Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India In a discipline struggling to define even fundamental concepts like cyberspace and cyber threats, Ramnath Reghunadhan’s Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India is a remarkable work to make... Krutika Patil | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play China and South Asia is a collection of essays on Chinese foreign policy in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region. It covers China’s diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural... Sudeep Kumar | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Salafism and Political Order in Africa In recent decades, Africa has emerged as one of the epicentres of jihadi terrorist groups. Scholars, analysts and policymakers have sought to unravel the factors underlying the presence, growth and... Sindhu Dinesh | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute Maroof Raza’s new book Contested Lands: India, China, and the Boundary Dispute documents the evolution of India’s boundary with China, an issue that predates independence and annexation of Tibet. The... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties The book Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties by Ranjit Rae, a former Indian Ambassador to Nepal (September 2013 to February 2017), is timely, given that bilateral relations have been marred... Ranjit Rae | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Securing India in the Cyber Era: Sameer Patil, Routledge, New Delhi and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai, 2022, 82 pp., £16.99 (E-Book), ISBN 9781003152910 Cyberspace has become the most prominent arena for geopolitical contestation. As conflicts move to another dimension, countries are manipulating cyberspace to exploit vulnerabilities of adversaries to conduct espionage, data theft... Abhimanyu Ghosh | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
The Fractured Himalaya: India, Tibet, China, 1949-1962: Nirupama Rao, The Fractured Himalaya: India, Tibet, China, 1949-1962, Viking (Penguin), Gurugram, 2021, 609 pp., Price: INR 999.00 (Hardback), ISBN: 9780670088294 The Fractured Himalaya covers India-China relations during the initial 13-year period (1949–1962) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The author, Nirupama Rao, a former member of the Indian Foreign... Sunil Khatri | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Assessing the China Factor in the India–Australia Strategic Partnership after COVID-19 The article argues that India and Australia have a significant role to play amidst China’s expanding maritime footprint in the Indian Ocean and growing influence in the South China Sea.... Vinay Kaura , Meena Rani | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
GCC at Crossroads: Challenges Amidst Unrest in the Arab World The Arab unrest had a severe impact on the GCC, as it uncovered the existing internal fissures and limitations of the organization. Despite their success in integrating themselves on vital... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Partnership with the United States: Fraying at the Margins? The strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia and the US withstood the test of time despite occasional challenges. Even as the US dependence on Gulf oil weaned, the partnership continued due... Md. Muddassir Quamar | May 2022 | Strategic Analysis
