Description
This section documents selected publications across journals, newspapers, magazines, edited volumes, and institutional platforms. It serves as a consolidated record of analytical work, opinion pieces, and research contributions on strategic, security, and international affairs.
Scope includes:
Peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, opinion essays, institutional publications, and curated research outputs.
The War of Narratives: Towards an Indian Doctrine for Information and Narrative Warfare By Major General (Dr.) S. B. Asthana, SM, VSM, PhD (Veteran)International Strategic and Military Analyst “Integrating strategic communication and media including social media with kinetic war has…
Sharing an analysis of mine on the topic published in Journal Blueprint, Business Standard, Print Edition, December 2025, Volume 1, Issue 4, December Edition, titled “Duty Not Dominance: Eight decades of India’s UN Commitment”. I am reproducing the article to…
Interview: Major General Dr S B Asthana,SM,VSM,PhD(Veteran) Sharing an interview of mine by Foreign Policy Research Centre (FPRC), India on the subject related to India’s position between Russia and China in RIC Format. The interview was published in FPRC Journal,…
Sharing a chapter of mine published in a book jointly published by United Service Institution of India, New Delhi (Oldest Think Tank in India) and Army War College, Mhow, India, titled “Modern Conflicts and Changing Character of Warfare: Implications for…
The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, held in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025, marked the largest gathering in the organization’s history, amplified perceptions of a shifting world order, with SCO (representing ~40% of the world’s…
Introduction In a bold demonstration of its growing defence preparedness, Taiwan concluded its longest-ever Han Kuang military drills on 18 July 2025. Spanning 10 days of intense live-fire exercises, the Taiwanese military rehearsed responses across varied battle spaces—starting with countering…
