Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World The concept of ‘adaptability’ was introduced by Charles Darwin in the 19th century when he had stated that it was not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the... Debopama Bhattacharya | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives Why is it that ‘500 British nuclear weapons are less threatening to the United States than 5 North Korean nuclear weapons,’ posits Alexander Wendt (1995), a prominent theorist of the... Prabhat Jawla | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
What Is Iran? Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces In What is Iran?, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London, tells the story of Iran’s international affairs and domestic politics with the... Javad Heiran-Nia | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
India in the United Nations: Interplay of Interests and Principles The year 2020 marked 75 years of India’s association with the United Nations. India was one of the founding members of the UN when its institutional edifice was built in... Rajeesh Kumar | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and Role in History More than seven decades after Pakistan’s creation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah continues to captivate both his critics and admirers. While the former excoriate him for exploiting religion to achieve his goal,... Amit Cowshish | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Forget the Cheese of Zero COVID. Escape the Mousetrap of Lockdowns On February 18, SKY News UK trumpeted that ‘Lockdown is working! COVID-19 infection rate plummets in England’. Yet, as Figure 1 shows, Sweden with voluntary social distancing guidelines experienced an... Ramesh Thakur , David Redman | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Multilateral Initiatives and Security Dilemma: Explaining India’s Choice to Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) The article attempts to explain India’s contrasting strategic choices with regard to China-led initiatives in South Asia. While India chose to join the AIIB, it has opposed the BRI. While... Devendra Kumar | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
American Activism on Religious Freedom in the Middle East: A Critique Since its enactment in October 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act has become a major instrument to further the American foreign policy agenda in the Middle East and elsewhere. While... P. R. Kumaraswamy | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Humanitarianism, National Security, and the Rohingya Refugee Policy of Bangladesh How do humanitarian norms and national security concerns shape a host state refugee policy? This article addresses this question in the context of Bangladesh, the largest host state in the... A.S.M. Ali Ashraf | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Russia’s Afghan Policy: Determinants and Outcomes Russia’s policy on Afghanistan has witnessed considerable transformation during the last two decades. This has allowed Moscow to change its stance towards the Taliban from confrontation to accommodation. The article... Vinay Kaura | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
