United Nations Peace Operations: Personal Experiences and Reflections We are passing through a decisive stage in the history of the international system. The threat of war between great states, or nuclear confrontation between major powers, is well behind... Satish Nambiar | January-June 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
NRC Will Make India-Bangladesh Relations More Sustainable The issue of illegal migration in India-Bangladesh relationship cannot be swept under the carpet. It will be better if both sides look at the issue dispassionately especially when the trust... Anand Kumar | January 08, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Mitigating Fear and Regaining Trust: How to Understand China’s Response to COVID-19 Introduction There is a long history of human fears toward infectious disease and it doesn’t necessarily disappear with the development of medical science. The ancestral fear toward infectious diseases plays…... XIE Chao | January-June 2020 | CBW Magazine
Italy’s COVID-19 Crisis and Response After eight weeks of lockdown, Italy has gradually started to reopen. Positive cases and death numbers have begun to decline, albeit slowly, and caution, social-distancing, patience, and perseverance will still…... Chiara De Cuia | January-June 2020 | CBW Magazine
Asia between Multipolarism and Multipolarity Publisher: KW Publishers This book aims to map the Asian power trajectory and the continent’s contemporary journey towards greater multipolarity. This volume examines the impact of plurilateral and multilateral dialogues... Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy , Jagannath P. Panda | | Book
The Indian Military and Social Change Over the years, the Indian Army has been engaged in two important roles: external defence and the maintenance of internal security. As the Army’s emphasis has shifted from the latter... Stephen P. Cohen | January 2020 | Strategic Analysis
In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba The basic goal of states in an anarchical international system is survival. One of the best ways to ensure survival is to maximize security through self-help. States engage in self-help... Syed Eesar Mehdi | January 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since 1949 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has undertaken its most elaborate reforms since the past 30 years under President Xi Jinping. The current PLA restructuring since 2016 aligns with China’s... Suyash Desai | January 2020 | Strategic Analysis
By More than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific since 1783 In the ascription of causality in international relations (IR), there is either deliberate action or historical contingency. Historical contingency is an element that cannot be accounted for; however, deliberate action... Abhishank Mishra | January 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Kautilya and Non-Western IR theory Kautilya’s Arthashastra, after its rediscovery in 1905, became an important reference point for the nationalist discourse in India. The treatise, with its foundational roots in the third-century BCE, helped the... Deepshikha Shahi | January 2020 | Strategic Analysis
