Impact of Political Economy on Economic Strategy Making in India (1947–1991) What has been the impact of Political Economy and ideational factors such as formative experiences of a State, ideas of strategic thinkers and history on the strategic economic choices made... Akshay Joshi | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Proactive Pacifism: Investing in Multilateralization and Omnidirectional Hedging Since 2012, Japan’s foreign policy under Prime Minister (PM) Abe has been characterized as assertive, welcome or provocative. By employing the fear of abandonment/entrapment theory as the analytical framework, this... Stephen R. Nagy | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Naval Base(s) in the Indian Ocean—Signs of a Maritime Grand Strategy? The article assesses China’s Indian Ocean strategy against the backdrop of its naval base development in Djibouti. It argues that China’s naval force posturing stems from a doctrinal shift to... Jayanna Krupakar | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
India’s look east to act east policy: tracking the opportunities and challenges in the Indo-Pacific The 21st century is known as the Asian Century, and the Indo-Pacific is the most dynamic region of this century in terms of economics, security challenges and demographics. Against this... Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
India’s war: the making of modern south Asia (1939–1945) Srinath Raghavan’s India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia (1939–1945) is a welcome addition to his previous volumes on South Asia, in particular on Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime... Atul K. Thakur | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
India–China relations: politics of resources, identity and authority in a multipolar world order Jagannath P. Panda’s India–China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World Order is a welcome addition among the plethora of scholarship available on India–China relations, by... Chietigj Bajpaee | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Neoclassical realist theory of international politics In the mid-1990s, Colin Elman cited a maxim horses for courses meaning ‘every horse is suited to a particular course’ to underscore the inherent weakness of neorealist theories in that... Vikash Chandra | May 2017 | Strategic Analysis
India Hyphenates Turkey The timing of its engagements with Armenia and Cyprus is a clear indication that India is hyphenating its relations with Turkey. By simultaneously engaging with his regional adversaries, India is... P. R. Kumaraswamy | April 28, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Under the ‘Abe Doctrine’: New Dynamism or New Dead End?, by Christopher W. Hughes Given the fluidity in East Asian geopolitics and China’s arrival as a key variable in the international system, Japan has been forced to respond to the asymmetrical power politics. As... Titli Basu | April 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Is President Trump’s Foreign Policy Shaping Up? What to make of the combination of Trump’s missile strikes in Syria, changes of mind about China and Russia, warnings to North Korea, signals about scaling up military presence in... K. P. Fabian | April 24, 2017 | IDSA Comments
