Impossible Devolution? The Failure of Power-Sharing Attempts in Sri Lanka The concept of a ‘primordial homeland’ has been at the centre of Sri Lanka’s armed struggle, in which both Sinhalese and Tamil nationalisms have used claims of ancient and ethnically... Thiruni Kelegama | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Can Taiwan Talk ‘Political’ with the Mainland? An investigation into the prospects for including political talks in the cross-strait dialogue enables a better assessment of cross-strait relations. China’s push for political talks and Taiwan’s resistance to them... Prashant Kumar Singh | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
An Assessment of the Chinese Dream: 2015 In November 2012, soon after the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President Xi Jinping put forward for the first time the idea... R. S. Kalha | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Saudi Arabia: King Salman Faces the 21st Century Since assuming the throne on January 23, 2015 following the death of King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s new monarch, King Salman, seems to have set about the task of shaking up... Sandhya Jain | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Future of India–China Boundary: Leadership Holds the Key? Will India and China resolve their boundary dispute during the tenure of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping? The strategic communities in both countries are optimistic, particularly after the high tension... Jagannath P. Panda | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
China’s ‘Maritime Bases’ in the IOR: A Chronicle of Dominance Foretold After a successful visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Colombo in March, Indian policy elite are hopeful that the new Sri Lankan government will roll-back some of the geopolitical... Abhijit Singh | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Asia Strategy under President Xi Jinping China has reoriented its foreign policy strategy since Xi Jinping became president. This could significantly recast China’s relations with Asian countries. The process that began with Xi Jinping’s coming to... Avinash Godbole | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Visas: How They Work—An India–Bangladesh Case Study A visa is issued to facilitate an individual’s travel to another country in a regulated way. There are agreements between some countries on a no-visa regime; however, most countries do... Sandeep Chakravorty , Sumit Chaturvedi | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Army: The Be-All or End-All of Pakistan Politics? Witness to three fully fledged coups, Pakistan’s beleaguered political history has been consistently punctured with prolonged stints of military rule. Although a democratic state in principle, it is the episodic... Priyanka Singh | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Jonathan Matusitz, Symbolism in Terrorism: Motivation, Communication, and Behavior, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Maryland, 2014 Symbolism in Terrorism: Motivation, Communication, and Behavior explores an important but under-represented aspect of terrorism: the meanings of both physical and non-physical symbols in terrorism, and how culture, belief systems... Updesh Kumar | May 2015 | Strategic Analysis
