#India-#Pakistan #nuclear #deterrence & #stability are important but rarely urgent. So what for 🇮🇳, 🇵🇰, us all? ▫️Read 👇the new report I wrote and published with my @iiss_org colleagues D. Bowen & J. Gill ▫️Read 👉my shorter take https://t.co/9Mc4lD0mxJ

Donald Trump has approved the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips to “approved customers” in China, in exchange for a 25% cut for Uncle Sam. Yet the Communist Party seems to be deeply uncomfortable with the situation

Russia interested in participating in India AI summit says Russian President Putin

No major announcement in Defence though the Russian President during the press statement extended support to India's make in India defence plans. Ahead of President Putin's visit, Indian officials had pointed out no deal will be announced.

Union Minister @DrJitendraSingh hails "BharatGen" as India’s first sovereign multilingual and multimodal AI driven Large Language Model; 💠₹1,293 Crore Govt Support Powers BharatGen to Build India’s Sovereign AI Stack Across Text, Speech & Vision 💠BharatGen to Support 22+

Wonderful to meet with Deputy Prime Minister @MIshaqDar50 of Pakistan at NATO HQ. European and South Asian security are intertwined, and close cooperation is essential for promoting stability and prosperity.

“Venture capital funding in [India’s] deep tech increased at a compound growth of some 90 per cent over 2019-2024, according to Inc42”

Our IISS team was delighted to travel to Pakistan to hold the 10th edition of our workshop series with the CISS. Our many thanks to the senior officials present, for their commitment and willingness to engage across the range of our discussions; and to the whole CISS team too.

Very grateful to @adilsultan, his faculty colleagues, students and guests for a stimulating discussion. It was good to be back at FASS.

President Trump has suggested that the US will return to nuclear testing ‘on an equal basis’. Although his statement may not end a three-decade long US unilateral moratorium on nuclear test explosions, it is emblematic of a new and increasingly unstable nuclear age. ➡️ Read the

France's Special Envoy for AI @AnneBouverot met @GoI_MeitY AS - AI & Emerging Technology Abhishek Singh to lay the groundwork for France's participation in #AIImpactSummit 2026. They explored collaborative AI initiatives and aimed to advance sustainable, inclusive AI development.

The new nuclear arms race https://t.co/GG4qeAWyYr | opinion

India & Israel sign MoU on Defence Cooperation at the 17th meeting of Joint Working Group on defence cooperation to provide a “unified vision and policy direction” to deepen the already strong defence cooperation. “The MoU will enable the sharing of advanced technology and would

@Etienne_Marcuz @walberque @SokovNikolai @VLS_Appreciator I for one do not have any certainty in such matters. Posture, procedures and communications are geared in a certain way per political directives. Assuming this is the case in India or in China, a last-minute policy reversal is not always possible or realistic in an emergency.

I expect India is watching this test case very carefully.

@sidhant Happy to be on background: • No IMS detection = no explosive test by Pakistan. The IMS network is apolitical physics. (CTBTO overview: https://t.co/lxKtVsV96E) • Pakistan’s public line is a testing moratorium with a ‘not first to resume in South Asia’ pledge; it has floated

Hegseth says US, China to set up direct military communication

WATCH LIVE: Concluding Plenary at #IISSMD25 entitled ‘Another Nuclear Age? Strategic Risk and Opportunity’ with: Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone @CMC_NATO @AnaBirchall, Romania https://t.co/Y6rrfXrUxJ

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, China's Defense Minister Dong Jun at Asean Defence Ministers plus meeting in Malaysia

India, US sign 10 year defence framework on sidelines of key Asean meeting in Malaysia

US secretary of war Pete Hegset on India, US signing 10 year defence framework: This advances our defense partnership, a cornerstone for regional stability and deterrence.