Gateway Features
White Paper on China’s national Security
Courtesy: Gateway House
When China’s National Security Commission was established in 2014, one of the tasks given to it was to formulate a National Security Strategy. On 11 May 2025, a White Paper on China’s National Security (WPCNS) was issued by Beijing. The method in which this paper was released was uncommon. In the past, China would release its Defence White Papers biannually with an official briefing. That practice was not followed this time. An abridged version of the Defence White Paper was read more
A new momentum for middle powers
Courtesy: Gateway House
Why bother with emerging middle powers when most of the international discussion since Donald Trump took office for the second time is dominated by the great-power politics of the United States and its global implications? Because the world is undergoing profound transformations that are not being driven only by the United States, China or Russia. Small and medium-sized states no longer participate in global affairs at the whim of great powers: they are carving out a legitimate place for themselves read more
India and Indonesia reconnect
Courtesy: ANI
Indonesia and India are among the world’s top democracies and economies, and as next-door neighbours in the Indian Ocean, have a vast canvas on which to paint their linked stories of dialogue, cooperation, and mutually beneficial partnership. Despite a splendid beginning in connecting with each other at the dawn of Indonesia’s independence 75 years ago, the two nations drifted away. But in recent years, they have returned to a shared path, and since 2018, have been engaged in forging their read more
Bombay to Jakarta via spices, films, people
Courtesy: The Jakarta Post
India and Indonesia have been Comprehensive Strategic Partners since 2018. Their engagements now include regular meetings in the political, defence, security, and soon, defence manufacturing spheres both in the bilateral format and at multilateral forums. A showpiece of this six-year-old partnership is the soon-to-be-constructed strategic deep sea Sabang port in Banda Aceh, which India is helping Indonesia develop. India’s ‘Act East Policy’ and engagement in the Indo-Pacific further cements this special bilateral, as ASEAN, in which Indonesia is a key read more
Research
India and Indonesia have a comprehensive strategic relationship built on their ancient and modern histories, and a flourishing relationship sustained by trade, economic exchange and people-to-people contact. The India-Indonesia Track 1.5 Dialogue, hosted by Gateway House and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, aims to provide policy recommendations to promote innovation and navigate evolving governance issues through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
Foreign Affairs
China’s expansionist nuclear programme aims to bolster its capabilities, so much so, that Beijing's predictions boast 2500 new warheads by 2030, thus rivalling the American and Russian arsenals. As the dragon quadruples its nuclear propensity, heralding the world to something greatly unstable – a tripolar nuclear system; nuclear peace seems a quite convoluted goal.
Book Reviews
The current global focus on terrorism and the threats from nation-states, seem as it is a recent phenomenon. In fact terrorism has been present for the last century, still has the capacity to return and to shock with its brutality. India is no stranger to these acts and Germany has just suffered another attack on a Christmas market. A new book recalls the terrorism of 50 years ago and identifies how it became entangled in the politics of the Cold War.
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