Vivek Sapru is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto and Sciences Po Paris majoring in History and International Relations with a longstanding interest and focus on the military and security elements of both. He has previously been published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research and the Attache Journal of International Affairs and is a Junior Research Fellow with the NATO Association of Canada. Following the completion of his undergraduate studies, he plans to attend law school in September of 2026.
Through its choice of defence imports, India has long positioned itself between West and East. Vivek Sapru argues that the formal offering of the F-35 as an export platform for the Indian Air Force would serve both New Delhi and NATO’s interests by strengthening defence ties, improving deterrence towards Beijing and by potentially weaning India off Russian imports.
