Interrogating International Relations: India’s Strategic Practice and the Return of History by Jayashree Vivekanandan Routledge, London/New York/New Delhi: 2011 Does India have a strategic culture? The conventional answer is ‘no’, especially since George Tanham said so. Jayashree Vivekanandan contests this view, the roots of which she traces to the... S. Kalyanaraman | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
First Draft: Witness to the Making of Modern India by B.G. Verghese Westland, 2010, 573 pp., Rs. 695, ISBN 9-7893-8028-3760 Verghese, B.G. has written several books in his multifaceted career, spanning over six decades. His latest work First Draft: Witness to the Making of Modern India is somewhat unique and... Priyanka Singh | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Children of Abraham at War: Clash of Messianic Militarisms, by Talmiz Ahmad Delhi, Aakar Books, 2010, 475 pp., Rs 1250, ISBN 978-93-5002-080-7 Talmiz Ahmad is an Indian Foreign Service officer who has seen extensive service in West Asia. It is apparent his long stint there gave him an opportunity to observe, learn... Ali Ahmed | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The Evolving Politics of Taliban Reintegration and Reconciliation in Afghanistan The subject assumes significance in view of the politics evolving around the idea of negotiating peace, especially with the Taliban, as the West plans to withdraw bulk of their troops... Vishal Chandra | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
India and Iran’s Nuclear Issue: The Three Policy Determinants Three broad policy determinants can be discerned in Indian reactions to the Iranian nuclear issue. These include: ‘strategic autonomy’ as it relates to Indian foreign policy decision making S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
China’s ‘Military Diplomacy’: Investigating PLA’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations The central focus of this article is to understand the evolution of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's engagement with UN peacekeeping operations in the light of China's military diplomacy. The... Prashant Kumar Singh | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
China’s ‘Aggressive’ Territorial Claim on India’s Arunachal Pradesh: A Response to Changing Power Dynamics in Asia The Chinese territorial claim on the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has negatively affected India–China relations for many decades now. In recent years, China has become visibly aggressive with regard... Namrata Goswami | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Prospects for India–US Cyber Security Cooperation Cyber security cooperation should be a natural area of cooperation between India and the United States for a number of reasons; both countries are democracies, with similar values and economic... Cherian Samuel | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Can the South Asian Gas Pipeline Dilemma be Resolved through a Legal Regime? South Asian countries, and particularly India, are hydrocarbon-deficient, and given the pace of economic growth in many of these nations, all of them need huge energy resources to sustain their... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Challenges for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Chemical science has a direct relationship with human life. In order to celebrate the value of chemistry, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2011 as the ‘International Year of Chemistry’.... Ajey Lele | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
