Sun Zi and Kautilya: Towards a Comparative Analysis It may be stated at the outset that this essay is essentially an attempt to identify some critical commonalities in the approaches of Sun Zi and Kautilya, the two profound... K. N. Ramachandran | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
No One’s World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn by Charles A. Kupchan Europe and the US have together dominated the world for over 200 years and have shaped the nature of the modern international order through their power and ideas. But they... Saroj Bishoyi | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat by Vali Nasr The Dispensable Nation provides a useful critique of the Obama administration. The author, Vali Nasr, analyses Obama’s foreign policy, especially his approach towards regions afflicted by crises, from the volatile... Yaqoob-ul-Hassan | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Facing the Taliban: Experiences of a UN Woman Aid Worker in Taliban Controlled Afghanistan by Anoja Wijeyesekera This book is based on the four years that Anoja Wijeyesekera, the author, spent in Afghanistan as a UNICEF official (November 1997–September 12, 2001) before she and other UNICEF staff... John Gooneratne | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Apocalypse Pakistan: An Anatomy of ‘the World’s Most Dangerous Nation’ by Francesca Marino and Beniamino Natale The current state of Pakistan is messy and full of existential contradictions. The nation was built on a separate Muslim identity and on the pretext that in independent and integrated... Atul K. Thakur | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Troubling Tehran: Reflections on Geopolitics by Arun Vishwanathan and Rajaram Nagappa (Eds.) The ever dynamic nuclear conundrum of Iran has continued to hog the limelight. Numerous suggestions emanating from varied quarters about how to manage the issue have dominated the ongoing international... Aditi Malhotra | May 2014 | Strategic Analysis
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
