Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col D.P.K. Pillay’s article on the Indian Army, titled ‘If we have an Army we have to use it’ has been published in Malayalam Manorama on June 17, 2020.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Col. D.P.K. Pillay’s article on Indo-China border dispute, titled ‘Cooperation not confrontation: Changing the rules of the China game’ has been published in ‘The Economic Times’ on June 14, 2020.

The last meeting between Modi and Xi took place in Mamallapuram. Taking the spirit of that site forward, it is only appropriate that India and China recognise what cooperation and not confrontation can achieve for themselves and the rest of the world, writes Col. Pillay.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Ms. Shruti Pandalai’s article on India’s COVID-19 diplomacy, titled ‘Seizing the chance to chart “The India Way”’, has been published by the Australian Think Tank Lowy Institute’s ‘The Interpreter’ on June 12, 2020.

COVID-19 has allowed New Delhi to show a collaborative and constructive brand of diplomacy, instead of zero-sum rivalry, writes Ms. Pandalai.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece titled "India and the 'Quad Plus' Dialogue" has been published at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London on June 12, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that Quad Plus supplements a ‘Corridor of Communication’ for India beyond the Quad countries, mainly with Brazil, Israel, Vietnam and South Korea, and allows it to expedite a ‘Continental Connect’ notion that its inclusive Indo-Pacific outlook has been pitching for some time now.

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece on Pashtuns in Pakistan, titled ‘Trammelled Pashtun aspirations: The sad tale of another oppressed ethnic minority in Pakistan’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’ on June 11, 2020.

Despite being the second largest ethnic community in the Pakistan army, the Pashtuns have been viewed with suspicion on account of their cross-border ethnic ties in Afghanistan, writes Amb. Chinoy.

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Zainab Akhter’s article on Indo-China Ladakh dispute, titled ‘Understanding the India-China standoff in Ladakh’ has been published online by Stawa Magazine.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Piece on Australia-India-Japan  relations, titled ‘The Australia-India-Japan Trilateral Need a Post-COVID Outlook; has been published as Indo-Pacific Analysis Brief, by the Perth USAsia Centre, on June 09, 2020. 

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on G-7 Expansion, titled ‘Trump's Expanded G-7 Gamble’ is published in Japan Forward (an online newspaper of the Japan Forward Association Inc), on June 08, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that, the strategic motivations behind President Trump’s G-7 expansion are at present undeclared. But creating a grouping that combines the top economies of the world, with the exception of China, points towards a major anti-China narrative that seeks to remodel the economic alliance structure in a post-COVID order.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on Indo-China Border Dispute, titled ‘Breaking Down the India-China Border Standoff’ has been published by South Asian Voices, an online portal of the Stimson Centre, Washington DC, on June 03, 2020.

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Occasional Paper on US-China rivalry, titled ‘US-China Rivalry: A Strategic Moment for India?’ has been published in the May 2020 issue of Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Delhi.