Strategic Analysis

A Comparison of Defence Sector Innovation Ecosystems in China and India

The defence sector in all major countries has historically been a source of new technologies and innovation. As China and India grow in stature, the strengths of their defence sector...

Murli Murti |
January 2020 |
Strategic Analysis

India in Vietnam’s Foreign Policy

The upgrading of Vietnam–India relations from partnership (2003) to strategic partnership (2007) and a comprehensive strategic partnership (2016) is not merely the result of India’s Look/Act East Policy. It also...

Vo Xuan Vinh |
January 2020 |
Strategic Analysis

US–India Relations: The Shadowboxing Era

As the US presidential elections are just a few months away, the economic and strategic differences between India and the United States have come to the forefront. Trump–Modi partnership which...

Secure Through Development: Evaluation of India’s Border Area Development Programme

The Border Area Development Programme was initiated in the year 1986–87, to strengthen India’s security by ensuring developed and secure borders. Initially, the programme was implemented in the western border...

N. Manoharan , Depak Saravanan , Vasvi Saini |
January 2020 |
Strategic Analysis

BRICS-EU: Bilateral Partners and Global Rivals

The BRICS group has gone a long way from being the simple acronym to becoming global political player. While it remains undecided whether the BRICS will evolve into a comprehensive,...

Washington’s ‘America First’ Global Strategy and Its Implications for the BRICS

The article explores America’s evolving policy towards BRICS in the context of the Trump administration’s new ‘America First’ global strategy. Even though the BRICS grouping has not become an anti-systemic...

BRICS in the Post-Liberal World Order: A New Agenda for Cooperation? Perspectives from South Africa

Given complexities currently underpinning multipolar realities of the international system, it seems that a pluralist internationalism is becoming a strategic consideration for a post-Western world order. This warrants new agendas...

What is BRICS for China?

This article studies China’s approach to BRICS. It argues that China sees BRICS as a major asset in its effort to become a major world power and to reform the...

BRICS and the Evolving Russia-India-China Security Agenda

Russia India and China are paying more and more attention to international security issues. They have developed a broad common security agenda via cooperation through two international institutions created by...

The Evolution of Russian Strategy Towards BRICS

This article examines the evolution of Russia’s policy towards BRICS from the time of its formation as a group of four countries in 2006 to the present. The authors analyse...

The BRICS: Wither Brazil?

Having overcome its ‘middle-power’ complex during the centre-left governments, Brazil obtained a relatively robust position in international politics as global power, siding with G-20, BRICS and other multilateral bodies. However,...

Role of BRICS’ Economic Cooperation for Global Governance and Institution-Building: An Indian Perspective

This article attempts to understand BRICS from the perspective of a multi-polar world order and the role played by India at the BRICS. Specifically, the article looks at the implication...

Water Challenge and the Prospects for BRICS Cooperation

Brazil and Russia rank first and second globally by the amount of renewable freshwater resources. Despite the significant challenges to municipal water use and water quality for the population, even...

BRICS Cooperation in Science and Education

This article examines the preconditions and reasons for interaction between BRICS countries in the fields of science, research and university education. It analyzes the particular ways in which the member...

BRICS Countries in Global Value Chains

The picture of the post-crisis world is shaped by the paradigm shifts about the sustainability of national development as a globally integrated co-development and as a necessary condition for national...

Ninel Seniuk |
November 2019 |
Strategic Analysis

BRICS: A Limited Role in Transforming the World

The emergence of BRICS is a reflection of the economic power shift from the north to the south. BRICS cooperation is driven by their shared identity as emerging economies. BRICS...

Li Li |
November 2019 |
Strategic Analysis

Shifting Strategic Focus of BRICS and Great Power Competition

This article builds on extensive debates on the role of BRICS in world order. But instead of focusing on BRICS’ impact on the world order, the article takes a different...

Igor Denisov , Andrei Kazantsev , Fyodor Lukyanov , Ivan Safranchuk |
November 2019 |
Strategic Analysis

The BRICS in the Era of Renewed Great Power Competition

The BRICS are at a turbulent crossroads as renewed great power competition intersects with countervailing tendencies in the emerging multipolar arena. Their success depends avoiding the external costs and domestic...

BRICS and Sovereign Internationalism

The article outlines four types of globalism contending for hegemony today. The struggle of what effectively represents different types of international order is one reason why international politics today looks...

Richard Sakwa |
November 2019 |
Strategic Analysis

Sri Lanka at the Crossroads: Geopolitical Challenges and National Interests

Sri Lanka has always featured in any discussion on Indian Ocean geopolitics. However, its geopolitical significance has increased manifold after the end of the long-drawn war that saw the defeat...