COMMENTARIES
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East Asia Compass
Japan’s ‘New Approach’ to Russia: Is it Moving Forward?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 10 Jul, 2017 · #5320 · Commentary · Column
After over a year of deliberations, a team of Japanese officials and few business leaders finally visited the Russian-controlled Southern Kurils Islands on 27 June 2017. Japan calls them Northern Territories, but they have been under the control...
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China's Grand strategy
China’s Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
Tapan Bharadwaj · 05 Jul, 2017 · #5319 · Commentary
The maritime dimension is one of the most important elements in the making of China’s grand strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. China’s maritime strategy has primarily three components directed towards three geographical areas:
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IPCS Discussion
'25 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between India and Israel and the Way Forward'
Report · 03 Jul, 2017 · #5318 · Commentary
On 6 June 2017, under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, the IPCS hosted H.E. Mr Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India, for a talk on '25 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between India and Israel and the Way Forward'.
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Three Years of the Modi Government
India-Japan: Past Trends Continue
Shamshad A Khan · 03 Jul, 2017 · #5317 · Commentary
When the transition of leadership was underway in India in 2014, the strategic community in Japan speculated whether the new government in New Delhi would accord the same priority to the New Delhi-Tokyo bilateral relationship as the United Progr...
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The ISI and Kulbhushan Jadhav's Second “Confessionâ€
Rana Banerji · 03 Jul, 2017 · #5316 · Commentary
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seems to have gone into overdrive releasing Kulbhushan Jadhav’s second “confession” on 22 June. The main aim was perhaps to strengthen its case before the International Court o...
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Three Years of the Modi Government
India-Russia: Navigating New Geopolitical Waters
P S Raghavan · 30 Jun, 2017 · #5315 · Commentary
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New Delhi inherited some wrinkles in the traditionally smooth India-Russia strategic partnership.
Russia saw the enhanced nuclear and defence cooper...
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The Strategist
Nuclear Crises in the Time of Orwellian Wars
Vijay Shankar · 28 Jun, 2017 · #5314 · Commentary · Column
"…the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival."
George Orwell, 1984 &...
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NSG Membership: Pakistan's Past and Nuclear South Asia's Future
Allyson Rimmer · 28 Jun, 2017 · #5313 · Commentary
Since 2016, India and Pakistan have both lobbied for comprehensive membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) without success. Key parties like China have called for bilateral entrance for both India and Pakistan or none at all. While China...
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Second 21CPC and Myanmar’s Stuttering Peace Process
Angshuman Choudhury · 28 Jun, 2017 · #5312 · Commentary
On 28 May 2017, the second iteration of Myanmar's flagship Union Peace Conference, alternatively known as the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), concluded. Held after a delay of almost three months, the six-day long multi-stakeholder ...
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Three Years of the Modi Government
India-Maldives Relations: A Tale of Two Concerns
N Manoharan · 28 Jun, 2017 · #5311 · Commentary
Though small, the Maldives is an important Indian neighbour. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Maldives “a valued partner in the Indian Ocean neighbourhood” and said that India-Maldives “ties are built on a ve...
