Strategic Analysis

Maintaining Strategic Autonomy in an Interdependent World

As I have understood Bharat Wariavwalla's thoughtful article, and from the current discourse on geostrategic global balance, three central issues can be raised. First, we live in an interdependent world...

Name of the Game is Interdependence: A Response

According to Bharat Wariavwalla, the Manmohan Singh-led government ‘believes that the US rules supreme and that the closer we stay with it the better we serve our interests. America will...

Fairy Tale of American Decline and China’s Rise

Has the power and influence of the United States declined in recent years? Does the current global recession, the outcome of the US invasion of Iraq and the resilience of...

Name of the Game Is Interdependence

Lawrence Summers, United States President Barack Obama's chief economic advisor and formerly secretary of treasury in the second term of the Clinton administration, once said that there was a ‘balance...

Strategy and Tactics in Countering Left Wing Extremists in India

Left Wing Extremism (LWE) presents a serious internal security challenge to India that needs careful and coordinated policy response from both the security front and the development front. For the...

A Growing Technological Gap with China?

The drivers for sustaining the decades-long growth of the Chinese economy are the subject of enduring conjecture, controversy and even wonder. From a US$1 trillion economy in the 1980s, China's...

Putin’s Visit to India: Resetting the Indo-Russian Partnership

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India on March 11–12, 2010 signifies the beginning of a new phase in Indo-Russian friendship. In fact, this visit needs to be viewed in...

‘Aman Ki Asha’ in Pakistani Media: Requiem for a Peace Process?

The peace process between India and Pakistan came to an abrupt halt with the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008 (26/11). Ironically, the attacks were carried out by Pakistani terrorists...

Water a Pre-eminent Political Issue between India and Pakistan

Like in the 1950s, the word ‘riparian’ is back again in the India–Pakistan lexicon, becoming this time intensely political, emotional and divisive. This development is both instructive and unsettling. It...

The Strange Unwillingness to Notice Iraq’s Reality

China and the Politics of Southern Asia

China has throughout its history played a significant role in Southern Asia. China is a large and very populous country. However, China's role throughout its history has been more related...

Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up With China? by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh

Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up With China? by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd., 2009, pp. 188, Rs 650, ISBN 978-8131724118

Inside Defense: Understanding the US Military in the 21st Century by Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm (eds)

Inside Defense: Understanding the US Military in the 21st Century by Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm (eds) Palgrave and Macmillan, 2008, pp. 292, $95, ISBN 978-0230602601

Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction by Marc Lanteigne

Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction by Marc Lanteigne Routledge, London, 2009, pp. xii + 163, $39.95, ISBN 9780415465236

Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia by Ali Riaz

Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia by Ali Riaz Rutgers University Press, NJ, 2008, pp. 320, $59.95, ISBN 975-0813543459

Changing World Order: India, EU and US—A Trialogue by B. Krishnamurthy and Geetha Ganapathy-Doré

Changing World Order: India, EU and US—A Trialogue by B. Krishnamurthy and Geetha Ganapathy-Doré Shipra Publications, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 342, Rs. 950, ISBN 9788175415355

Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904 by Gordon T. Stewart

Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774–1904 by Gordon T. Stewart Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 280, $33, ISBN 978-0521735681

Bhabha’s Relevance to India

Bhabha and his Magnificent Obsessions by G. Venkataraman University Press, Hyderabad, India, first printed 1994, reprinted 1997, 2004, 2005, 2009 (twice), pp. 206, Rs. 200, ISBN 978-8173710070

Research and Think Tanks

Zina O'Leary, The Essential Guide to Doing Research, Vistas Publications, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 226, Rs 350 Nicholas Walliman, Your Research Project: A Step-by-step Guide for First-time Researchers, 2nd ed.,...

Japan’s Nuclear Policy at Crossroads

The emerging changes in the security calculus within the Korean Peninsula are forcing Japan to revisit its existing position on the nuclear issue. The changing security environment has triggered several...