Innovation has its dark side, and digital black market sites are a shady offshoot. Hackers and terrorist networks use these portals to carry out their activities, mostly undetected, but as this infographic shows, the law does catch up with them frequently

The U.S.-China trade dispute and Australia’s concerns about China’s growing influence in its internal affairs and the neighbourhood present an opportunity for New Delhi and Canberra to step up their security engagement, bilaterally, and in the Indo-Pacific

Our International Security Fellow, Sameer Patil was interviewed by Asialink. Watch the interview here

Sameer Patil, Fellow, International Security Studies Programme was quoted by The Economic Times. Read the full article here

Our International Security Fellow, Sameer Patil was interviewed by SBS Hindi. Listen and read the interview here

Digital black markets or “dark net marketplaces” which facilitate the transaction of contraband and illegal services, pose a silent, relatively unnoticed threat to the economy. Hackers, organised criminal networks and terrorist groups use these sites, their advanced security features enabling anonymity when executing cybercrimes. This infographic looks at some of the security crackdowns that have eliminated only some of these sites as they have proved to be resilient

Our National Security Studies Fellow, Sameer Patil was interviewed by NTV Russia. Watch the interview here