Mandip Singh

The paper looks at the critical vulnerabilities of China in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Ever since China captured and annexed Tibet in 1950, it has been unable to integrate...

• Mandip Singh |
• 2013 |
• Occasional Papers

Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses The Year Book seeks to promote a better understanding of contemporary issues affecting China and their impact on India. This first edition of...

• Mandip Singh |
• 2012 |
• Book

Liberia has witnessed intense internal strife, conflicts and total breakdown of law and order in the past. A West African organisation, ECOWAS and United Nations operated together in Liberia to...

• Mandip Singh |
• July-September 2022 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Understanding the Chinese Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) has been a challenge for military thinkers and planners due to opacity and secrecy within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This article...

• Mandip Singh |
• October-December 2020 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

The incremental and calibrated improvement in the India-China defence ties has withstood the test of time. The next step in building M2M relations could provide the required impetus to further...

• Mandip Singh |
• September 16, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

Authoritarian regimes are increasingly taking recourse to sharp power as a preferred means of realising national interests. Sharp power weaves an intricate web of responses short of war, such as...

• Mandip Singh |
• July-September 2018 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

If PLA doesn’t change its ‘army-centric’ character and make way for professionals with domain expertise, the higher defence organisation will continue to be weak and the reform only in name.

• Mandip Singh |
• March 09, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

Hitherto, the India-China border dispute was largely a land-air contingency. Now, the PLA Navy’s presence in the IOR adds the third dimension and needs to be factored in future planning...

• Mandip Singh |
• February 22, 2016 |
• Issue Brief

This book is a compilation of papers written by journalist Neville Maxwell over a career span of five decades. Those who look at China–India relations closely, notably the border dispute,...

• Mandip Singh |
• October 2015 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Samudra Manthan is a book whose time has come. It brings to the table the other dimension of the Sino-Indian rivalry, which is often missed by the larger group of...

• Mandip Singh |
• October 2013 |
• Journal of Defence Studies