Strategic Analysis

Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga by Nitin A. Gokhale

The history of the 20th century has for a long time looked at the inhospitable Russian Tundra in winter as the most hostile battleground that armies could experience. Hitler’s defeat...

Overcoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers by Mark Fitzpatrick

Mark Fitzpatrick’s book Overcoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers makes a courageous attempt in advocating recognition of Pakistan as a ‘normal nuclear state’ (p. 12). The author asserts that the international community...

Reshmi Kazi |
January 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Maoist Insurgency and India’s Internal Security Architecture by E.N. Rammohan, Brigadier Amrit Pal Singh and Gp. Capt. A.K. Agarwal

The Maoist insurgency and the internal security response, which in part flows from India’s security architecture, have become increasingly relevant in the recent past. The Maoist threat has repeatedly been...

Vivek Chadha |
January 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Forged in Crisis: India and the United States since 1947 by Rudra Chaudhuri

‘My, I always thought he was the peaceable sort’, remarked Jacqueline Kennedy, sitting next to her husband in the White House in the late evening of October 25, 1962. She...

Overview of Korea’s Arctic Policy Development

In his Murmansk speech in 1987, Gorbachev proposed the Arctic as the shortest sea route linking Europe to the Far East and the Pacific Ocean, triggering a new perspective on...

Jong Deog Kim |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

China’s Role in Arctic Affairs in the Context of Global Governance

For nearly a quarter of the past century a series of notable changes have taken place in the Arctic. All of them, whether political, economical, environmental or climate-related, inevitably had...

Ye Jiang |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

The Legal Regime of the Arctic and India’s Role and Options

The Arctic Ocean is melting. Essentially, this means that new sea routes will open up for international navigation, and large resources, especially oil and gas, lying underneath the frozen ice...

H.P. Rajan |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

The Maritime Tiger: Exploring South Korea’s Interests and Role in the Arctic

South Korea is not a traditional Arctic state, but it has several key interests in the region. This article explores the sources of those interests and the country’s commercial activities...

The Arctic and India: Strategic Awareness and Scientific Engagement

A global temperature rise is being experienced earliest and most intensely in the Arctic region. The changes are worrying but the commercial interests are equally enticing. The Arctic is witnessing...

Russia’s Strategic Concerns in the Arctic and Its Impact on Japan–Russia Relations

Russia places a high strategic priority on the Arctic from a security perspective, in view of the need to secure the Northern Sea Route as well as develop natural resources...

Shinji Hyodo |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

Russia’s China Policy in the Arctic

This article discusses the type of partnership Russia pursues towards China in the Arctic. Through evidence, the author finds that while Russia may be aiming for an overall strategic partnership,...

Tom Røseth |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

Norway’s High North Policy and New Asian Stakeholders

This article examines the main drivers of Norway’s High North policy towards the new Asian stakeholders. The High North became a foreign policy priority for Norway in 2005, and Norway...

Arctic: The Next Great Game in Energy Geopolitics?

As global warming and melting of the ice is making the Arctic increasingly accessible, the region’s hydrocarbon riches are attracting international interest. Thus far, despite the presence of vast untapped...

The Polar Code and Arctic Navigation

The ongoing climate-induced changes in the Arctic have resulted in prospects for exploiting resources, use of the Northern Sea Route for movement of goods, and new destinations for the cruise...

Vijay Sakhuja |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

The Northern Sea Route: Smooth Sailing Ahead?

Transit traffic on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has increased considerably in the last few years, in relative terms. There is no clear pattern of transit cargo on the NSR...

Arlid Moe |
November 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

Asian Stakes and Arctic Governance

Building on stakeholder management theory, this article examines the salience of Asian stakes in three key areas of Arctic governance: management and use of natural resources; shipping; and environmental protection....

Kautilya: The True Founder of Economics by Balbir Singh Sihag

Kautilya: The True Founder of Economics is a unique contribution to the subject of Kautilya’s Arthashastra (KA). Arthashastradiscusses at length governance, diplomacy, military science and political economy.1 However, never has...

Divya Malhotra |
September 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

China and the Environment: The Green Revolution by Sam Geall (ed.)

Propelled by its rapid economic growth, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is undergoing multitudes of transitions simultaneously. These transitions are substantially transforming state–society relations in China. The conventional wisdom...

Avinash Godbole |
September 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

India at Risk: Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of Security Policy by Jaswant Singh

This is Jaswant Singh’s eleventh known book, and here he keeps his focus on experiences rather than rhetoric to deal with the complex design of India’s security challenges. While relying...

Atul K. Thakur |
September 2014 |
Strategic Analysis

Deterrence Stability and Escalation Control in South Asia by Michael Krepon and Julia Thompson (eds.)

Ever since India and Pakistan went overtly nuclear in 1998, a plethora of studies by scholars, both from the subcontinent and outside, have pondered the issues of ‘deterrence stability’ and...