Trial by Water: Indus Basin and India-Pakistan Relations Publisher: Penguin Random House India In 1947, the Indian subcontinent was partitioned, and Pakistan was born. A shared heritage, a composite culture and centuries-old bonds between people, all seemed to... Uttam Kumar Sinha | | Book
Mahabharata’s Strategic Insights: Navigating the Dharmic Compass Publisher: Pentagon Press The appeal and allure of the Mahabharata have remained undiluted for centuries. It is the first text that lays the foundation of Indian strategic thought. This book's... Vivek Chadha | | Book
Ayub’s Foreign Policy: From Alliance to Equidistanc The departure of President Ayub from the Pakistani scene after a decade of almost unchallenged supremacy provides us with an opportune moment for the evaluation of his contribution in the... Mohammed Ayoob | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
The Antarctic Regime: Conflict and Change at the Frozen Frontier The management and utilization of a number of resources of the planet earth, over which no single nation has exclusive jurisdiction, have given rise to a number of knotty problems,... C. Raja Mohan | January-February 2025 | Strategic Analysis
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
