Anand Kumar

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Maldives relations has been published in Amar Ujala on 08 August 2022.

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The United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPK) have been evolving continuously and Bangladesh as a country has been playing an important role in it. The country wants to remain a dominant contributor to UNPK even in future as the participation brings several advantages in military, diplomatic, economic and social arena. Meanwhile, it has also been realised that to make the UNPK more effective, women have to play an important role as there are certain functions which women can perform better.

• Anand Kumar |
• July-September 2022 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar, Dr Anand Kumar’s opinion Piece ‘How the West’s sanctions on Russia are fuelling political and economic instability–and resentment–in South Asia’, has been published in South China Morning Post, on 20 July 2022.

Rather than hampering the Russian war effort against Ukraine, the sanctions imposed by the West appear to be affecting a large number of people across the developing world. South Asian countries are facing political and economic instability, so it’s hardly surprising that the sanctions are extremely unpopular among the people, says Dr Kumar.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article ‘Why India counts in Maldivian political tussle’, originally published in ‘The Tribune’ was republished by WinnQuick.com on 14 July 2022.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Afghanistan relations ‘Renewed ties’ has been published in ‘The Statesman’ on 29 June 2022.

The Taliban’s coming back to power had posed a policy challenge to India and the country did not know what kind of relationship would be proper. But a few months down the line it appears that complete discontinuation of diplomatic relationship would be like leaving the field open for hostile powers like Pakistan and China. The presence of Taliban as rulers of Afghanistan is a reality and India has to find a way to navigate in the environment, says Dr Kumar.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the reopening of Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, has been published in Hindi daily, ‘Amar Ujala’, on 27 June 2022.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article ‘क्वाड के एजेंडा में हिंद-प्रशांत: क्षेत्र में बुनियादी ढांचे के विकास के लिए पांच साल बेहद अहम, चीन की मनमानी पर लगेगी लगाम’ has been published in Hindi Daily ‘Amar Ujala’ on 25 May 2022.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article ‘The power shift in Pakistan’ has been published in ‘Daily Excelsior’ on 15 April 2022.

The loss of no-trust vote is a political setback for Imran Khan. However, the political future of Imran may not come to an end after his removal from power. A lot depends on how he plays the political game here on, says Dr Kumar.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the political future of Imran Khan has been published in Hindi daily ‘Amar Ujala’ on 11 April 2022.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article ‘Western overreach’ has been published in ‘The Statesman’ on 31 March 2022.

The Western countries led by the US want to create a security architecture in Europe whereby Russia, an erstwhile military and nuclear power, would be a non-entity. This they want to achieve by expanding Nato until the doorstep of Russia. Obviously, this will not be acceptable to a major military power like Russia. In this exercise Ukraine has been used as a tool, says Dr Kumar.

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