Two to Tango: The US and China in the Asia-Pacific In the last decade, the dynamics of inter-state relations in the Asia Pacific have changed rapidly, largely due to the rise of China. Competition rather than cooperation has become the... Arun Kumar Sahu | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
India–Pakistan Human Rights Imbroglio in Geneva Dr. Arvind Gupta (AG): You were India’s Permanent Representative (PR) at Geneva from 1992 to 1995, a momentous period for India. As PR, you faced a number of challenges vis-à-vis... Satish Chandra , Arvind Gupta | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Natural Gas Infrastructure: Reassessing Challenges and Opportunities This article describes India’s energy situation in the midst of current economic and geopolitical challenges while highlighting some of the key issues pertaining to India’s natural gas infrastructure. Manish Vaid | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Past, Present and Future of the ‘Liberal Peace’ The stunted and stumbling progress of the ‘liberal peace’ philosophy since 1990 tells a complex story. In this article, I give a history of the liberal peace project from its... Jason Miklian | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Afghanistan’s Political Reconciliation Policy: Ill Conceived and Self-Defeating The Afghan government’s peace and reconciliation overtures to the militants, initially at the unofficial level but later sanctioned officially, have formed a key theme of state security policy from the... Ahmad Shayeq Qassem | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Looking at Nuclear Rivalry: The Role of Nuclear Deterrence The 100th anniversary of World War I is a reminder of the risks of great power politics. The current dynamics of world politics rest on the relations among the US,... Harald Muller | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Asian States in Crisis Problems common to many Asian states suggest a pattern of crisis in Asia. The evidence suggests that the root cause is the similarity in the patterns of political development of... Björn Dressel , Michael Wesley | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s Nasr/Hatf-IX Missile: Challenges for Indo-Pak Deterrence On November 5, 2013 Pakistan conducted its fourth test of the Hatf-IX (Nasr) short range battlefield ‘nuclear’ missile. To date there have been four flight tests of the missile system.... Arun Vishwanathan | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
India–South Korea Relations and the Emerging Regional Architecture South Korean president Park Geun-hye visited India in January 2014 after India and South Korea marked 40 years of diplomatic relations the previous year.1 These developments symbolise a burgeoning relationship... Chietigj Bajpaee | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Examining the Interventionist Logic in the Arab Uprisings At first glance, there was no coherent regional and international response to the transitions triggered in the Arab world since December 2010 as external players, both regional and international, had... Melissa Cyrill | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
