The next great war may not begin with soldiers crossing borders, but with invisible systems failing silently.
A power grid goes down. Hospitals lose access to data. Ports stop functioning. Payment networks freeze. Cloud infrastructure is hijacked. Algorithms and bots decide what millions see, believe and fear. In the 21st century, sovereignty will not be tested only at borders—it will be tested in the systems that run our lives.
In Power of UncertAInty, cybersecurity expert Anand V. and strategic counsel Srinath Sridharan examine how artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, data, financial systems and supply chains are reshaping power itself. For India, the challenge is urgent: will it build sovereign technological capability, or remain dependent on systems designed, owned and controlled elsewhere?
