The Chinese Shadow on India’s Eastward Engagement: The Energy Security Dimension Securing energy supplies is vital for India, the world’s second most populous country, home to 1.38 billion people having a median age of 28.1 and where some seven million youth... Madhu Nainan | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Procuring S-400: Changing Dynamics of Foreign Relations Despite looming threats of US sanctions, India has received the first of five S-400 air defence weapon systems from Russia. It will be interesting to see how this deal will... Richa Tokas | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
The Mekong Is Flowing Ahead of the Brahmaputra: An Analysis of the Hydro-Political Behaviour of China and India This article analyses the hydro-political behaviour of riparian countries in the Mekong River Basin (MRB) vis-à-vis India’s attitude towards the Brahmaputra and upstream China. It analyses transboundary water cooperation in... Bhaskar Jyoti Deka | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Taliban and Al-Qaeda: The Unbreakable Relationship After the Taliban successfully took control of Kabul through diplomatic and intimidatory means, which included using force and striking deals with warlords and local military commanders, it has reached out... Yaqoob-ul-Hassan | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
The Myanmar Coup: Evolving Ethnic Rebel Politics and Civil Resistance Myanmar has been in a turmoil since the Tatmadaw (country’s military) ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and seized power in February 2021.1 The coup took place hours before the... Roshni Kapur | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Counterterrorism between the Wars: An International History, 1919–1937 The 11 September 2001 attacks in the US changed the course of world history and made Al-Qaeda a state-like actor in international affairs, thereby confounding a core Realist idea. The... Georgi Asatryan | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
A Russian Revisionist Strategy on the Rise? This article deals with the Russian Revisionist Strategy, the redistribution of power and the changes that this policy might bring. Accordingly, it examines whether this hypothesis is correct. NATO’s policy... Yiannos Charalambides | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Republic of Korea, Indo-Pacific and the Emerging Regional Order:Engaging without Endorsing Despite being a key stakeholder in the emerging regional order, South Korea’s approach to the Indo-Pacific has been a policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’. It entails a cautious engagement with Indo-Pacific... Jojin John | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Strategic Universality in the Axial Age: The Doctrine of Prudence in Political Leadership The debate on the epistemological significance of leadership versus domestic politics or strategic culture remains fervent in modern International Relations. We suggest that there is a consensus found in classical... Athanasios Platias , Vasilis Trigkas | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Japan: Kishida’s Balancing Act and Road Ahead Recent developments indicate that the pro-China lobby has turned weak within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The changed internal party dynamics is likely to immensely help Prime Minister Fumio Kishida... Abhijitha Singh | February 25, 2022 | IDSA Comments
