Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in Riyadh on September 17 (Photo: Reuters)

India keeps a close watch on the new Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact amid shifts in West Asia's security order

Bridging the Gulf

Business Standard

The Blueprint podcast with Christine Fair

One of the foremost experts on South Asian security and military, Christine Fair tells Blueprint that the US under President Trump is ceding ground to China not just in South Asia but everywhere

'Collapse of Indo-US relations under Trump is disconcerting'

Soldiers patrol along the LoC in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 19 (Photo: PTI)

The ongoing construction work in Daulat Beg Oldie, under Project Himank, will help the Indian Army to enhance connectivity (Photo: BRO)

Soldiers patrol a snow-covered mountain at a forward post along the Line of Control, ahead of Diwali in Kupwara district in northern Kashmir, on October 19 (Photo: PTI)

India is ramping up infrastructure on its land frontiers, but major challenges remain

Border blitz

The Blueprint Podcast with Kanwal Sibal

India's former Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sibal, tells Blueprint why the commonly stated idea of the United States (US) seeing India as a bulwark against China does not reflect India's priorities.

India is 'not a tool in anyone's hands'

Drishti 10, an Indian variant of the Hermes 900 UAV, co-developed by Adani Defence and Israel’s Elbit Systems (Photo: Reuters)

Drishti 10, an Indian variant of the Hermes 900 UAV, co-developed by Adani Defence and Israel's Elbit Systems (Photo: Reuters)

India and Israel move from a secretive beginning to a close strategic relationship

An easy alliance that grew bold

An Indian Navy personnel stands guard during a media preview on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, anchored in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India, December 3, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Pakistan Navy's submarine sails past a naval sailing ship during the sea phase of its 9th Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-25 in the Arabian Sea near Karachi on February 10 (Photo: Reuters)

Operation Sindoor revealed how maritime power - not missiles or borders - now defines the next phase of the India-Pakistan rivalry

Hot waters - India and Pakistan flex their muscles in the Arabian Sea

The Indian guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata leaves Sydney Harbour after the conclusion of the Malabar naval exercise in Sydney, Australia, on August 22, 2023 (Photo: Reuters)

A fighter jet of the Indian Navy is ready to take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier (Photo: Indian Navy)

Indian aircraft carriers during an exercise off the Indian west coast (Photo: Indian Navy)

Experts caution India on China's Indo-Pacific moves

Battle for the high seas

Blueprint, India-US relations, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi

An Indian Navy P-8I maritime patrol aircraft

India-US relations, Donald Trump, PM Modi

India plans to acquire US-made Javelin missiles and is eyeing a larger coproductiondeal under the Make inIndia initiative with Raytheonand Lockheed Martin (Photo: Reuters)

US-made Stryker combat vehicles during a patrol.India has explored their acquisition as part of expanding defence cooperation with Washington (Photo: Reuters)

US President Donald Trump's India tariffs could recast bilateral defence relationship