A fortnightly watch on the geopolitical, economic, and technological shifts shaping India’s Comprehensive National Power.
Strategic and defence developments • Economic realignments • Critical technologies • Global and multilateral shifts
CDF Think Tank
Examining the evolving global strategic landscape and its implications for India, with a focus on geopolitical tensions, economic pressures, energy security, emerging technologies, and changing power dynamics.
CDF Think Tank
An analysis of major global strategic developments, including the BRICS Summit, Modi–Xi meeting, US–Iran tensions, and Iran’s nuclear programme, and their implications for India’s diplomacy, security, energy, and regional interests.
CDF Think Tank
The Indus Waters Treaty dispute, renewed India–China border talks, Bangladesh’s growing defence ties with China, Himalayan disaster diplomacy, evolving India–Nepal and India–Maldives relations, Pakistan’s emerging defence partnerships, India’s strategic engagement with Russia and Afghanistan, and growing US–China tensions across trade, energy, and the Indo-Pacific.
CDF Think Tank
The US–Iran confrontation and Gulf energy risk, Gaza diplomacy in Cairo, stalled Russia–Ukraine talks, Chinese exercises near Taiwan, renewed India–China border friction, and diplomatic recalibration in Nepal and Bangladesh.
CDF Think Tank
The NATO summit in Ankara, sustained attrition in the Russia–Ukraine war, China's push for technological self-reliance, the External Affairs Minister's six-nation tour, and accelerating China Plus One supply-chain diversification.
CDF Think Tank
US–Iran ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's leadership succession after Khamenei's death, NATO summit preparations, sustained drone warfare in Ukraine, and accelerating global competition over AI and defence spending.
CDF Think Tank
The 2026 G7 Summit in Evian, evolving U.S.–Iran nuclear negotiations, Ukraine’s expanded drone operations, tighter sanctions on Russia, renewed U.S.–China trade talks, critical mineral competition, and the growing strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific.
CDF Think Tank
U.S.–Israel–Iran tensions and global energy risks, the Quad’s shift toward strategic implementation, the escalating Russia–Ukraine war, intensifying U.S.–China technology rivalry, China’s economic security measures, growing Indo-Pacific maritime competition, and Myanmar’s engagement with India under the Act East strategy.
