Issue Brief - MP-IDSA

The Afghan Quagmire and American Failure

The geo-strategic location of Afghanistan has tempted many dominant powers to intervene but no great power has been able to occupy or attain predominance in the country. The US failed...

Manoj Kumar Mishra |
September 17, 2021 |
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US–Pakistan Equations at a Crossroads

US–Pakistan relations have witnessed upheavals in the past; the US’ exit from Afghanistan is the latest in the series of inflection points in their relationship. However, irrespective of the escalatory...

Priyanka Singh |
September 17, 2021 |
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Central Asia’s Afghan Predicament

Neither Russia and China nor the Central Asian countries have a clear strategy on how to handle the rapidly changing canvas in Afghanistan. An ambivalent waiting game tied by slow...

Deepak Kumar |
September 08, 2021 |
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Elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Mired in controversies, the 2021 elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir were heavily tilted towards the Kashmir issue, which overpowered all other issues including those concerning immediate local...

Priyanka Singh |
September 06, 2021 |
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Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview

Beijing’s stance on Afghanistan’s political crisis and its approach towards the Taliban regime is a critical variable that will shape the geometrics of the China–Taliban–Pakistan nexus versus India and the...

Jagannath P. Panda |
September 03, 2021 |
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India’s National Hydrogen Mission and Prospects for Cooperation with GCC

India and GCC share convergence of ideas and interests along with the political will to collaborate in the hydrogen energy sector. There is a need to provide impetus to the...

Lakshmi Priya |
August 27, 2021 |
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What Beijing’s Expanding Digital Silk Road Means to India?

The Digital Silk Road can give China the power to shape global digital governance norms in its favour and the political, economic and strategic tools to be a technological hegemon,...

Jagannath P. Panda |
August 24, 2021 |
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Build Back Better World Initiative: A Partnership Against or Beyond China?

Envisioned as a sustainable alternative to China’s BRI, US-led Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative seeks to narrow down infrastructure deficit in the developing world. However, with their several distinct...

Jagannath P. Panda |
August 09, 2021 |
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Inter-state Border Disputes in Northeast India

The inter-state border disputes in the Northeast have persisted for long. Efforts need to be redoubled to find a political solution, mediated by the Union government, which is binding on...

Pushpita Das |
July 29, 2021 |
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“China Plus One”: Supply Chain Resilience Initiative and Beijing in Indo-Pacific

The drawbacks of over-reliance on China as a single manufacturing source has led to countries adopting “China Plus One” strategy to diversify supply networks. Whether Supply Chain Resilience Initiative by...

Jagannath P. Panda |
July 26, 2021 |
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The Dark Web and Regulatory Challenges

The dark web has turned into a hot bed of illegal transactions, posing a threat to the cyberspace across multiple dimensions.

WTO TRIPS Waiver and COVID-19 Vaccine Equity

The vaccine inequity is not only morally indefensible but clinically counter-productive. Allowing most of the world’s population to go unvaccinated will only spawn new virus mutations. Preventing this humanitarian catastrophe...

Rajeesh Kumar |
July 12, 2021 |
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Power to Prevail: China’s ‘Discourse Politics’ as CCP Turns 100

The CCP has invested heavily in telling “China’s Story Well” by amplifying its discourse power. However, looking at China’s discourse politics from an absolutely narrow propaganda lens would be a...

Shruti Pandalai |
July 08, 2021 |
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CCP at 100: Xi Jinping’s Future Foreign Policy Manifesto

Xi’s rousing words at CCP’s centenary celebrations have reaffirmed China’s intentions to make every effort in actualising its domestic goals and global ambitions—without holding much regard for the rules-based order.

Jagannath P. Panda |
July 07, 2021 |
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Attack on Mohamed Nasheed and Challenges Ahead for the Maldives

The attack on Mohamed Nasheed has exposed Maldives’ vulnerability to acts of terrorism. The biggest test for President Solih is to overcome the challenges to tackling national security threats and...

Gulbin Sultana |
July 01, 2021 |
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The Geopolitics of Power Configuration in South Asia: Understanding Chinese Defence Minister’s Visit to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe’s visit to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka highlights Beijing’s deepening security engagement with South Asian countries.

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
June 02, 2021 |
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Attack on Nasheed and the Rising Tide of Radicalisation in the Maldives

The attack on former Maldivian President and current Speaker of the Majlis, Mohammad Nasheed, on May 6, 2021 has brought to attention the country’s tenuous political stability, compounded by the...

Adil Rasheed |
May 20, 2021 |
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Tehrik Labaik Pakistan and the Politics of the Religious Right

The ban imposed on the Tehrik Labaik Pakistan (TLP) by the Pakistan government will not defang the religious radicalism that forms its core strength.

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
May 04, 2021 |
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China-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Likely Challenges for India

The growing ties between China and Iran can have challenges for India’s relations with Iran and interests in the Persian Gulf region. Nonetheless, it is unlikely to seriously affect India-Iran...

India’s Changed Approach to Kashmir Settlement

If India-Pakistan dialogue does resume, India is unlikely to return to the Manmohan-Musharraf framework of negotiations because of the Modi government’s commitment to regain Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

S. Kalyanaraman |
March 30, 2021 |
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