China in SAARC? Too Early to Worry: A Response to ‘China in SAARC? To What Effect?’ by Sujit Dutta Professor Sujit Dutta's article, ‘China in SAARC? To What Effect?’ has made an excellent case for the desirability of regionalism as it offers public commons to members of such institutions.... Shen Dingli | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
China in SAARC? To What Effect? Over the past few years there has been a move by some of the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to induct China into the... Sujit Dutta | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s Strategic Thinking The strategic outlook of the political, bureaucratic and military elites in Pakistan was shaped by historical exigencies, geopolitical location, Pakistan's self-perception, and its Islamic credentials. Pakistan's military-dominated leadership formulated strategies... Sumita Kumar | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Securing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar islands are of immense strategic significance for India. The geographical configuration and the location of the island chain in the Bay of Bengal safeguards India's eastern... Pushpita Das | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Piracy in Somalia: Addressing the Root Causes Rampant piracy off the Somalia coast has brought the strife-ridden country back into attention. Economic hardship, and a deep resentment and anger against foreign exploitation of Somalia's maritime resources, have... Ruchita Beri | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Integrating India with the Global Export Controls System: Challenges Ahead The rising economic and political profile of India is making it to search for a new pattern of interaction with global forces. India's unique relationship with export controls is passing... Rajiv Nayan | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The United States in Central Asia: Reassessing a Challenging Partnership This article focuses on the evolving place of the US in the Central Asian arena, analysing how US interests have changed in this region since the 1990s. It studies how... Marlene Laruelle , Sebastien Peyrouse | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Role of Force in Statecraft: Declining Utility or Inescapable Necessity Recent debates amongst the strategic community on the utility of force in statecraft have thrown up interesting perspectives that have seldom been debated in India. While great power rivalries, inter-state... Arjun Subramaniam | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
A Founding Era for Combined Maritime Security? In a nutshell the article posits that American naval power, and thus the United States' ability to police the seas, will continue to decline, and that Washington is attempting to... James R. Holmes | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Towards a Proactive Military Strategy: ‘Cold Start and Stop’ The article reviews the Cold Start doctrine in light of the limited war doctrine. It argues that the launch of strike corps entails a risk prone war expansion. War termination... Ali Ahmed | May 2011 | Strategic Analysis
