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Terrorism and Militancy

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Pakistan Kills 18 Militants in KP and Balochistan, but Is Its Counterterrorism Strategy Working?

Pakistan Kills 18 Militants in KP and Balochistan, but Is Its Counterterrorism Strategy Working?

Sushant Pawar Oct 9, 2026
Beyond Deniability: How the Shahzad Bhatti Network Could Be Reshaping Proxy Warfare

Beyond Deniability: How the Shahzad Bhatti Network Could Be Reshaping Proxy Warfare

Valluru Anvitha Reddy Oct 3, 2026
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What is State-Sponsored Terrorism?

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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BLF Launches Female Combat Unit KAAD in Balochistan: What It Means for the Baloch Insurgency

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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Kohat Police Lines Attack: IMP, AQIS and Pakistan’s Expanding Militant Nexus

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict

Maritime Security

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China’s Antelope Reef Build-Up: Beijing’s Grey-Zone Advantage in the South China Sea

China’s Antelope Reef Build-Up: Beijing’s Grey-Zone Advantage in the South China Sea

Rashi Manhas Oct 8, 2026
Chinese Maritime Militia Spotted East of Taiwan as Beijing Expands Grey-Zone Operations into the Pacific

Chinese Maritime Militia Spotted East of Taiwan as Beijing Expands Grey-Zone Operations into the Pacific

CNAWS Research Team Oct 8, 2026
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Pakistan’s Hangor-class submarines and the Bay of Bengal: Is India facing a new undersea challenge

Department of Maritime Security
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India and the Bay of Bengal: Maritime Infrastructure, Strategic Autonomy and Regional Leadership

Department of Maritime Security
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The Silent Disservice: Submarines and the Limits of India's Indigenization Model

Department of Maritime Security

Geopolitics

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The Houthis Drone War in 2026: How a Non-State Actor Is Reshaping Warfare in the Red Sea

The Houthis Drone War in 2026: How a Non-State Actor Is Reshaping Warfare in the Red Sea

Chittari Saikrishna Oct 13, 2026
Tracking the People's Liberation Army (PLA): 27th September - 03rd October, 2026

Tracking the People's Liberation Army (PLA): 27th September - 03rd October, 2026

Colonel KK Venkatraman (Retd.) Oct 12, 2026
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China’s Antelope Reef Build-Up: Beijing’s Grey-Zone Advantage in the South China Sea

Department of Maritime Security
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How Israeli Weapons forged Sri Lanka’s military victories during its 30 years civil war?

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning
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Tracking China's Space Activities: 20th - 26th September, 2026

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning

Defence Technology

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The Houthis Drone War in 2026: How a Non-State Actor Is Reshaping Warfare in the Red Sea

The Houthis Drone War in 2026: How a Non-State Actor Is Reshaping Warfare in the Red Sea

Chittari Saikrishna Oct 13, 2026
What is Civil-Military Fusion?

What is Civil-Military Fusion?

Ashutosh Kumar Singh Oct 1, 2026
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India’s First Baaz Drone Battalion: What It Reveals About the Indian Army Post Op Sindoor

Department of Disruptive & Emerging Technologies
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Russia’s Jet-Powered Shaheds Are Rewriting the Air-Defence Equation

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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India’s Artillery Reset: What the Army Chief’s Russia Visit Signals About the Next Generation of Long-Range Fires

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning

Armed Conflicts

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The Russia Ukraine War's Foreign Fighters and the Coming Security Storm

The Russia Ukraine War's Foreign Fighters and the Coming Security Storm

Prof. Col. Shashank Ranjan (Retd.) Oct 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Two-Strait Problem: Houthi Gains Put the Kingdom’s Red Sea Energy Bypass Under Pressure

Saudi Arabia’s Two-Strait Problem: Houthi Gains Put the Kingdom’s Red Sea Energy Bypass Under Pressure

CNAWS Research Team Sep 24, 2026
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Pakistan’s Drone War Crosses the Durand Line as Islamabad Strikes 10 Sites in Afghanistan

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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How Pakistan Is Rebuilding for the Next India Conflict?

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning
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India’s Theatre Command Reform: What It Changes, Why It Is So Difficult, and What Comes Next

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning

Energy Security

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What is Energy Security?

What is Energy Security?

Bhavya Chaturvedi Aug 17, 2026
Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure: An Energy Security and Geo Economic Perspective

Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Oil Infrastructure: An Energy Security and Geo Economic Perspective

Himanshu Kulkarni Jul 28, 2026
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Silicon Geopolitics: Why Semiconductors Have Become the New Oil

Department of Economic & Resource Warfare
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Hydrocarbons and Hegemony: Energy Geopolitics Behind the US–Israel–Iran Crisis

Department of Economic & Resource Warfare

Narrative and Information Warfare

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Pakistan’s Digital Media Ecosystem: Strategic Narratives and Implications for India

Pakistan’s Digital Media Ecosystem: Strategic Narratives and Implications for India

Manish Dhankhar Sep 5, 2026
Hold The Fort, India: The Information Battlefield

Hold The Fort, India: The Information Battlefield

Mahima Katiyar Sep 4, 2026
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What is Algorithmic Warfare?

Department of Disruptive & Emerging Technologies
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What is Cognitive Warfare?

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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What is Information Warfare?

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict

Intelligence

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China’s Floating SIGINT Network: What the COSCO Espionage Allegations Mean for India

China’s Floating SIGINT Network: What the COSCO Espionage Allegations Mean for India

CNAWS Research Team Sep 2, 2026
Pakistan’s Drone Activity Along the LoC Is Rising Again: What Is Islamabad Testing?

Pakistan’s Drone Activity Along the LoC Is Rising Again: What Is Islamabad Testing?

CNAWS Research Team Aug 29, 2026
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The Anatomy of a Military Honey Trap: Recruitment, Tradecraft, Psychological Manipulation, and Counterintelligence Responses

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict
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SITREP: Protests in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

Department of Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning
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SITREP: Escalating Fracture Within TTP Sphere Following Kurram Killings

Department of Hybrid Warfare & Irregular Conflict

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