Shivani Yadav

Shivani Yadav

  • Joined: April 9, 2025
  • Articles: 12

Strategic Partner or Dominant Power? Rethinking U.S. Influence on NATO’s Consensus Model

For decades, intergovernmental military alliance NATO has held up its consensus-based decision-making as proof of its democratic values. A system where every member has an equal voice and consensus dictates agreement through unity. Yet, as the dominant military and financial contributor, the influence of the United States has always been apparent. In 2025, does that influence increasingly override collaborative negotiation?

Frontier AI in the U.S. Military: Strengthening Military Operations with Artificial Intelligence

The Pentagon’s $200 million contract with OpenAI is the latest in the series of initiatives by the Department of Defence focussed on engaging cutting-edge technology firms to enhance military capabilities and introduce automation and efficiency in modern warfare.

Global Threat Report Evaluates National Security Challenges Facing Trump Administration

The U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency has released its annual threat assessment report in May 2025 offering a comprehensive appraisal of evolving global security challenges facing the United States. The report underscores the growing complexity of modern threats, shaped by rapid technological advancements and geopolitical rivalries.

Assessing the Imminent Chinese Threat: Context Behind U.S. Defence Secretary’s Shangri-La Remarks

“There is no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real, and it could be imminent.” The U.S. Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, made this remark on May 31, 2025 at the annual inter-governmental security conference Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. In a stark warning to the U.S.’s Asian allies, Hegseth frames China as a national security threat, not just to the U.S., but also a military threat to the Asia Pacific region, particularly Taiwan.

Trade Rivalry in the Americas: China Courts Latin America and the Caribbean

At a time when the U.S. and China are cautiously working towards stabilising trade relations following their recent tariff war, Beijing is revitalising economic relations with Latin American and Caribbean states through the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) cooperation forum by offering them billions of dollars in funding.

Growing Pains of BRICS: Expansion Tests Unity and Purpose

The recently convened BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in April 2025 failed to issue a joint statement on the bloc’s response to the United States’ protectionist trade policies under President Donald Trump. While the grouping has lofty ambitions to credibly represent the Global South, there are lingering doubts whether the organisation is wavering in establishing a unified direction and purpose with an expanded membership.

Peace Through Strength: Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Defense Blueprint

Defense expenditure of the U.S. has steadily increased with an aim to modernize, and increase the size and strength of the military forces to assert America’s military dominance in the world. As the U.S. continues to maintain the largest defense budget in the world, it has long believed that this military supremacy is advantageous to safeguard and spread American values globally.