The Brexit-Belt and Road Axis: India for Neighbourhood First China's Belt & Road Initiative (B&RI), also known as One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR), depends for its success on a tacit alliance with Britain and the financial acumen of the City of London.... Sandhya Jain | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Too Early to Celebrate! The Decline of Somali Piracy off the East Coast of Africa The pirates of Somalia constitute one one of the greatest threats to maritime security in modern time.Their operations started amidst the political instability, economic crisis and state collapse that characterised... Samuel Oyewole | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Muslim Traditionalism and Violence in the Middle East In recent years, especially after the 9/11 attacks on America, Western academics and policy-makers have increasingly viewed Islam as an inherently violent religion and Muslims as terrorists. Mohammed Nuruzzaman | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Korea’s Cultural Diplomacy: An Analysis of the Hallyu in India Korea’s rapid economic transformation from being one of the poorest countries during the 1950s to becoming a member of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1996 surprised... Ranjit Kumar Dhawan | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Waiting for Godot*: India and United Nations Security Council Reform This article analyses the history of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform with a particular focus on India’s aspiration and attempts to become a permanent member on the Council.... Rajeesh Kumar | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Disaster Relief as a Political Tool: Analysing Indian and Chinese Responses after the Nepal Earthquakes In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, China and India immediately sent relief teams. The relief efforts in Nepal showcase a competitive aspect of the two major regional... Bibek Chand | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
How North Korea was Armed China and to a lesser extent Pakistan have helped North Korea with its nuclear and missile development programmes. Prabha Rao | October 30, 2017 | Issue Brief
South Asian Geopolitics: Has Pakistan Lost its Plot? Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War, by C. Christine Fair, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 343, £27.99 Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost... Abhay Kumar Singh | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
High End in the Pacific: Envisioning the Upper Limits of India-US Naval Cooperation in Pacific-Asia The article argues that India and the United States are poised to strengthen their bilateral strategic convergences, not only in the Indian Ocean but also in Pacific-Asia that lies eastwards... Gurpreet S Khurana | October 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Trump Challenge to the JCPOA Trump’s new policy statement on Iran has enveloped the UNSC-approved Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in a shroud of uncertainty that could lead to further instability in conflict-ridden West Asia. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | October 24, 2017 | IDSA Comments
