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Our latest geostrategic research publications
At SIGA Centre, our latest geostrategic research publications unpack how shifting power balances, emerging technologies and regional flashpoints are reshaping global security. Drawing on expertise across defence, diplomacy and economics, these studies translate complex dynamics into clear, actionable insights for policymakers, industry and students. From cyber and space strategy to Indo-Pacific maritime competition, each report is grounded in rigorous analysis and an Australian perspective. By engaging with our latest geostrategic research publications, you can stay ahead of strategic risks, identify new opportunities for cooperation, and inform long-term planning. Explore our collection and download full papers, briefs and commentary to support your work in an increasingly contested world.
The Sanctions Paradox: Why America Punishes India for Russian Oil It Now Wants for Itself
Why does the United States penalise India for buying Russian oil while allowing certain Russian diesel transactions? This geopolitical analysis examines the 2025–2026 US–India trade tensions, Russian oil sanctions, American tariffs, India's strategic autonomy and energy security, and European Union LNG exemptions. Explore how economic sanctions, oil prices, trade dependencies and national interests shape global energy diplomacy and the credibility of Western sanctions policy.
Dr. Vikas Bhardwaj
Oct 2015 min read
Toward a Rules-Based Indo-Pacific: Quad as the Central Gear of Multi-Layered Cooperation
Explore how the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad)—Australia, India, Japan and the United States—can strengthen a rules-based Indo-Pacific through maritime security, regional cooperation and economic resilience. This strategic analysis examines ASEAN, IORA, RCEP, UNCLOS, India's SAGAR and MAHASAGAR initiatives, and Quad partnerships addressing geopolitical competition, freedom of navigation, regional stability, digital governance and sustainable development.
Prakriti N
Oct 118 min read
To what extent are economic sanctions an effective tool for securing national interests?
Explore whether economic sanctions effectively protect national interests and advance foreign policy objectives. This international relations analysis examines US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine and China's economic coercion against South Korea over THAAD. Drawing on Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism, it evaluates sanctions effectiveness, economic warfare, geopolitical power, trade restrictions, national security, sanctions evasion and the limits of coercive diplomacy.
Prakriti N
Oct 1010 min read
From Oil Superpower to Vulnerable Giant: Saudi Arabia’s Search for Economic Security
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 faces a critical test as Strait of Hormuz disruption, oil-market volatility and regional conflict expose the Kingdom’s continuing dependence on hydrocarbon revenues. This analysis examines Saudi economic security, the East–West oil pipeline, NEOM, fiscal diversification and sovereign investment, comparing Riyadh’s model with Norway and Dubai to ask whether diversification has reduced oil vulnerability—or merely shifted where that vulnerability lies.
Dr. Vikas Bhardwaj
Oct 98 min read
Barriers Without Borders: Evaluating a Decade of Refugee Treatment in Australia (2015–2025)
An evidence-based human rights assessment of Australia’s treatment of refugees and people seeking asylum from 2015–2025. Examining offshore processing in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, detention, maritime turnbacks, temporary protection visas, healthcare, human rights law and financial costs, this report evaluates Australia’s deterrence-based asylum system against international refugee law and global protection models, proposing practical pathways for rights-based reform.
Prakriti N
Sep 308 min read
The Political Economy of Sanctions Resistance and Strategic Convergence
This article examines how China, Russia and North Korea are building a shared anti-Western agenda through sanctions resistance, alternative financial systems, strategic balancing and coordinated narratives. Using a political economy lens, it explains how Western sanctions may accelerate authoritarian cooperation, deepen asymmetric interdependence and encourage an emerging geo-economic counter-order challenging Western financial dominance and the liberal international order.
Prakriti N
Sep 156 min read
From G7 Dominance to BRICS Consensus
India is neither abandoning the West nor joining an anti-Western bloc. Modi’s diplomacy is creating a strategic bridge across competing powers—but can India turn access to every table into lasting global influence?
Dr. Vikas Bhardwaj
Sep 1511 min read
Positioning the Indo-Russian Relationship in the Dynamic Global Order
When the Indian government today stands tall against the many diatribes of the current Trump disposition in the United States of America, there is a silent all-weather friend of India, standing calmly with India, to support her and to let her tread her own path in the global diplomatic order and international dynamics.
Sanighdha S.
Sep 28, 202512 min read
Invisible Waves: How Ancient Wisdom and Modern Tech Are Redefining Naval Power
On a crisp morning in the Barents Sea, a cluster of small autonomous drones zipped past a Russian destroyer, slipping through its defenses and gathering intelligence without firing a single shot. For centuries, naval power was measured by the weight of a gun or the size of a fleet. Now, invisible technologies—drones, AI-guided submersibles, and swarming autonomous vessels—are testing whether those old equations still hold true.
Prakriti N
Sep 3, 20254 min read
Evolution of Strategy—from its classical military roots to the modern business and digital landscapes
Evolution of Strategy examines the evolution of strategic thinking—from its classical military roots to the modern business and digital landscapes. This concise report outlines key developments, influential thinkers, and emerging trends that are shaping strategy in the 21st century, as explained by Maj Gen Amarjeet Singh and report prepared by Prakriti N.
Prakriti N
Jul 9, 20251 min read
President Trump's actions have clearly upended the existing international order. Can you guess the broad contours of the emerging world order?
President Trump's actions have clearly upended the existing international order. Can you guess the broad contours of the emerging world order?
Prakriti N
Jul 9, 20257 min read
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