Strategic Analysis

Forget the Cheese of Zero COVID. Escape the Mousetrap of Lockdowns

On February 18, SKY News UK trumpeted that ‘Lockdown is working! COVID-19 infection rate plummets in England’. Yet, as Figure 1 shows, Sweden with voluntary social distancing guidelines experienced an...

Multilateral Initiatives and Security Dilemma: Explaining India’s Choice to Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

The article attempts to explain India’s contrasting strategic choices with regard to China-led initiatives in South Asia. While India chose to join the AIIB, it has opposed the BRI. While...

American Activism on Religious Freedom in the Middle East: A Critique

Since its enactment in October 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act has become a major instrument to further the American foreign policy agenda in the Middle East and elsewhere. While...

Humanitarianism, National Security, and the Rohingya Refugee Policy of Bangladesh

How do humanitarian norms and national security concerns shape a host state refugee policy? This article addresses this question in the context of Bangladesh, the largest host state in the...

Russia’s Afghan Policy: Determinants and Outcomes

Russia’s policy on Afghanistan has witnessed considerable transformation during the last two decades. This has allowed Moscow to change its stance towards the Taliban from confrontation to accommodation. The article...

The United States and Bangladesh

The policies, actions and postures of the United States Administration towards Bangladesh from March 1971 to December 1971 form the subject matter of this article.

The Reception and Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Vietnam

The article looks back on China’s proposal and promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Vietnam, as well as Vietnam’s official position and response to this initiative. The...

Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa , Pham Thao Nguyen |
March 2021 |
Strategic Analysis

Indonesia: A Reluctant Participant in the South China Sea Disputes

The role of Indonesia in the South China Sea (SCS) disputes has been limited to being part of the ASEAN team since the country is not one of the active...

Chinese Territorial Claims on Indian Territory in the Context of Its Surveying and Mapping, 1708-1960

The article aims to trace the surveying and mapping of China during the 252-year period, prior to 1960 in order to connect it with the evolution of the Sino-Indian boundary....

China’s Agricultural and Industrial Policies in 1971*

The performance of the agricultural and industrial sectors during 1971 acquires an added significance as 1971 happens to be the first year of China’s ambitious Fourth Five-Year Plan. This Plan...

Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison

Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison, by Ahmet T. Kuru, Bruce E. Porteous Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University, is a recent book on...

South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation

Regionalism in South Asia continues to evoke intense academic interest among scholars. SAARC, an organization that was conceptualized in the early eighties, evinced both hope and despair. A hope to...

The Elusive Quest for an ‘Asian NATO’

The turn of the twenty-first century brought with it the miraculous economic rise of China in Asia and beyond; American strategy towards the region, denoted by the ‘pivot to Asia’...

The KMT’s Predicament: Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Domestic Politics

On October 6, 2020, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (parliament) passed two important Resolutions, moved by the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). These sought to ensure ‘US military aid in combating...

Strategic Use of Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam’s External Relations with Major Powers

The article focuses on analyzing the ‘Cam Ranh policy’ of the Vietnamese government as well as the implementation of this policy since 2002 via its relations with major powers such...

Pham Thi Yen |
January 2021 |
Strategic Analysis

Modeling Attribution of Cyber Attacks Using Bayesian Belief Networks

The article makes an attempt to bring to the fore the various factors which are considered in the due process of attribution of a cyber-attack and the correlation of credible...

The Sino-Indian Geopolitics and Maritime Security of the Indian Ocean Region

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is a prominent arena in international politics, in terms of trade, tourism, population, among other aspects. Several countries, some unconnected geographically, have shown interest in...

Sainandan S. Iyer , Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay , Sridhar D. Iyer |
January 2021 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis

Forget the Cheese of Zero COVID. Escape the Mousetrap of Lockdowns

Multilateral Initiatives and Security Dilemma: Explaining India’s Choice to Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

American Activism on Religious Freedom in the Middle East: A Critique

Humanitarianism, National Security, and the Rohingya Refugee Policy of Bangladesh

Russia’s Afghan Policy: Determinants and Outcomes

The United States and Bangladesh

The Reception and Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Vietnam

Indonesia: A Reluctant Participant in the South China Sea Disputes

Chinese Territorial Claims on Indian Territory in the Context of Its Surveying and Mapping, 1708-1960

China’s Agricultural and Industrial Policies in 1971*

Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison

South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation

The Elusive Quest for an ‘Asian NATO’

The KMT’s Predicament: Cross-Strait Relations and Taiwan’s Domestic Politics

Strategic Use of Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam’s External Relations with Major Powers

Modeling Attribution of Cyber Attacks Using Bayesian Belief Networks

The Sino-Indian Geopolitics and Maritime Security of the Indian Ocean Region

U.N. Peace-Keeping: Asian, African and American Interaction

Aparna Pande, From Chanakya to Modi: The Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy

Bruno Maçães, Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order