Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s opinion piece on Chabahar Port, titled ‘India's Chabahar approach needs grander strategic revisit’ was published in ‘The Pioneer’ on April 14, 2018.

Dr Panda argues how in a regional condition where cooperation comes along with competition, New Delhi needs to adopt a more open and versatile approach towards Chabahar that will enhance multiple strategic opportunities for India while preparing an inroad for an alternate passage to Central Asia.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s commentary on the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, titled ‘India, the Quad, and the China Question’ was published in Asia Global Online on April 12, 2018.

The commentary reviews how Australia, India, Japan, and the United States make up the Quad, often seen as a response to an increasingly powerful and competitive China. However, the commonality and contradiction of interests that India shares with China makes New Delhi’s perspective somewhat different from that of the other Quad countries.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s Oped on China’s defence budget, titled ‘Beijing’s defence budget unveils grand security ambitions’ was published in The Asian Age on March 12, 2018.

Dr Panda, in the oped argues that the increase in China’s defence budget is closely linked to the goal of transforming the PLA into a ‘modern, mechanised, IT-based force’.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s Op-ed piece on the Maldives crisis tiled ‘Male and the Elephant-dragon Power struggle’ was published in The Asian Age on February 18, 2018. The article analyses how the ongoing Maldivian crisis is emerging as a geopolitical tussle between China and India to influence the island country’ political Affairs, and how the economic powerhouses are trying to stamp a mark on the archipelagic nation’s political future in the Indian Ocean.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s commentary on India-China relations in 2018, titled ‘Year of Doklam' points to a conflicting China-India relation in 2018’ was published by WION on December 27, 2017.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s article on South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s recent trip to China, titled ‘Moon’s China policy holds key to Northeast Asian peace’ was published in 'The Korea Herald' on December 19, 217.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s opinion piece on Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi's visit to India, titled ‘Wang Yi's visit to India may not clear the mist in China-India relations’ was published in WION on December 12, 2017.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s article on US President Donald Trump’s recent visit to China, titled ‘Over Trump-Xi meet, China seeks US approval for OBOR’ was published by World In One News (WION) on November 10, 2017.

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