India’s Defence Sector in 2025: A Critical Analysis of Capabilities, Progress and Limitations
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2025, India’s defence sector presents a picture of ambitious aspirations juxtaposed with deeply embedded institutional limitations. The increased budgetary outlay, significant political emphasis on indigenous manufacturing, and geopolitical recalibration towards Western partners suggest a country determined to move away from dependency on foreign platforms. However, beneath this high-level narrative Continue Reading
Arakan Army’s Strategic Dilemma: Sustainability Hinges on Bangladeshi Support
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs the civil conflict in Myanmar intensifies, the Arakan Army (AA) continues to make incremental gains in Rakhine State. However, despite recent territorial advances against the embattled Myanmar military junta, the AA’s aspirations for a de facto independent Arakanese polity face significant structural, geopolitical, and logistical challenges. Chief among these Continue Reading
How the Sri Lankan Army Defeated Terrorism and the Quiet Role of Israel
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Sri Lankan military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), culminating in the group’s defeat in May 2009, remains one of the most comprehensive counterinsurgency victories of the 21st century. The Sri Lankan Army (SLA), operating in complex terrain against a well-armed, deeply entrenched insurgency with significant Continue Reading
Why Bangladesh Must Rethink Its Israel Policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn today’s unforgiving regional environment, defence is not about sentiment. It is about capability, timing, and access. For Bangladesh, caught between two neighbours with evolving security doctrines and increasingly sophisticated arsenals, there is growing reason to reconsider its traditional posture towards Israel. This is not about ideology or grandstanding at Continue Reading
Myanmar Army Combat Losses: Jan – Jun 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesSix months into 2025, the Tatmadaw faces its gravest attrition since the 2021 coup. Open-source monitoring indicates that the junta now controls barely one-fifth of Myanmar’s municipalities, a drop from roughly one-third at the start of 2024, after losing Lashio, large parts of Rakhine, and swathes of Bago and Kachin Continue Reading