American Strategy in Afghanistan: Dilemmas, Miscalculations and Outcomes The war on terror, often described as ‘the longest war’ or ‘the wrong war’, is approaching its pinnacle. In this context, 2014 has been the centre of gravity while formulating... Priyanka Singh | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
A Reviving Continent? As a trial ground for humankind’s quest for betterment, India can be reckoned the next frontier. The scale and complexity of India’s problems are every policy maker’s nightmare. For a... Jitendra Nath Misra | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Restrained and Strategically Effective—The 2011 Aerial Campaign over Libya: An Indian Perspective The winter of 2011 was a dramatic period for air power in Mediterranean Europe and India. Operation Unified Protector (OUP), the successful North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) offensive aerial campaign... Arjun Subramaniam | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Politics and Perceptions of Indian Aid to Nepal India has significantly invested in Nepal’s development through economic assistance since 1952. Despite deploying aid to win the hearts and minds of the people of Nepal, India has not entirely... Monalisa Adhikari | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Issues in the Management of the India–Pakistan International Border A discordant political relationship, three and a half wars and Pakistan’s material support for secessionist militants in the border states of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir compelled India to harden... Pushpita Das | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Emerging Powers and Global Financial Governance The traditional mode of governance of national and global monetary and financial markets was obviously too weak and piecemeal to hinder the recurrent outbreak of regional and worldwide crises. The... Joachim Betz | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Maritime Security Trilateralism: India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives India has stepped up its efforts to cooperate on security issues in general and on maritime security in particular with its island neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). At... P. K. Ghosh | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
State, Secularism and Democracy Democracy has spread spontaneously and swiftly in an area of the world generally thought to be immune to political changes: West Asia and North Africa (WANA). An incident of common... Bharat Wariavwalla | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Northern Provincial Council: What Does it Mean for Tamil Political Aspiration in the Post-War Context? Elections for the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) of Sri Lanka were held on September 21, 25 years after they were first held in 1988 under the Thirteenth Amendment (13A) to... Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
China Unplugged! Poised to Reshape the Geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific Within the first year of Xi Jinping’s elevation to the presidency, China has moved further ahead on its path to achieving primacy in the world. In the last week of... Pinaki Bhattacharya | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
