted non-member states like India to recalibrate their own strategic partnerships and diplomatic alliances.
