India’s Strategic Culture: Evolution, Characteristics, and Contemporary Relevance Introduction The concept of strategic culture refers to the historically rooted, culturally conditioned, and ideationally sustained patterns of thought that inform a nation’s approach to security, war, peace, and international engagement. In the Indian context, strategic culture has long been a subject of both intellectual debate and … Continue reading Examine the evolution and characteristics of India’s strategic culture, highlighting its historical, philosophical, and civilizational foundations, and assessing how it informs contemporary security doctrines, foreign policy behavior, and strategic decision-making.