The SIPRI Yearbook 2026 reveals India expanded its nuclear arsenal to 190 warheads and commenced peacetime sea-based deployments. This strategic shift responds to China's rapid nuclear buildup, enhancing India's nuclear triad and credible minimum deterrence capabilities
Click to View MoreChina’s extensive dam-building on the Brahmaputra exemplifies its “hydropower diplomacy,” leveraging water to assert regional dominance. This threatens India’s water security, risking floods, scarcity, and ecological damage. India must safeguard riparian rights and accelerate its own dam projects to counter China’s hydro-hegemony.
Click to View MoreChina's new regional strategy aims to strengthen ties with neighbours and the Global South, promote stable international relations, and maintain social stability. India can benefit from this strategy, but faces competition, bypassing South Asia, and strategic encirclement.
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