Strategic Analysis

Do the Changes in Myanmar Signify a Real Transition?

Myanmar is in the midst of a phase of historic transformation, both in the domestic sphere and in its external relations. This time the change that is occurring is substantive,...

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Policy: Engage and Countervail

Mahinda Rajapaksa has emerged as perhaps the only Sri Lankan leader who has managed to secure some strategic autonomy in conducting his country's foreign policy vis-à-vis India. He engaged India...

The ‘Ethnic Question’ in India–Sri Lanka Relations in the Post-LTTE Phase

The ‘ethnic question’ in Sri Lanka, even after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), evokes a sense of suspense, uncertainty and even a possible conflict of...

Human Security and the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring was ignited by an undeniable human security goal of achieving freedom from want, freedom from fear and freedom to live in dignity. This article analyses how human...

Kazakhstan: Continuous Improvement or Stalemate in its Relations with China?

Over the last two decades Kazakhstan has implemented foreign policies aimed at improving relations with many new geopolitical actors, as well as longstanding common partners such as Russia, on which...

The Arctic: An Antithesis

The Arctic ice is melting faster than predicted. In August 2012, calculations based on the satellite imagery indicated that the summer sea ice loss was 50 per cent higher than...

Iran and India: The Need for Constructive Re-engagement

Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran and the United States have been locked in a bitter conflict. Although it has not yet degenerated into a war, as has been the case...

Relevance of Kautilya’s Arthasastra

The community of scholars needs to study Kautilya's Arthasastra and apply his concepts to political theory and other fields of enquiry, such as intelligence, internal security, war, foreign policy, sociology,...

P. K. Gautam |
January 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Peak Oil and Implications for India

The basic point is that crude oil is a finite resource. Hence, the issue is not ‘if’ crude oil peaks and availability declines, but ‘when’ it peaks and starts its...

S.C.N. Jatar |
January 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Growing Energy Woes

The power blackouts on 30 July 2012, first in north India and again in north, north-east and eastern India, which plunged seven northern Indian states into darkness for several hours,...

Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir—A Buffer State in the Making?

One cannot deny the inexorable advantage that geography has given Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Being the only link between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and Pakistan, PoK is truly the...

Mandip Singh |
January 2013 |
Strategic Analysis

Atul Mishra |
November 2012 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Iran Policy in the Post-Cold War Period

The article proposes to trace India's relations with Iran in the post-Cold War period, to identify the highs and lows in its contours and analyse the current situation. No country,...

Gulshan Dietl |
November 2012 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis

Do the Changes in Myanmar Signify a Real Transition?

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Policy: Engage and Countervail

The ‘Ethnic Question’ in India–Sri Lanka Relations in the Post-LTTE Phase

Human Security and the Arab Spring

Kazakhstan: Continuous Improvement or Stalemate in its Relations with China?

The Arctic: An Antithesis

Iran and India: The Need for Constructive Re-engagement

Relevance of Kautilya’s Arthasastra

Peak Oil and Implications for India

India’s Growing Energy Woes

Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir—A Buffer State in the Making?

Introduction

Israel: The Non-Parallel Player

Iran: India’s Gateway to Central Asia

The Pakistan Factor in the India–Iran Relationship

India–Iran Energy Ties: A Balancing Act

In Pursuit of a Chimera: Nuclear Imbroglio between Sanctions and Engagement

American Shadow over India–Iran Relations

Necessary Oppositions: Domestic Debates on Iran

India’s Iran Policy in the Post-Cold War Period