Sri Lanka as an Outreach Partner of the G-7: Issues and Concerns It appears that in order to earn the trust of China and the G7 countries, Sri Lanka has de-emphasised its relationship with India for the time being. Gulbin Sultana | July 01, 2016 | Issue Brief
BREXIT: Complications, Repercussions, and Implications Just as Pandora opened the box she was warned not to open, Cameron went for a referendum that common sense would have told him not to go for, or to... K. P. Fabian | July 01, 2016 | IDSA Comments
India in Japan’s Geo-strategic Outlook Japan’s long-standing alliance with the US is the key feature of its defence and security policy. However, China’s rise and impact on shaping the regional security architecture, and the vigour... Titli Basu | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Why India matters, by Maya Chadda Few issues have drawn as much attention and have been debated as intensely as the rise of India. There has been a plethora of literature that almost dissects various factors... Smruti S. Pattanaik | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
India’s relations with Indonesia, by Navrekha Sharma and Baladas Ghoshal The process of active collaboration between the practitioner and the scholar can sometimes result in desirable policy outcomes. The book under review is one such commendable initial attempt. Ambassador Navrekha... Udai Bhanu Singh | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
Prisoners of geography: ten maps that explain everything about the world, by Tim Marshall Maps, world atlases, and travel books have always been invaluable sources of geographic knowledge. These sources, and their pedagogical significance, are a powerful tool used by geopolitical actors to control... Necati Anaz | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
The Decision to Intervene: First Steps in India’s Grand Strategy in the 1971 War One of the most popular anecdotes of the 1971 war is Field Marshal Manekshaw’s tale of how he restrained an impatient Indira Gandhi from ordering an unprepared Indian army to... Chandrashekhar Dasgupta | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
The Role of India and China in South Asia India is often perceived as a regional power, but a closer look reveals that it is in a disadvantageous position vis-à-vis China in South Asia. The first reason is that... Christian Wagner | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
The International Community’s Intervention during the Conclusion of the War in Sri Lanka This article explores the backdrop of the engagement between the International Community (IC) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) over the conduct of the military during the last stages... Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
A Failed US Peace Building Project in Afghanistan: Exploring Cause–Effect Relationship This article argues that while the concept of peace building proved beneficial to Western society, it drew flak in pre-2014 Afghanistan for its inbuilt faults, the overarching US–Taliban conflict and... Mushtaq A. Kaw | July 2016 | Strategic Analysis
