Strategic Analysis

India–Africa Relations: Changing Horizons: Rajiv Bhatia, Routledge, New York

India’s partnership with Africa has come into the limelight in recent years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Address to the Ugandan parliament in 2018 reiterated that Africa is a...

Ruchita Beri |
November 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Debating the Past: Nehru, China and Lessons from 1962 War

The year 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. Fought over a period of one month, the war is seen as one of the watersheds in the...

China’s South Asia Policy

The first half of 1971 witnessed some significant developments in South Asia: the emergence of a liberation movement for an independent Bangla Desh, the Janata Vimukti Peramuna (JVP) insurgency in...

‘Strategising’ the India-EU Partnership

India’s foreign policy, as in the case of any other sovereign state, aims at protecting and promoting the country’s ‘national interest.’ Strategic autonomy, which has been its defining value and...

Quad and the Indo-Pacific: Examining the Balance of Interest Theory in Quad Coalition

In light of China’s rise, the Quad coalition has gained momentum in its efforts to maintain a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). While scholars have discussed the relevance of Quad,...

Adarsh Badri |
November 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Colonialism Matters: Benefits of Metropoles with a Focus on India and Great Britain

The history of colonialism normally focusses on the socio-economic losses of colonies, and the benefits of metropoles are a much less-studied field. Our study indicates that the flow of resources,...

Leonid Grigoryev , Alexandra Morozkina |
November 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

New Russia-West Confrontation: War of Attrition or Escalation?

The article analyses the ongoing Russia-West confrontation manifested mainly in the armed conflict in Ukraine, the world’s largest war of sanctions, a growing confrontation in cyberspace and politics, the erosion...

US Relations with China in Perspective

Ever since the communist victory and establishment of a People’s Republic (PRC) on the mainland, China has greatly influenced the basic tenor of American policies in Asia. For the United...

The Future of Energy Consumption, Security and Natural Gas: LNG in Baltic Sea Region

Energy transition is defined as a structural change in energy balance when some fuels are replaced with others. This process of structural transition, however, does not lead to an ultimate...

Pramod Jaiswal |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Dispatches from the South China Sea: Navigating to Common Ground

James Borton in Dispatches from the South China Sea primarily dwells on the interactions between humans and the environment in the South China Sea. Through his journalistic acumen, Borton intricately...

Balochistan: In the Crosshairs of History

Balochistan is one of the most restive areas in Pakistan that has endured systematic and extraordinary suppression at the hands of the Pakistani State and its security forces. The Baloch...

Eastwards Ho? India’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific

Eastwards Ho? India’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific edited by E. Sridharan comprising 15 essays by renowned experts on Asian geopolitics, seeks to place India on the strategic map of the...

Akash Sahu |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation

In 2022, the ceasefire between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim–Isak-Muivah (NSCN–IM) entered its 25th year. While the ceasefire has greatly reduced violence between the...

Alex Waterman |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

An Analysis of the Post-370 Revocation Trends in Kashmir: Issues and Concerns

This article is an exploratory study of social, political, economic, governance, and militancy-related trends in the Kashmir region after the abrogation of Article 370 (5 August 2019), i.e., Jammu and...

Abhinav Pandya |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

(Re-) Narrating the Evolution of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation: China’s Diplomacy Behind the Scenes

The launch of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) opened a fresh chapter in international politics in the Mekong region, by marking China’s official entry into the continental Southeast Asian arena. However,...

Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt , Poowin Bunyavejchewin |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Challenges to the Development of the Northeast through the Act East Policy

It is argued that the way to bring about development in the Northeast is by economically integrating the region with the vibrant markets of Southeast Asia and East Asia through...

Pushpita Das |
September 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Sufi-Barelvis, Blasphemy and Radicalization: A Critical Analysis

There is a trend of upsurge in radicalisation of Sufi-Barelvis and violence resorted to by them, particularly in Pakistan, based on their uncompromising stance on the issue of blasphemy. Apart...

Neoliberalism in Asia: Under the Lens of Land Acquisition for Development in India and China

Through the lens of land acquisition by the State for development in India and China, an extensively and compulsorily strong State intervention has been witnessed. It pushes forward asymmetric neoliberal...

Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP): Thailand’s Emic Approach to Governance and Development as Evidence of an Asian Value-Oriented Inclusive Leadership Management Philosophy

Thailand has been at the core of the Asian Values debate since the 1992 World Conference on Human Rights. Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) is a concept developed by the late...

Otto Federico von Feigenblatt , Malcolm Cooper , Phillip Pardo |
July 2022 |
Strategic Analysis

Asianism – The Indian Sub-Text

Going by the economic growth patterns of China, India, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN countries with corresponding decline in the Western economic heft, it was often claimed that the 21st...