Shiven Chaturvedi

In December 2025, the Government of India instituted a three-year safeguard duty imposing tariffs on select flat steel imports, signifying a substantial recalibration of its trade policy in response to mounting pressures in the domestic steel market. The reform followed a period of acute stress within the industry, where declining profitability, falling capacity utilization, and rising leverage persisted despite strong growth in domestic steel consumption. Initially introduced as a temporary...

For the first time since independence, the Government of India is in the final stages of drafting a comprehensive national anti-terror policy aimed at providing a uniform framework for states to prevent, combat, and respond to terrorist activities. Coming in the wake of recent attacks, including the Pahalgam incident in April 2025, the policy reflects a strategic shift from fragmented, event-triggered responses to an integrated, intelligence-led security architecture. It represents a...

In another milestone for China’s technological space, China introduced ‘the jellyfish drone,’ which possesses the capability to fundamentally reshape global strategic calculations regarding the vulnerabilities of critical undersea infrastructure. The silent, invisible geopolitical weapon spanning 1.4 million kilometers: undersea cable systems form the backbone of global data flows, international finance, global supply chains, military communications, and digital economies, making them a...