Chintamani Mahapatra

The Indo-US strategic partnership has been a long project that is soon going to be a quarter of a century old. While the Kickleighter Proposal of 1991 sowed the seeds...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• January-March 2025 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington and a summit meeting with President Barack Obama re-energised a relationship that was widely perceived to be moving towards a dead end. During...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• March 2015 |
• Strategic Analysis

India–US strategic dialogue was initiated in 2009, and is organised annually in different capitals. The first round of dialogue took place against the backdrop of pessimism in the bilateral relationship....

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• November 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

Pakistan has all the signs and symptoms of an ailing State that may not be able to sustain itself at the current rate of deterioration. It suffers from the crisis...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• October 2011 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

US-China relations have assumed a new dimension in recent years and reflect the various tensions and mutual suspicions that are inevitable in a relationship between an existing super power and...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• July 2011 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Sujit Dutta's article, ‘China in SAARC? To What Effect?’ is a thought-provoking essay. It raises an appropriate and timely debate on a theme that is of vital significance for the...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• May 2011 |
• Strategic Analysis

The defence diplomacy of the United States in the midst of the current war against terror in Afghanistan is designed towards ending the US military operations without ceding total authority...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• January 2011 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Has the power and influence of the United States declined in recent years? Does the current global recession, the outcome of the US invasion of Iraq and the resilience of...

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• July 2010 |
• Strategic Analysis

While it is premature to draw conclusions on Obama’s policy towards India, his first year in office certainly did not carry forward his predecessor’s initiatives.

• Chintamani Mahapatra |
• February 05, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

After the June 2013 election when Hassan Rouhani became president of Iran, Iranian foreign policy changed course. The fundamental transformation is the result of his decision to open up a...

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Chintamani Mahapatra |
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• Strategic Analysis