India and the Republic of Korea: Engaged Democracies by Skand R. Tayal At a time when the Republic of Korea (South Korea) occupies considerable space in India’s foreign policy, particularly in its ‘look east’ policy, it is incongruous that there is no... Rup Narayan Das | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
India and the Allied Occupation of Japan 1945–52 by T.R. Sareen Relying on a wide range of archival material, the author draws our attention in this thoughtful book to the lesser known yet rich historical dimension of India–Japan relations. He investigates... Arvind Gupta | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Peace is not possible and war is not an option! Should we still be ‘talking up’ non-traditional security? Three verities appear to underwrite contemporary environmentalism. We live in an interdependent world. The earth is fragile. And good science is our best bet to ‘save’ the planet. When strung... Rohan D’Souza | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Chanakya: An Empiricist as a Philosopher At the outset, it is important to put on record the epistemological root of the reading of Chanakya’s Arthashastra applicable to this commentary. The main text is from the translated... Pinak Chakravarty | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Water Issues in the Near East and South Asia Region: Risks and Solutions With water concerns growing increasingly urgent, the global community will benefit from a treatment of the lessons learned and best practices in water dispute resolutions and approaches to water management.... Uttam Kumar Sinha | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Nehru, Patel and China On November 7, 1950, Vallabhbhai Patel wrote his celebrated letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on India’s China policy. ‘The Chinese Government has tried to delude us by professions of peaceful intention’,... Chandrashekhar Dasgupta | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Indo–US Cooperation in Countering Cyber Terrorism: Challenges and Limitations The increasing dependence on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has unleashed a whole new genre of cyber terrorism. Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, online hate propaganda and use of the... Swaran Singh , Jayanna Krupakar | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
‘Politicised Safeguards’: Iran–IAEA Contentions, Drivers and Policy Implications This article examines Iranian contentions on three issue areas that exemplify the politicised nature of its interactions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). These include access to military facilities,... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Tryst with the IORA: Factoring India and the Indian Ocean Engaging with a multilateral body requires constructive foreign policy forethought, especially for a country that is not a fully fledged member of that body. China’s overtures to the Indian Ocean... Jagannath P. Panda | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Domestic Politics of Bangladesh and India–Bangladesh Relations The foreign policy of a country generally changes incrementally but in the case of Bangladesh it changes dramatically towards India depending upon which political party or alliance is in power.... Anand Kumar | September 2014 | Strategic Analysis
