Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's paper on India-South Korea Ties titled ‘Framing an Indo-Pacific Narrative in India-South Korea Ties’ has been published as Academic Paper Series of the Korea Economic Institute of America, on January 07, 2020.
The paper essentially argues that ‘Making use of the ASEAN platform and bilateral dialogues, South Korea and India have the potential to become one of the strongest Indo-Pacific partners of the 21st century.’
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's commentary on 'South Korea's New Southern Policy (NSP) and India' has been published at the Asan Forum, South Korea, on January 07, 2020.
The commentary argues that 'the prospects of deepening India-South Korea relations under the New Southern Policy (NSP) would heavily depend on the extent to which Seoul is willing to embrace to Indo-Pacific narrative that India’s AEP is currently pitching for'.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's paper titled “'JAI', the Quad and China: Understanding the Undercurrents" has been published by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs as a SWP Working Paper in November 2019. The paper was presented at the Berlin Conference on Asian Security (BCAS) 2019.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Op-Ed titled ‘National Narratives Guiding India-Japan Ties’ has been published by the World in One News (WION) on December 13, 2019.
This book aims to examine the scope and potential of India-Japan cooperation factoring infrastructure connectivity and corridors in Indo-Pacific. The volume examines the bilateral, trilateral and multilateral contours of the growing partnership in the backdrop of a rising China that is rapidly changing the geo-political order of the region. The volume examines the scope of India-Japan relations beyond 2025 and evaluates how their common pledge to have a “partnership for prosperity” is not free from challenges. China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the United States bilateral-oriented approach towards Asia, and the struggle to successfully conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is testing the character of India-Japan relations which the volume covers at length.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on ‘Beijing's ‘Asian NATO’ Maxim is Structural’ has been published as the PacNet Commentary at the Pacific Forum in Honolulu on November 22, 2019.
The piece argues that for Beijing, the arrival of the Quad 2.0 is a strategic challenge to China’s vision of regional architecture. Considering the challenges that the Quad process poses to China, Beijing’s perception is neither completely reactionary nor entirely military centric.
President Xi’s Kathmandu visit sets a new parameter for the China-Nepal ties, moving away from the traditional interstate relations based on simple bilateral modes of engagement. Beijing seems to be orchestrating a Himalayan approach in its relations with Kathmandu – revealing a grander Chinese policy in making.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's study titled ‘New Delhi's ‘Act East’ and India-ASEAN Engagement: What They Mean for India-Korea Relations in the Indo-Pacific’ has been published by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP).
Research Fellow, Dr. Jagannath Panda's co-authored paper "Regionalising India-Japan Relations in Indo-Pacific" is published in the Special Study titled Implementing the Indo-Pacific: Japan's Region-Building Initiatives (August 2019) Edited By Kyle Springer, Senior Research Analyst, Perth USAsia Centre at the University of Western Australia.
Xi’s Nepal Visit Reveals a Grander Chinese Himalayan Approach
President Xi’s Kathmandu visit sets a new parameter for the China-Nepal ties, moving away from the traditional interstate relations based on simple bilateral modes of engagement. Beijing seems to be orchestrating a Himalayan approach in its relations with Kathmandu – revealing a grander Chinese policy in making.