The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War | Nicholas Mulder, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2022, 416 pp., Price: US$ 24.00 (Paperback), ISBN: 9780300270488 The Economic Weapon came at a time when Western policymakers were struggling to sanction one of the world’s largest economies, Russia, over the war in Ukraine. Nicholas Mulder, an Assistant... Subhash Bhambhu | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Thirty Years of ASEAN-India Relations: Towards Indo-Pacific | Prabir De (ed.), KW Publications, New Delhi, 2023, 608 pp., Price: Rs. 1,380 (Hardcover), ISBN: 978-93-94915-25-1 From the Look East Policy (LEP) adopted by the Government of India in 1992 upto 2022, for 30 years, India’s partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has... Surajit Mahalanobis | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade | Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2024, 352 pp., Rs. 2,440.66 (Hardcover), ISBN 9780674251830 The US-China trade relationship has dominated global discourses and impacted global trade. Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson’s Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade, is an insightful take... Alvina Antonia Almeida | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi | T.V. Paul, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2024, 263 pp.,$25 (Hardcover) ISBN: 9780197669990 T.V. Paul’s The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi provides a rigorous and thought-provoking examination of India’s long-standing aspiration for global recognition. As a... Mohanasakthivel J | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Negotiating India’s Landmark Agreements A. S. Bhasin, Penguin Random House, 2024, xiv–385 pp., ₹999.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9780143464983 A. S. Bhasin’s Negotiating India’s Landmark Agreements traces the evolution of India’s foreign policy from Nehruvian idealism to pragmatic realpolitik through five pivotal treaties, such as the India–China Agreement on... Ravi Kumar | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
The Battle for the Soul of Islam: Defining the Muslim Faith in the 21st Century James M. Dorsey, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 203 pp., EUR 12.99 (eBook), ISBN 978-981-97-2807-7 Following the 9/11 attacks, the violent actions of extremist groups like the Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) brought global attention to Islam, particularly their violent interpretations. This ignited a... Ahmad Tashfeen | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders We can note the growing interest in researching so-called encounters in England and other countries of the Global West. In the academic milieu, such studies appear frequently and en masse.... Georgi Asatryan | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Marine Insurance and India: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities P.S.S. Uday Kiran | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Yoga Kshema: Its Roots and Relevance in the Contemporary Strategic Landscape Yoga kshema implies prosperity and protection, two distinct conditions that are not achieved in isolation but are closely interlinked. Vivek Chadha | | Issue Brief
Xi Jinping’s Crackdown on Corruption in the PLA President Xi Jinping has prosecuted some of the seniormost Chinese military officials for corruption. Abhishek Kumar Darbey | | Issue Brief
