Mubarak’s Fall in Egypt: How and Why did it Happen? After nearly 30 years in power, the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt, considered by many to be the strongest in the Arab world, collapsed suddenly in February 2011 after a... Kirsten Henderson , Rajat Ganguly | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Global Governance Debates and Dilemmas: Emerging Powers’ Perspectives and Roles in Global Trade and Climate Governance The growing international influence of so-called emerging powers has had a major impact on global governance, leading to new challenges for established and emerging powers alike. This contribution outlines the... Sandra Destradi , Cord Jakobeit | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
The ASEAN Way of Conflict Management in the South China Sea This article examines how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conflict management process in the South China Sea (SCS) has been conducted and whether the ASEAN way can effectively... Munmun Majumdar | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Maritime Strategies of China and Southeast Asia Maritime security in the Indo-Pacific (or the Indian Ocean–Pacific Ocean continuum) has acquired salience following the shift of the centre of gravity from the Atlantic. It has brought the focus... Udai Bhanu Singh | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass In 2013 two significant books were published dealing with the creation of Bangladesh, one by Srinath Raghavan (1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh, Permanent Black, Ranikhet) and... Partha S. Ghosh | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
India as an Asia Pacific Power by David Brewster It is clear that the Asia Pacific is a platform where various actors can be seen playing wide-ranging roles. The United States is considered one of the existing influential powers... Sampa Kundu | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga by Nitin A. Gokhale The history of the 20th century has for a long time looked at the inhospitable Russian Tundra in winter as the most hostile battleground that armies could experience. Hitler’s defeat... Arjun Subramaniam | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Overcoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers by Mark Fitzpatrick Mark Fitzpatrick’s book Overcoming Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers makes a courageous attempt in advocating recognition of Pakistan as a ‘normal nuclear state’ (p. 12). The author asserts that the international community... Reshmi Kazi | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Maoist Insurgency and India’s Internal Security Architecture by E.N. Rammohan, Brigadier Amrit Pal Singh and Gp. Capt. A.K. Agarwal The Maoist insurgency and the internal security response, which in part flows from India’s security architecture, have become increasingly relevant in the recent past. The Maoist threat has repeatedly been... Vivek Chadha | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Forged in Crisis: India and the United States since 1947 by Rudra Chaudhuri ‘My, I always thought he was the peaceable sort’, remarked Jacqueline Kennedy, sitting next to her husband in the White House in the late evening of October 25, 1962. She... Aniruddh Mohan | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
