Strategic Analysis

Russia and China in the Arctic: A Team of Rivals

The Arctic is beginning to test the stage-managed optics of China and Russia’s ‘strategic partnership’. Friction was most recently on display after the Arctic Council’s May 2013 decision to confer...

India–US Strategic Dialogue: An Assessment

India–US strategic dialogue was initiated in 2009, and is organised annually in different capitals. The first round of dialogue took place against the backdrop of pessimism in the bilateral relationship....

Will Pakistan’s India Policy under Sharif Shift Strategically?

The May 2013 parliamentary elections in Pakistan led to a stable government under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Prime Minister Sharif promised a shift of the country’s India policy. Given...

China in and Beyond the Headlines

The book China in and Beyond the Headlines is a collection of 16 contributions written by scholars and experts on various aspects of Chinese politics, society and economy. Considering that...

Gunjan Singh |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

The China Fallacy: How the US Can Benefit from China’s Rise and Avoid another Cold War

There have been many studies on US foreign policy towards China dwelling specifically on the efficacy of the US strategy of containment. Donald Gross’s book is an addition to this...

The Untold History of the United States

Filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick’s The Untold History of the United States is an uncompromising and riveting account of the uncomfortable aspects of American history. The book studies...

Atul K. Thakur |
September 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Debacle to Resurgence: Y.B. Chavan, Defence Minister (1962–66)

Relatively little is known about Y.B. Chavan, India’s defence minister from 1962 to 1966. He replaced the controversial Mr. Krishna Menon on 19 November 1962, when India’s war with China...

Arvind Gupta |
September 2013 |
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

Strategic Analysis

Russia and China in the Arctic: A Team of Rivals

India–US Strategic Dialogue: An Assessment

Will Pakistan’s India Policy under Sharif Shift Strategically?

China in and Beyond the Headlines

The China Fallacy: How the US Can Benefit from China’s Rise and Avoid another Cold War

The Untold History of the United States

Debacle to Resurgence: Y.B. Chavan, Defence Minister (1962–66)

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