<p><strong>Preface & Editor’s Note: Volume 7 Issue 1 Apr-May 2026</strong></p>

Dr R Srinivasan

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES - Volume 7 Issue 1, Apr-May 2026

Pages: 1-5

Date of Publication: 31-May-2026

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Preface & Editor’s Note: Volume 7 Issue 1 Apr-May 2026

Author: Dr R Srinivasan

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Keywords: Vol 7 Issue 1, EJSSS, Social Sciences, International Relations, Research, Publication

DOI: 10.47362/EJSSS.2026

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Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies

(ISSN Online: 2582-9645)

Preface & Editor’s Note

Volume 7 Issue 1 Apr-May 2026

We have no Article Submission Fee. However, we have a nominal Article Processing Fee the details of which are available in our Author Guidelines Page.

Two-Step Submission Process

Publishing Timeline

1. Our regular Issues are published once in a cycle of four months i.e. on 31 May, 30 Sep and 31 Jan.

2. For Special Issues, the timeline and date of publication are as notified in our Call for Papers.

Note: Read our CfPs carefully for specific dates for the Issue.

About this Issue

The present Volume 7 Issue 1 Apr-May 2026 is our 26^th publication. It hosts twelve research papers pertaining to Indian Knowledge System, Solar Energy and Sustainable Future, Strategic Studies, International Relations and India-China Relations, Public Policy and Sustainability.

We are happy to note that our authors are from amongst established academicians and research scholars from leading HEIs.

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Coimbatore, India Dr R Srinivasan

31 May 2026 Editor-in-Chief

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CONTENTS

Articles

1. Re-imagining South Asia: Understanding the Eastward pivot in 06-18

India’s South Asia Strategy

Kunwar Suryansh

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7101

2. From Strategic Defence to Pre-emptive Strikes 19-43

Shifting India’s Airpower Strategy Post Operation Sindoor

Sunaina S, Dr T. K. Singh & Dr Kishor Jose

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7102

3. Global and Regional Expectations from Emerging Powers: 44-57

A Case for India Navigating Through Conflicts and Synergy

Deepak Tiwari, Prof. Sanjay Kumar Jha

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7103

4. India’s Response to China’s Expanding Strategic 58-80

Footprint in South and Southeast Asia

Santhoshraja. V, Dr. Chandra Sekaran. G

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7104

5. From Prescription to Practice: Grounding Value Education 81-98

in the Triguna Theory of Indian Knowledge Systems

Iram Sarver

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7105

6. From Inwardness to Interdependence: Connectivity as the 99-122

Driver of India’s Foreign Policy Shift in an Age of Geoeconomics

Rupam Majumder

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7106

7. From Hashtags to Action: How Fridays for Future Reshaped 123-142

Environmental Activism in the 21st Century

Alisha Mehra

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7107

8. Swinging for Self-help: India’s Quest for Resilience in a 143-154

Fragmented Global Order

Manasi Singh

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7108

9. India’s Hormuz Confrontation: Rethinking the Alternatives and 155-180

Devising a Strategy to Ensure Energy Security

Nimmi Marium Varghese

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7109

10. Geopolitical Theories of the Past and Present: 181-201

An Analytical Overview

Prof. Y Yagama Reddy

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7110

11. Piracy’s Resurgence in 2023: Evaluating the Sustainability of 202-230

Somalia’s Decline beyond Deterrence

Uttam Roy

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7111

12. Traditional Architecture: Indigenous Pathway to Climate Resilience 231-247

Sabari H

https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2026.7112

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Author Short Bio

Kunwar Suryansh is a PhD Scholar Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

Ms. Sunaina S is a PhD Research Scholar with SNSS, Dr TK Singh is Associate Professor at SST and Dr Kishor Jose is an Assistant Professor at SNSS, Central University of Gujarat, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Deepak Tiwari is a Doctoral Researcher and Prof. Sanjay Kumar Jha is Professor and Dean, School of National Security Studies (SNSS), Central University of Gujarat, Kundhela, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Santhoshraja V is a Research Scholar and Dr. Chandra Sekaran. G is an Assistant Professor at Centre for South East Asian Studies, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland.

Ms. Iram Sarver is a Research Scholar at Department of Educational Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Rupam Majumder is a Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.

Alisha Mehra is 4^th Year Integrated BA-MA in Development Studies Student at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Dr Manasi Singh is Associate Professor, Dept. of Security Studies, School of National Security Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Kundhela, Vadodara.

Nimmi Marium Varghese is a Research Assistant at Naval History Division, Naval War College, INS Mandovi, Goa.

Prof. Y. Yagama Reddy is Former Emeritus Professor, Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.

Uttam Roy holds a BA in International Relations from Amity Institute of International Relations, Amity University, NOIDA.

Ms. Sabari H is a student of BA Economics and Public Policy (Hons.), Department of Economics and Public Policy, SASTRA (Deemed) University, Chennai Campus.

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