New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s rapid digital expansion outpaced its cybersecurity readiness, a report has said, citing a sharp rise in ransomware, phishing, data breaches and cyber espionage that pose risk to critical infrastructure, financial systems and ordinary citizens.The report from India Narrative identified a shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals and urged universities and technical institutes to integrate cybersecurity into mainstream curricula and expand specialised trainin…
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Washington, April 28 (IANS) The US must act carefully, as holding on to its primacy could trigger the formation of a coalition against it amid growing international frustration with America’s “rogue behaviour”, a report said on Tuesday. Writing for ‘India Narrative’, Prateek Kapil, a foreign policy researcher, said that a world without primacy is unthinkable for the US and its allies all over the world and that the recent US attack on Iran was aimed at maintaining American primacy and unip…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The recent United States and Israeli strikes on Iran risk creating conditions conducive to long-term terrorist expansion, with consequences likely to extend beyond Iranian territory. The emergence of the terror group Islamic State – Khorasan Province in Iran would have far-reaching regional consequences, a report said on Saturday.Writing for India Narrative, Peter Knoope, an expert in diplomacy and international cooperation, said that such instability affects n…
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan considers proxy warfare as a cost-effective tool to pressurise India with an aim to inflict sustained, low-intensity damage that would drain India’s resources, unsettle internal stability, and elevate disputes like Kashmir to the global stage. While conventional war carries the risk of escalation and defeat, proxy conflict offers a way to sustain hostilities without triggering the nuclear threshold that emerged after both countries developed nuclear capabiliti…
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s “drama diplomacy”, led by Army Chief Asim Munir, is being viewed as a desperate attempt at “face-saving” outreach, following the collapse of the first round of talks between the United States and Iran. According to a report in India Narrative, amid the shifting dynamics in the Gulf, Pakistan appears to be engaging in theatrics by pushing for a second round of talks, which is already on shaky ground and carries negligible diplomatic weight to deliver meanin…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The ongoing two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran offers a narrow window for de-escalation, with its durability uncertain, a report said on Monday. Writing for India Narrative, former Indian diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma stated that what is clear, however, is that the conflict extends beyond territorial disputes or immediate retaliation, reflecting a deeper struggle over the nature of regional order and the principles that will shape its future.He stresse…
Ottawa, April 6 (IANS) Canada’s recent legislation, Bill C-9, the ‘Combatting Hate Act’, directly addresses the kinds of incidents promoted by Khalistani extremists that have caused concern among Indian diaspora communities by criminalising the intimidation or obstruction of individuals seeking to access religious or cultural spaces, a report said on Monday. Writing for India Narrative, India’s former High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma said that the effectiveness of law will hinge o…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Reimagining the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is not about drafting a new constitution for the seas but about rescuing the existing one from strategic insufficiency, a report said on Thursday. Writing for ‘India Narrative’, former Indian diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma said that the Strait of Hormuz underscores how geography can make settled legal rights vulnerable to coercion. He stated that the developments in the Taiwan Strait highlighted th…
New Delhi/Tokyo, March 24 (IANS) Northeast India has emerged as a crucial nexus where India’s ‘Act East Policy’ aligns with Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP), enabling coordinated efforts to counter assertive regional influences through deeper maritime and land connectivity, a report highlighted on Tuesday. It added that the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — comprising India, Japan, the US, and Australia — facilitates intelligence sharing, technology access, and infrastructu…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The decision by India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to formally restart negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) after nearly fifteen years represents a significant geoeconomic inflection point between India and the Gulf states, as the relationship is no longer only energy-driven with the focus on geoeconomic realignments having assumed greater importance, according to a report.The revival of these negotiations is not merely a trade event — it is a strategi…