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The Indian Ocean is becoming one of the defining arenas of 21st-century geopolitics. China is expanding its maritime footprint, strengthening strategic access and building influence across the region. India has geography, naval power and partnerships on its side—but will that be enough?

Our latest Strategic Vanguard analysis examines the contest over sea lanes, chokepoints, naval readiness, island partnerships and the strategic choices that will shape the regional balance of power.

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🔗 https://www.strategicvanguard.com/post/indian-ocean-power-struggle-india-china

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What if the next great struggle for global power is fought not over oil or territory, but over microchips?

From Taiwan's semiconductor dominance to US–China technological rivalry, control over advanced chips is reshaping national security, AI leadership and the global balance of power.

Can India emerge as a major semiconductor power?

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https://www.strategicvanguard.com/post/silicon-frontline-semiconductor-geopolitics

Modern militaries depend on space for communications, navigation, intelligence, surveillance and targeting.

But in the next major conflict, the first battle may not begin on land, at sea or in the air.

It may begin thousands of kilometres above Earth.

How do you fight a war when the satellites that make your military effective are themselves under attack?

Read the new Strategic Vanguard analysis:

https://www.strategicvanguard.com/post/when-satellites-become-targets-coming-war-in-orbit

AI is often presented as a race for better algorithms and smarter models. But beneath the software lies a much bigger contest: electricity, semiconductors, computing power, cooling, networks and infrastructure.

The cloud may be digital. The power behind it is not.

In our latest Strategic Vanguard analysis, we examine why the data centre is emerging as a critical component of economic power, national security and future warfare — and why the AI race may increasingly become an infrastructure race.

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https://www.strategicvanguard.com/post/the-battle-for-the-data-centre-ai-strategic-infrastructure

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