Innovate to Dominate: The Rise of the Chinese Techno-Security State: Tai Ming Cheung, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 2022 The outcome of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held in October 2022, was on predictable lines. It was no surprise that President Xi Jinping was chosen... Laxman Kumar Behera | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Efficiency in Emergency: A Perception Study of Hierarchical Versus Flat Organizational Structures for Joint Disaster Response in the Bay of Bengal Region Large-scale disasters have far-reaching impacts that transcend national borders, making a coordinated, “one region-one response” approach essential, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bay of Bengal region... Rajat Mohan Bhatt , Deepali Garge | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Blame Game on Article 370: Patel, Nehru, and Ayyangar On 5 August 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a bold decision and made drastic changes to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, thus changing the legal status of... Pavan Kumar | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Economic Rationale for the Proposed Bridge Between India and Sri Lanka: An Analytical Perspective The Governments of India and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a bridge across the Palk Strait in July 2002 to join the island nation with... Gayasha Sathsarani Samarakoon | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Emerging Dynamics Between the Chinese State and Big-Tech: The Case of Alibaba The past few years have been tumultuous for the Chinese State and big-tech relations. The ground reality for the big-tech internet companies in China has transformed from being indulgent and... Megha Shrivastava | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Iran’s Strategic Behaviour Against ISIS: Religio-Cultural Context of Shrines and Martyrdom The killing of Qassem Soleimani in 2020 again brought the religio-cultural significance of ‘martyrdom’ into limelight in Iran. He got recognized as the ‘Defender-Martyr of Holy Shrine’ given his role... Shafat Yousuf , Rafiullah Azmi | January-February 2023 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Bagamoyo Port Project: Geo-economic and Geo-political Imperatives for India Tanzania is a strategically located country on the eastern coast of Africa. It is an important node of China’s Maritime Silk Road project and constitutes a significant part of the... Sibapada Rath | January-March 2023 | Journal of Defence Studies
Understanding China–Russia Cooperation in the Arctic The Ukraine crisis, shifting geopolitical alliances in the Indo-Pacific and Western-imposed economic sanctions on Russia have strengthened China–Russia cooperation in the Arctic. Bipandeep Sharma , Uttam Kumar Sinha | January 10, 2023 | Issue Brief
Concordia Discors: Deployment of Central Armed Forces in the Federal Units of India India is a classic case of a ‘quasi-federal’ country. There is a plethora of literature available separately on the Indian armed forces and Indian federalism. However, the deployment of India’s... N. Manoharan , Niharika Singh Rana | January-March 2023 | Journal of Defence Studies
Geo-economic Implications of the Conflict in Ukraine An unusual, multi-dimensional conflict is underway in Europe. One dimension of this conflict is that Ukraine and Russia are engaged in seemingly endless conventional military battles on the ground in... Rajan Katoch | January-March 2023 | Journal of Defence Studies
