Articles by Divyanshu Jindal
Beyond Defense and Energy: The Future of India-Russia Partnership Original
One of the most unexpected effects of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has been the metamorphosis of the India-Russia partnership. While for many decades an unwavering commitment toward defense partnership stood as the strongest pillar of bilateral ties between the two nations, a booming energy trade with sanction-hit Russia offering heavily discounted oil has become the new avenue for boosting engagement.
A Catch-22 for India’s tech ambitions
The ongoing Russia–Ukraine war has induced several unexpected shifts in global geopolitical dynamics. While previously stagnant India–Russia trade has more than in just one year (backed by oil purchases), India’s defence partnership with Russia is expected to take a hit, with Russian supply chains affected and its dependency on China set to rise. As a result, India is now looking to bank on indigenous capabilities.
Saudi Arabia Has Become the Next Tech Battleground
Technological innovations have brought tectonic shifts in global geopolitical dynamics over the past decade. A technological competition between the two major powers, China and the United States, is now underway, with implications for the globe. And like every war needs a battleground, the emergent tech war, too, needs a platform for the tech powers to showcase their strength and achieve victories. Saudi Arabia has embraced the situation with both hands.
The AI Race: Collaboration to Counter Chinese Aggression
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to replace humans, as it can help overcome language barriers, improve governance, deliver better healthcare, and create art. However, AI also has the potential to be highly disruptive, causing ripples that can alter the existing democratic world order. Using AI for facial recognition and leading crackdowns on dissenting citizens is just one of its many negative uses.
India a partner in the ‘chip war’
Wed, Dec 14, 2022 page8 By Namrata Hasija and Divyanshu Jindal In the past few weeks, several delegations from Taiwan have visited India. Their conversations aimed at bolstering India-Taiwan ties have focused largely on semiconductors. There is good reason for this: The semiconductor universe has witnessed tectonic changes in the past few months.
An element of doubt? Rare earths targeted in disinfo campaign
The US cybersecurity firm Mandiant recently issued a fresh warning about an ongoing influence campaign comprising a network of thousands of inauthentic social media accounts. According to Mandiant’s qualitative and circumstantial observation-based investigation, the campaign that the firm has named “Dragonbridge” supports China’s political and strategic interests. Dating back to 2019, the campaign initially focused on discrediting the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Assessing QUAD's Cyber Agenda
Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) was established in 2001 as an autonomous defence research and analysis body for research and focused analyses on issues related to national security, defence, and aerospace issues in the evolving strategic and international security environment. Its objective is to facilitate greater understanding of these issues amongst the Armed Forces, the strategic community and the public besides contributing to policy generation and decision-making.
Russia, more than China, leaves India with a dilemma
Ukraine and Taiwan are now the major focal points in the geopolitical arena, testing the diplomacy of the United States but also other nations – India as much as any. Where India-China relations have soured in recent years, in some ways making India’s response to the Taiwan issue more straightforward, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia leaves New Delhi in a quandary.
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