What is Russia up to in the Middle East? Russia’s military intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015 is seen as a significant milestone in the geopolitics of the Middle East. By establishing stakes on the ground, the... Rajorshi Roy | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan Army: Institution that Matters Described variously as a ‘garrison’ or ‘praetorian’ state’, Pakistan is the only country in South Asia that has been under military rule for almost three-quarters of its sovereign existence. Even... Aliva Mishra | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
A life in diplomacy This is a candid, stimulating, and highly readable account of Ambassador Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra’s diplomatic life, and through it, also of the evolution of Indian foreign policy since 1947. The... Jayant Prasad | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Xi Jinping’s Control of the Chinese Army Since taking over power in 2012, the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s key initiative has been to make the Communist Party of China (CPC) relevant in the function of China’s political... Amrita Jash | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Economic Security: The Missing Link in India’s National Security Architecture A flurry of changes in India’s national security apparatus in the recent past have been the subject of public discussion. These include the constitution of a Defence Procurement Committee under... Zubin Dash | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
The Quest for Federalism in Myanmar The question of autonomy or self-determination in Myanmar goes back to the country’s pre-independence era. It is an important historical issue which unified and divided the country. The idea of... Nehginpao Kipgen | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Thucydides: Quoting and Misquoting The Peloponnesian war was fought from 431 to 401 BC between the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta and the Athenian Empire, known as the Delian League led by Pericles, the... P. K. Gautam | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Food Security in India: Evolution, Efforts and Problems This article examines India’s efforts to achieve food security. It traces the problem, from the inadequate production of food grains during colonial times, to the challenges of procurement, storage and... D. Padma Kumar Pillay , T.K. Manoj Kumar | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Security Challenges and the Management of the India–Myanmar Border Being highly porous, poorly guarded and located along a remote, underdeveloped, insurgency-prone region and proximate to one of the world’s largest five opium producing areas, the India–Myanmar border is vulnerable... Pushpita Das | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Transformation of Indo-Bangladesh Relations: From Insecurity to Cooperation in Northeast India Bangladesh and India are enjoying increasingly close relations in the latter’s northeastern region. This represents a transformation in the two countries’ past relationship, which was characterised by suspicion, distrust and... Md. Sohel Rana | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
