What pales the counter-terrorism regime What pales the counter-terrorism regime is not that its procedures are cumbersome or that its working is not transparent, but that it only selectively raises the cost for those who... Arpita Anant | May 06, 2019 | IDSA Comments
India’s Policy Response to China’s Investment and Aid to Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives: Challenges and Prospects Regional strategic dynamics in South Asia is in a state of flux since the announcement of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China emphasises on the economic aspect of investment... Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 2019 | Strategic Analysis
The BRI and Sino-Indian Geo-Economic Competition in Bangladesh: Coping Strategy of a Small State This article explains the Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh in the wake of the former’s launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. Beijing intends to fund various... Bhumitra Chakma | May 2019 | Strategic Analysis
A Road Through Pakistan, and What This Means for India Pakistan’s largest donor has been the United States of America, granting around $ 70 bn in aid. In 2015, China, as part of its One Belt One Road global ambitions,... S. Akbar Zaidi | May 2019 | Strategic Analysis
Sino-Indian Dynamics in Littoral Asia – The View from New Delhi China’s growing stakes in the Indian Ocean, in particular the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) expanding profile in South Asia, has caused deep concern in India, where many believe Chinese... Abhijit Singh | May 2019 | Strategic Analysis
The BRI and India’s Neighbourhood Chinese President Xi Jinping initially proposed to build an ‘economic belt’ and a ‘21st-century Maritime Silk Road’ in 2013 which were formalised as the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) in... Bhumitra Chakma | May 2019 | Strategic Analysis
Sri Lanka: Securitising Minority Alienation The Easter bomb blasts is a grim reminder of how the undercurrent of ethno-religious violence remains a dominant factor in Sri Lanka’s chequered history. Smruti S. Pattanaik | April 29, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Rebel Law: Insurgents, Courts and Justice in Modern Conflict by Frank Ledwidge Frank Ledwidge begins Rebel Law with a vision to consolidate and derive comprehensive narratives surrounding lawfare—law used as a means of achieving agendas—and to provide recommendations as to how effectively... Suriya Narayanan | April-June 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
Kautilya and Non-Western IR Theory by Deepshikha Shahi The recognition of Kautilya’s Arthashastra as a foundational text of international relations (IR) theory has been a cumbersome process, both in India and internationally. The IR community has exhibited a... Michael Liebig | April-June 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
India and World War II: War, Armed Forces, and Society, 1939-45 by Kaushik Roy World War II (1939-45) was a watershed moment in modern world history. It drastically changed the social and political map of the world, and especially of the Indian subcontinent which... Manas Dutta | April-June 2019 | Journal of Defence Studies
