Zorawar Daulet Singh

Foreign Policy and Sea Power: India’s Maritime Role Flux

The core argument this article makes is that India’s maritime worldview and role conceptions have not only been evolving since the 1950s, but they have also been closely interlinked with...

Is India’s Nuclear Doctrine Credible?

Recent debates by former officials and analysts on India’s nuclear doctrine highlight certain credibility problems. Two inter-related pillars of the doctrine—the pledge of ‘No-First Use’ (NFU) and the assurance of...

Indian Perceptions of China’s Maritime Silk Road Idea

The Maritime Silk Road (MSR) idea is part of this wider attempt by China to construct multiple lines of communication to its economic heartland in eastern China since the early...

India’s Geostrategy and China: Mackinder versus Mahan?

Two recent events exemplify India’s geopolitical dilemma. In early April 2013, it was reported that Chinese submarines had been conducting forays in the Indian Ocean that were apparently picked up...

Cruise Missiles: Evolution, Proliferation and Future by Sitakanta Mishra

German V-1 rockets raining over London and Russian self-propelled Katyusha rockets pulverising German forces on the eastern front are enduring images of the Second World War. After 1945, it seemed...

The Complexity of Measuring National Power

Arvind Subramanian’s recent book, Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance, has renewed interest in measuring the potential of emerging powers. Subramanian argues that projections of gross domestic...

Should India ‘Be East’ or Be Eurasian?

The recent fad among Western security commentaries is to portray India as a natural member of East Asian political life.

Thinking about an Indian Grand Strategy

This article is primarily a conceptual overview on the theme of a grand strategy for a rising power such as India. The objective is to promote a systematic and structural...

Zorawar Daulet Singh

Publication

Foreign Policy and Sea Power: India’s Maritime Role Flux

Is India’s Nuclear Doctrine Credible?

Indian Perceptions of China’s Maritime Silk Road Idea

India’s Geostrategy and China: Mackinder versus Mahan?

Cruise Missiles: Evolution, Proliferation and Future by Sitakanta Mishra

The Complexity of Measuring National Power

Should India ‘Be East’ or Be Eurasian?

Thinking about an Indian Grand Strategy