China and the Politics of Southern Asia China has throughout its history played a significant role in Southern Asia. China is a large and very populous country. However, China's role throughout its history has been more related to its civilisation and ideas than to its size. There have been wars and invasions, peace and tributes, but the overriding impression that one has of China's role in Southern Asia is that of ideas institutions. When China's century-old revolution culminated in the establishment of a Communist government in China, its role acquired a very crucial dimension. G P Deshpande | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up With China? by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up With China? by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd., 2009, pp. 188, Rs 650, ISBN 978-8131724118 Raj Shukla | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Inside Defense: Understanding the US Military in the 21st Century by Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm (eds) Inside Defense: Understanding the US Military in the 21st Century by Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm (eds) Palgrave and Macmillan, 2008, pp. 292, $95, ISBN 978-0230602601 Harinder Singh | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction by Marc Lanteigne Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction by Marc Lanteigne Routledge, London, 2009, pp. xii + 163, $39.95, ISBN 9780415465236 Gunjan Singh | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia by Ali Riaz Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia by Ali Riaz Rutgers University Press, NJ, 2008, pp. 320, $59.95, ISBN 975-0813543459 Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Changing World Order: India, EU and US—A Trialogue by B. Krishnamurthy and Geetha Ganapathy-Doré Changing World Order: India, EU and US—A Trialogue by B. Krishnamurthy and Geetha Ganapathy-Doré Shipra Publications, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 342, Rs. 950, ISBN 9788175415355 Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904 by Gordon T. Stewart Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904 by Gordon T. Stewart Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 280, $33, ISBN 978-0521735681 P. Stobdan | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Bhabha’s Relevance to India Bhabha and his Magnificent Obsessions by G. Venkataraman University Press, Hyderabad, India, first printed 1994, reprinted 1997, 2004, 2005, 2009 (twice), pp. 206, Rs. 200, ISBN 978-8173710070 Arvind Gupta | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Research and Think Tanks Zina O'Leary, The Essential Guide to Doing Research, Vistas Publications, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 226, Rs 350 Nicholas Walliman, Your Research Project: A Step-by-step Guide for First-time Researchers, 2nd ed., Vistaar Publications, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 450, Rs 560 Clive Opie (ed.), Doing Educational Research: A Guide for First Time Researchers, Vistaar Publishers, New Delhi, 2004 (originally published Sage, London, 2004), pp. 244, Rs 340 P. K. Gautam | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Nuclear Policy at Crossroads The emerging changes in the security calculus within the Korean Peninsula are forcing Japan to revisit its existing position on the nuclear issue. The changing security environment has triggered several debates within Japan on the nuclearisation of the island nation. Although, at present, domestic opinion within Japan is opposed to exercising the nuclear option, there has been a break in the hitherto established taboo to have an open debate on the country's nuclear policy. Reshmi Kazi | May 2010 | Strategic Analysis
