China’s India Policy in the 1950s: From Friendship to Antagonism What led to the Sino-Indian militarized confrontations in 1959? I argue that Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai became a victim of changed perceptions in China. As long as China’s external and internal environment... Daniel Balazs | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Expanding Role of PLAAF in China’s National Security Strategy China’s great power ambition and actions have been fuelled by its spectacular economic growth and military modernization. The need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and... Diptendu Choudhury | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
The South Caucasus Imbroglio: Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan have come to blows over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh after a quarter of a century. There are numerous geo-strategic interests at play in the conflict that will impact regional... Deepak Kumar | October 28, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Other Capital Procurement Procedure: A Chip off the Old Block The OCPP is a mix of revenue and capital procurement procedures, based on the Defence Procurement Manual 2006. It could have been an opportunity to lay down a more self-contained... Amit Cowshish | October 23, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Brendan Taylor, American Sanctions in the Asia Pacific Brendan Taylor claims that his book is the first systematic analysis of American sanction policy in the Asia-Pacific during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The book... Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Costliest Pearl: China’s Struggle for India’s Ocean by Bertil Lintner The ‘string of pearls’ is a western narrative about China’s economic and/or military engagements with countries in the Indian Ocean littorals with a strategic outlook of encircling the Indian peninsula.... M. Doraibabu | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
New Internet Protocol: Redesigning the Internet with Chinese Characteristics? China’s proposal for a new Internet Protocol (IP) is a reflection of its desire to revamp and mould the Internet. This is in line with its ambitions to rise to... Munish Sharma | October 15, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Learning from Russia: Comparing Russian and Chinese Military Reforms Understanding the Chinese Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) has been a challenge for military thinkers and planners due to opacity and secrecy within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This article... Mandip Singh | October-December 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
FATF: In Need of Darker Shades of Grey The three list categorisation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—white, grey, and black—has been largely ineffective when dealing with jurisdictions like Pakistan. There need to be more gradations between... Pradeep Singh Gautam | October 12, 2020 | Issue Brief
