Are you a researcher working on topics relating to the Indo-Pacific region of the world? Join the conversation and submit your paper to this forthcoming special issue of Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

🚨new article online Looking at the global arms market, in this contribution Soul Park & Chirayu Thakkar argue that demand-side factors play an important part in explaining the success of second-tier producers. 👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

25 years after Kargil: Chirayu Thakkar writes about how India transformed its national security. From fragmented decision-making to military reforms, his analysis unpacks lessons in defense modernization, indigenization, and strategic preparedness. southasianvoices.org/sec-m-in-r-kar…

Chirayu Thakkar & I are editing a special issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean Region themed Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR). Details including possible themes: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues… Abstracts to be sent to [email protected] & to [email protected]

At 25 years since Kargil, India's defense reforms remain a work in progress. Chirayu Thakkar writes that India has addressed its security architecture, military decision-making, and combat readiness since the 1999 conflict with Pakistan. southasianvoices.org/sec-m-in-r-kar…

Review of my book ‘Crosswinds’ in latest edition of Foreign Affairs (March/ April 2025) foreignaffairs.com/reviews/crossw…

Thank you for a kind mention India's World C. Raja Mohan Happymon Jacob.

If you are interested in contributing to the special issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean Region, themed Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR), please send in your abstracts. The last date for receiving abstracts is March 15, 2025. Chirayu Thakkar

Can India afford to keep chasing China’s shadow—or should it accept strategic realities & choose a different path? I write for War on the Rocks about India's military modernization troubles. Happymon Jacob CSDR D S Hooda Dinakar Peri Arzan Tarapore Read Here: warontherocks.com/2025/04/beyond…

Happy to inform I have passed my oral defense. Presenting to you, Dr Chirayu Thakkar! Hugely indebted to committee: Ian Chong 莊嘉穎 Anit Mukherjee Kanti Bajpai and Harsh Pant. Also, examiners Rohan Mukherjee Karthik Nachiappan and Arzan Tarapore. Thanks to everyone who was a part of this journey!