Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's column ‘Asia's Next Page’ titled ‘AUKUS: Reinvigorating Tokyo's Military Thinking?’ has been published by Japan Forward on October 26, 2021.
The piece argues that Japan’s exclusion from the grouping is particularly startling considering that it is a key U.S. treaty ally and aligns with all three members on several points, including threat perceptions on China.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's co-edited special paper ‘AUKUS: Resetting European Thinking on Indo-Pacific?’ Has published by the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Stockholm in October 2021.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article ‘Can Japan Take Forward the B3W Ahead?’ was published as a FOKUS paper at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), Vienna.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's co-authored piece ‘Europe, post the AUKUS’ has been published in The Sunday Guardian on October 17, 2021.
The piece essentially argues that regardless of its challenges to transatlantic ties, AUKUS has opened a window of opportunity for Indo-Pacific countries India and Japan, and the EU, to deepen their partnerships.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article ‘The Quad’s Survival Depends on Managing Security and Trade Troubles’ has been published in ‘The National Interest’, Washington DC, on October 03, 2021.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece ‘What Kishida as Japan PM Means for India and China’ has been published in ‘The Sunday Guardian’ on October 03, 2021.
The piece argues that Kishida is highly likely to take Abe’s Indo-Pacific legacy ahead. This was accentuated with his victory speech post winning the LDP presidentship wherein he stated that ‘realisation of a free and open Indo-Pacific’ is a key priority and challenge.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article on ‘Tokyo and Taliban 2.0: Gauging Japan's Political Stake in Kabul’ has been published as Focus Asia: Perspectives & Analyses at the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece ‘Tokyo's Peace Banner on Taliban 2.0’ has been published in Japan Forward on September 17, 2021.
The piece examines how Tokyo perceives Taliban 2.0, and what would be Japan’s future outlook towards a Taliban-led Afghanistan.
Beijing’s stance on Afghanistan’s political crisis and its approach towards the Taliban regime is a critical variable that will shape the geometrics of the China–Taliban–Pakistan nexus versus India and the West.
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