New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Sunday outlined India’s expanding strategic role in the Indo-Pacific, highlighting how modern warfare now stretches beyond traditional battlefields to space, cyberspace and even the cognitive domain.

Speaking at the 9th Military Literature Festival 2025 in Chandigarh, under the theme ‘ ’, he said India’s unique geography gives it a dual advantage as both a continental and maritime power. “Being both a continental and maritime power positions, India is the first responder and the preferred partner of choice for many nations,” he said.

He pointed to the enduring influence of geography on global strategy, referencing British author Tim Marshall’s ‘Prisoners of Geography’, “A nation’s location and its geographic characteristics deter

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