Strategic Analysis
Strategic Analysis is the bimonthly journal of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. It is published by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom.
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The Journal provides a forum for independent research, analyses, and commentaries on national, regional and international security issues that have policy relevance. It seeks to promote a better understanding of Indian thinking on contemporary national and international themes. The Journal reflects a diversity of views from the strategic and international relations studies community both from within and outside India. The flagship in the IDSA stable of publications, Strategic Analysis began as a monthly journal in April 1977 and served as a medium for publishing commentaries on current events. From early 1987, its contents came to include both research articles as well as commentaries on national and international developments. It was transformed into a quarterly, refereed, journal in 2002. Routledge has been publishing the journal in a bi-monthly format since January 2007.
Scholars and analysts are welcome to submit well-researched papers for publication in this refereed journal.
Submissions should be directed to Mr. Vivek Kaushik, Associate Editor at vkaushik.idsa@nic.in
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Current Issue: September-October 2024
The issue brings together critical analyses of key bilateral strategic relations shaping global geopolitics.
Om Prakash Das employs Jean Baudrillard’s theories of hyper-reality and simulacra to argue that media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict constructs a simulated version of events rather than reflecting reality. Gulbin Sultana examines how China and Maldives, despite their geopolitical differences are compelled to strengthen bilateral ties, given China’s strategic ambitions on the one hand and Maldives’ economic and developmental aspirations on the other. Uday Patil and V. Anand analyse the Trump administration’s disruptive China policy, framing it through Walter Russell Mead’s foreign policy traditions and highlighting its dominant Jacksonian traits—nationalism, protectionism, and realpolitik. Iftikhar Ali, Noraiz Arshad and Roy Anthony Rogers explore Pakistan’s delicate balancing act between China and US, illustrating how economic and strategic imperatives increasingly align Pakistan with China while hedging ties with Washington.
The issue also features two compelling essays. Amit Krishankant Paul decodes Operation Meghdoot (1984), the Indian army’s longest-running military operation for control of the Siachen Glacier, debunking long-held myths with rare maps and historical data. Rajneesh Singh examines Israel’s security lapses in the wake of Hamas October 7, 2023, attack, arguing that both leadership and the IDF must reassess priorities to address future threats.
