The Captagon earned its grim nickname as the Jihadi Drug not through exaggeration, but through its documented role in the battlefields of the Middle East.[i] Originally developed in the 1960s as a pharmaceutical containing fenethylline (a synthetic stimulant that metabolises into amphetamine and theophylline), it was intended to treat conditions like narcolepsy and depression. By…
“We must make it work, and never mess it up”[i] In the spring of 2026, with West Asia still convulsed by conflict and global energy arteries under strain,[ii] U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a two-day summit in Beijing.[iii] Far from marking a fundamental transformation in international politics, the meeting…
For five hundred years, the fundamental DNA of infantry warfare has relied on one remarkably crude trick: harnessing a violent chemical explosion to throw a piece of metal. From matchlocks to modern assault rifles, the soldier has always been tethered to gunpowder. As of April 2026, however, a genuine technological shift is unfolding. The People’s…
On March 30, 2026, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers executed an unprecedented triple-hull delivery to the Indian Navy in Kolkata, serving as a definitive metric of stabilizing domestic shipyard throughput. This concurrent handover of the Project 17A guided-missile frigate Dunagiri, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft Agray, and the Survey Vessel Large Sanshodhak signals a…
The events unfolding in late March 2026 regarding Israel’s national security architecture offer a profound, real-time case study in doctrinal failure and systemic exhaustion. When IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issued a stark warning to the Israeli security cabinet that the military is going to collapse in on itself,[i] it sent shockwaves…
In an era of global instability, Asia’s giants are taking divergent strategic paths. China is aggressively scaling advanced, multi-domain military assets to project hegemonic power across the Indo-Pacific. Meanwhile, India is radically restructuring its military-industrial base, prioritizing absolute self-reliance (Aatmanirbharta) and integrated theatre commands to achieve unshakeable strategic autonomy by 2047.
The global security landscape has shifted from isolated conflicts to persistent, multi-domain competition across physical, cyber, and cognitive realms. At the College of Defence Management, CDS Anil Chauhan called for a transition toward Intelligent Warfare under the ARADO framework. This evolution aims to secure escalation dominance and integrated deterrence in an era of hyper-complex warfare.
