Nexus Articles

Critical Minerals and Coercive Power in the Indo-Pacific

By |2025-12-11T16:04:38-10:00December 11, 2025|

Critical minerals, including rare earth elements, and the intermediate compounds derived from them, underpin advanced defense manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication, battery storage, precision guidance systems, and secure communications infrastructure. Although these reserves are globally dispersed, the Indo-Pacific concentrates the most [...]

The Cage of Equidistance

By |2025-09-09T11:22:53-10:00September 9, 2025|

The Illusion of “Will Not” India today projects itself as a master of balance. Its diplomats speak the language of multipolarity. One week, the Prime Minister embraces Vladimir Putin, the next he hosts American defense executives, while quietly signaling [...]

Iran’s Terrorism and Insurgency in the Indo-Pacific: Implications for the U.S. and its Partners.

By |2025-09-11T09:39:37-10:00September 8, 2025|

When one thinks of terrorism and insurgency in the Indo-Pacific over the past three decades, certain organizations and countries immediately come to mind.  The list is exhaustive: ISIS and Al Qaeda and their associates, Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf, Communist rebels [...]

The Illusion of Going It Alone

By |2025-08-21T15:45:55-10:00August 21, 2025|

India has always believed it could chart its own course. That belief, rooted in the bitter memory of empire and the long shadow of the Cold War, became policy: a refusal to join alliances, a conviction that true sovereignty [...]

War in South Asia Is a Wake-Up Call

By |2025-06-17T15:21:56-10:00June 6, 2025|

This article is part of a 3-part series by Shyam Tekwani: Deterrence Needs a Factory: Fixing the U.S.–India Industrial Gap From Factory to Frontline: Why U.S.–India Drone Collaboration Could Shape the Next Era of Deterrence War in South Asia [...]

Where Maps Blur and Rivers Speak

By |2025-05-09T13:34:32-10:00May 9, 2025|

Abstract: As India suspends the Indus Waters Treaty, attention must shift eastward, toward a quieter, more dangerous front in the eastern Himalayas. At the tri-junction of Bhutan, China, and India, territorial claims, spiritual stakes, and water politics are converging [...]

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