The main instruments of India’s next war have been outlined as drones, missiles, counter drone and air defence and missile systems and the Narrative. What are the elements that will decide success and is this strategy common for the two main adversaries – Pakistan and China.

Representative Image by Wix AI The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI) Yearbook 2026 has a chapter, “Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security,” authored by Laura Bruun, Jules Palayer and Vincent Boulanin. The authors offer a comprehensive and carefully sourced account of how the international community grappled with AI governance in 2025. Rather than focusing solely on technological developments, the report examines how governments,

10 days of US Central Command and the IRGC exchange of missile and drone attacks, what’s the strategy and how will it shape a possible return to the negotiating table, here is a view.

For the Indian Armed Forces whose primary role is deterrence, war avoidance and territorial sovereignty – UAVs, missiles and air defence systems will be supplementary and complementary to tanks, artillery guns and infantry carriers. This will also give the commanders strategic as well as operational options, while ensuring tangible achievement of success rather than the narrative.

As Sepah the IRGC and Artesh the Iranian Armed Forces establish a joint strategy to counter what is expected to be a possible ground operation by the US Central Command to neutralise and gain control of select areas of Iran’s Southern coastline including possibly Kharg Island, the war in Iran could be moving to the next phase.

Here are 11 points on Iran’s ability to convert geography, long term preparedness, asymmetry, alliances and timing into coercive, deterrent and bargaining power and in the end, why will still lose the War.

Kautilya's framework examined in the light of the current developments in international relations and contemporary western theories proves that classical Indian strategic thought deserves serious attention in tandem with established Western approaches says A Sathwik Raja Bose in his review of, “A Critical Study of Kautilya’s Concepts of Mitra and Raja mandala”.

With the post-World War II international order fading away and hostilities on the rise, the prospects for conflict prevention look dim. But the picture is not wholly dark. It is possible to identify tools that, if used properly, can reduce bloodshed.

Artificial intelligence is expected to have a profound influence on international peace and security marks SIPRI as the frontier discipline is making wars more lethal as demonstrated during the US/Israel Iran War and invades our daily life

Futility of use of force remains unacknowledged and diplomacy as a tool to resolve inter and intra state conflicts is sparsely used. Who has benefited from these wars is unclear but the suffering of the people of nations at war and beyond remains unacknowledged as the demands on military leaders today directing wars on glittering screens in armchair comfort is far from what made Patton, Montgomery and Rommel the great leaders they are.