Strategic Analysis

Ayub’s Foreign Policy: From Alliance to Equidistanc

The departure of President Ayub from the Pakistani scene after a decade of almost unchallenged supremacy provides us with an opportune moment for the evaluation of his contribution in the...

Mohammed Ayoob |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

The Antarctic Regime: Conflict and Change at the Frozen Frontier

The management and utilization of a number of resources of the planet earth, over which no single nation has exclusive jurisdiction, have given rise to a number of knotty problems,...

C. Raja Mohan |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War | Nicholas Mulder, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2022, 416 pp., Price: US$ 24.00 (Paperback), ISBN: 9780300270488

The Economic Weapon came at a time when Western policymakers were struggling to sanction one of the world’s largest economies, Russia, over the war in Ukraine. Nicholas Mulder, an Assistant...

Subhash Bhambhu |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Thirty Years of ASEAN-India Relations: Towards Indo-Pacific | Prabir De (ed.), KW Publications, New Delhi, 2023, 608 pp., Price: Rs. 1,380 (Hardcover), ISBN: 978-93-94915-25-1

From the Look East Policy (LEP) adopted by the Government of India in 1992 upto 2022, for 30 years, India’s partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has...

Surajit Mahalanobis |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade | Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2024, 352 pp., Rs. 2,440.66 (Hardcover), ISBN 9780674251830

The US-China trade relationship has dominated global discourses and impacted global trade. Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson’s Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade, is an insightful take...

Alvina Antonia Almeida |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi | T.V. Paul, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2024, 263 pp.,$25 (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780197669990

T.V. Paul’s The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi provides a rigorous and thought-provoking examination of India’s long-standing aspiration for global recognition. As a...

Mohanasakthivel J |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Negotiating India’s Landmark Agreements A. S. Bhasin, Penguin Random House, 2024, xiv–385 pp., ₹999.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9780143464983

A. S. Bhasin’s Negotiating India’s Landmark Agreements traces the evolution of India’s foreign policy from Nehruvian idealism to pragmatic realpolitik through five pivotal treaties, such as the India–China Agreement on...

Ravi Kumar |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

The Battle for the Soul of Islam: Defining the Muslim Faith in the 21st Century James M. Dorsey, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 203 pp., EUR 12.99 (eBook), ISBN 978-981-97-2807-7

Following the 9/11 attacks, the violent actions of extremist groups like the Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) brought global attention to Islam, particularly their violent interpretations. This ignited a...

Ahmad Tashfeen |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders

We can note the growing interest in researching so-called encounters in England and other countries of the Global West. In the academic milieu, such studies appear frequently and en masse....

Georgi Asatryan |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Marine Insurance and India: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

P.S.S. Uday Kiran |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Pakistan’s Outreach to Bangladesh: An Analysis

With the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on 5 August 2024, a newfound warmth in Pakistan–Bangladesh relations has come to the fore. On 7 August 2024, Pakistan issued a...

Ashish Shukla |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Power Geostructure in East Asia: Sub-Regional Shifts and Strategic Implications (1992–2023)

The East Asian subregion has undergone profound transformations in its national power distribution since the end of the Second World War and especially, during the post-Cold War period. Several countries...

Eduardo Tzili-Apango , Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Participation in the Quad: From Hesitation to Proactivity

The ‘Indo-Pacific’ region has become one of the epicentres of global issues, with the emergence of multilateral mechanisms such as the ‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’ (Quad). This group comprises Australia, India,...

Le Thi Hang Nga , Nguyen Thi Oanh , Phan Cao Nhat Anh , Temjenmeren Ao , Ha Le Huyen |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Regional Organizations and Maritime Dispute Resolution: Challenges in ASEAN and the Baltic Sea

Academic research demonstrates that regional organizations have great influence in resolving maritime conflicts, as its members are immediately affected by contention in the region. However, regional organizations also face challenges...

Hanh Hong Bui , Huong Thu Thi Doan , Nam Thanh Bui |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

Environmental Security Complex in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas: A Regional Perspective

The Hindu-Kush Himalayas (HKH) mountains that sustain billions of livelihoods are facing transboundary environmental threats including climate change, natural disasters, air pollution, and food and water insecurity that transcend political...

India in Global Climate Politics: Balancing Continuity and Change

India has played a key role in international processes related to global environment and the climate crisis. The nature of India’s participation has gradually shifted—from being a defensive actor to...

Robert Mizo |
January-February 2025 |
Strategic Analysis

What is the Great Powers Perspective on the International Order? Analysing the Content of US, Chinese, EU, and Russian Strategic Plans

International order is one of the most important questions for scholars in the field of International Relations. Many efforts have been made to understand the nature and characteristics of global...