Strategic Analysis

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: A Global Snapshot

The United States dominates global defence markets, but the nature of this dominance is shifting. Strategic and budgetary considerations—the latter being constantly restructured by the rising relative cost of defence...

Srdjan Vucetic |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Beyond the Rhetoric of Trilateral Cooperation

Over the past few years, ‘trilateral economic cooperation’ and ‘vibrant bridge’ have become buzzwords in Nepal’s foreign policy discourse, and have also caught the popular imagination at home in India....

A Compromise with India’s Sphere of Influence

Integrating the restive Tibetan minority with China has been the primary domestic challenge for Beijing. Thus far, its Nepal policy has been crafted essentially to address the Tibetan question. The...

Neither Feasible nor Desirable

Trilateral cooperation between India, Nepal and China needs to be seen from the perspective of how beneficial it is for all three countries. However, such cooperation cannot be divorced from...

Caution is the Key

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, made the trilateral proposal during his official visit to India in April 2013. This was the third time since 2010 that Prachanda had raised this...

Nihar R. Nayak |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Is India–Nepal–China Trilateral Cooperation Possible?

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, the chairman of the United Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN) (Maoist), visited India on April 27–30, 2013, shortly after he had returned from a week-long...

Editorial Board |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Peace or War Journalism: Case Study of the Balochistan Conflict in Pakistan

Analysing peace journalism is a difficult task, especially within the context of an ongoing conflict. This study looks at peace journalism as it relates to the Balochistan/Pakistan conflict. Balochistan is...

Aarushi Prakash |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Space Awareness: A Need for a Multilateral Mechanism

This article discusses the utility and limitations of existing space surveillance networks to address the issue of spaceflight safety and proposes a way forward. Specifically, it begins with a brief...

Ajey Lele |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

The Changing Politics and Geopolitics of Burma

Burma’s two decades-old alignment with China, which was always an uneasy one, is being reordered to better reflect Burmese national interests. In an attempt to reach out to the West,...

Prem Mahadevan |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

EU Weapons Embargo and Current Chinese Foreign Policy

This article examines the EU weapons embargo on China as a major foreign policy challenge that China’s new leadership has inherited. The article argues that the continuation of the embargo...

Sonika Gupta |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Rereading Mao’s Military Thinking

Although the nature of warfare has changed beyond recognition since the 1920s and 1930s when Chairman Mao Zedong penned his main military writings, his military thoughts are still a point...

China’s Leadership Change and Its Tibet Policy

Two new factors have appeared on the Tibetan political scene after the recent leadership change in China. First, the ‘spiritualisation’ of politics: paradoxically, the atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also...

Claude Arpi |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Turkey, Islamic Politics and the ‘Turkish Model’

In more than three decades, ever since the Islamic-oriented National Order Party was formed in 1969, Turkish politics has been analysed by many in terms of two straitjacketed views: Islamists...

Mehmet Ozkan |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Maritime Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: An Assessment of the INS Sudarshini Expedition

INS Sudarshini, India’s Sail Training Ship (STS), was sent on a commemorative expedition to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries for six months along the monsoon...

Rahul Mishra |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Overcoming the Ways of Matsya Nyaya

Ancient Indian political thought as given in the niti (moral law) lays down that matsya nyaya (big fish swallowing the smaller fish), which is a law of nature, must be...

P. K. Gautam |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Political Economy of Madrassa Education in Bangladesh: Genesis, Growth and Impact , by Abu Barkat, Rowshan Ara, M. Taheruddin, Farid M. Zahid and Md. Badiuzzaman

Madrassas in Bangladesh have seen a rapid increase in their number in recent years. As per 2008 estimates, 9,827,742 students were enrolled in 54,130 Madrassas in the country. That meant...

Strategic Analysis

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: A Global Snapshot

Beyond the Rhetoric of Trilateral Cooperation

A Compromise with India’s Sphere of Influence

Neither Feasible nor Desirable

More Questions than Answers

Caution is the Key

Is India–Nepal–China Trilateral Cooperation Possible?

Peace or War Journalism: Case Study of the Balochistan Conflict in Pakistan

Space Awareness: A Need for a Multilateral Mechanism

The Changing Politics and Geopolitics of Burma

EU Weapons Embargo and Current Chinese Foreign Policy

Rereading Mao’s Military Thinking

China’s Leadership Change and Its Tibet Policy

Turkey, Islamic Politics and the ‘Turkish Model’

India’s Maritime Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: An Assessment of the INS Sudarshini Expedition

Overcoming the Ways of Matsya Nyaya

Political Economy of Madrassa Education in Bangladesh: Genesis, Growth and Impact , by Abu Barkat, Rowshan Ara, M. Taheruddin, Farid M. Zahid and Md. Badiuzzaman

Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in the Age of Globalisation by Torkel Brekke

The Prabhakaran Saga: The Rise and Fall of an Eelam Warrior , by S. Murari

Saudi Arabia on the Edge: the Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Thomas W. Lippman