Strategic Analysis

Neoclassical realist theory of international politics

In the mid-1990s, Colin Elman cited a maxim horses for courses meaning ‘every horse is suited to a particular course’ to underscore the inherent weakness of neorealist theories in that...

Stress-Test for Chinese Restraint: China Evaluates Russia’s Use of Force

The article discusses if China will be inspired by its strategic partner Russia to use force as an instrument of its foreign policy. After a pro et con discussion the...

Green growth: ideology, political economy and the alternatives

By the 1970s, the idea of development had lost much of its swagger and bite. Environmental degradation, in particular, ballooned into a global anxiety. Soon enough, development enthusiasts found themselves...

UNSC Resolution 2321 and the DPRK?

In a strong response to the nuclear warhead test of Pyongyang on September 9, 2016, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at its 7821st meeting, held on November 30, 2016,...

Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership: India’s Contribution to Strengthening Nuclear Security

In the 21st century, nuclear security (NS) risks are more tangible with the probability of nuclear weapons and materials falling into the hands of terrorists becoming more real. The NS...

Globalization of the Jihadist Threat: Case Study of Trinidad and Tobago

Despite a well-integrated Muslim population, and an environment where there is no tangible discrimination or lack of opportunity, the Jihadist ideology has succeeded in taking root in Trinidad. Links with...

Cambodia–Thailand Sovereignty Disputes: Implications for Cambodia’s Strategic Environment and Defence Organization

This article analyses two security challenges facing the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) and the Cambodian Defence Organization at the strategic level for the next decade. The first obvious challenge relates...

Smart diplomacy: exploring China-India synergy, by P.S. Suryanarayana

In Smart Diplomacy: Exploring China-India Synergy, P.S. Suryanarayana has sought to answer the questions: ‘Will China and India live at peace with each other? Will they be able to overcome...

New south Asian security: six core relations underpinning regional security, by Chris Ogden

Theorising about international relations in South Asia is a daunting task for any scholar of International Relations. The challenge lies in explaining the causal forces behind state behaviour, in order...

Medha Bisht |
January 2017 |
Strategic Analysis

Unheeded hinterland: identity and sovereignty in northeast India, by Dillip Gogoi

Partly the result of a political and physical isolation compounded by decades of conflict in the region, Northeast India is often viewed through the prism of security studies, institutional performance...

Brexit: Harbinger of an Unexpected New World Order

The stunning British vote of June 24, 2016, to quit the European Union (EU)—dubbed Brexit—has triggered a major realignment of economic and political forces across the globe, strengthening the template...

Sandhya Jain |
January 2017 |
Strategic Analysis

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Negotiated Settlement in Afghanistan

For the last 15 years, the war in Afghanistan has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and the United States has sent thousands of troops and spent billions of dollars...

Aref Dostyar |
January 2017 |
Strategic Analysis

Vikash Kumar |
January 2017 |
Strategic Analysis

The Evolution of National Security Thinking in Post-Soviet Russia

This article contributes to the rich body of literature on Russian security perceptions and analyses how Russian security thinking evolved over the last 20 years. The focus of the article...

Strategic Analysis

Neoclassical realist theory of international politics

Stress-Test for Chinese Restraint: China Evaluates Russia’s Use of Force

Green growth: ideology, political economy and the alternatives

UNSC Resolution 2321 and the DPRK?

Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership: India’s Contribution to Strengthening Nuclear Security

Globalization of the Jihadist Threat: Case Study of Trinidad and Tobago

Cambodia–Thailand Sovereignty Disputes: Implications for Cambodia’s Strategic Environment and Defence Organization

Smart diplomacy: exploring China-India synergy, by P.S. Suryanarayana

New south Asian security: six core relations underpinning regional security, by Chris Ogden

Unheeded hinterland: identity and sovereignty in northeast India, by Dillip Gogoi

Brexit: Harbinger of an Unexpected New World Order

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Negotiated Settlement in Afghanistan

What are India, Iran, and Afghanistan’s Benefits from the Chabahar Port Agreement?

Subsystemic Unipolarities? Power Distribution and State Behaviour in South America and Southern Africa

Has Nigeria Defeated Boko Haram? An Appraisal of the Counter-Terrorism Approach under the Buhari Administration

Preventive Diplomacy and the Role of Civil Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia

Insurgency, Drugs and Small Arms in Myanmar

US Security Strategy of Asian Rebalance: India’s Role and Concerns

Sub-Regionalism in South Asia: A Case Study of the Bangladesh–Bhutan–Nepal–India Motor Vehicles Agreement

The Evolution of National Security Thinking in Post-Soviet Russia