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India’s Arms Imports (2008-2025): Trend Analysis and Changing Supplier Dynamics


Akarsh Srivastava -Student, Kautilya
Published on : Sep 18, 2025
Bio: Akarsh is a second year MPP student at Kautilya School of Public Policy whose interdisciplinary interests lie in the domain of Indian foreign policy,geopolitics,strategic thought and national security issues.His interest areas within the foreign policy space is India’s neighbourhood,the rise of China, geopolitics of critical earth minerals and economics of defence. He has interned with eminent think tanks like the Observer Research Foundation in pursuit of his unwavering resolve to play a meaningful role in how India engages with the world on multidimensional issues that affect a globalised world.
*The Kautilya School of Public Policy (KSPP) takes no institutional positions. The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or positions of KSPP.
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