Stepping Away from the Abyss: A Gradual Approach Towards a New Security System in the Persian Gulf In a recently published book, Stepping Away from the Abyss: A Gradual Approach Towards a New Security System in the Persian Gulf, co-edited by Luigi Narbone and Abdolrasool Divsallar, the... Javad Heiran-Nia | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control The political dispute over the territory of Kashmir is an intricate problem confronting the modern South Asian leadership. The intricacies of the conflict have led to voluminous writings on the... Muneeb Yousuf | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
China Risen? Studying Chinese Global Power It would be an understatement to say that there has been a significant rise in the number of academic and media writings on China in the past decade or so.... Avinash Godbole | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters After rounds of marathon negotiations, China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was a win-win for both China and the architects of the liberal market economy. For... Rajiv Ranjan | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
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
