INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In 2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the […]
Regional Affairs
The Intractable Rohingya Crisis
In August 2017, over 745,000 Rohingya began fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh. Now, more than two years later, Cox’s Bazar is the largest refugee […]
Understanding India’s National Register of Citizens
On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the northeastern state of Assam. The document aims to identify “legal” migrants […]
Rebuilding the Wuhan Spirit in India-China Relations
In the aftermath of the Doklam standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries in the summer of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi […]
Modi’s U.S. Visit: Opportunity to Put Irritants Behind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s week-long visit to the United States from September 21 to September 27 is a good opportunity for New Delhi to not […]
Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: A Civilian’s Perspective on Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
On August 5, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of Article 370 of the Indian constitution from Jammu & Kashmir, which revoked the […]
One Year in Office: Revisiting Imran Khan’s Foreign Policy
When Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office a year ago, in August 2018, Pakistan-United States relations were at a low point following the Trump administration […]
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What Chinese Discourse Reveals about Beijing’s Reaction to Article 370
On August 5, when India abrogated Article 370 of its constitution and revoked Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)’s special status, the echoes of the action could […]
Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Dilemma
Within the broad category of maritime security—which encompasses dealing with piracy, terrorism, territorial disputes, trafficking, and natural disasters—an emerging global trend is the push for […]
What Does Nepal Expect from Modi 2.0?
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term in May, there was a sense of expectation in Kathmandu that the Nepal-India relationship would […]
ASEAN’s Outlook for the Indo-Pacific: An Attempt to Set Rules of the Game
Negating allegations that the grouping takes weak positions on issues of geostrategic sensitivity, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently came out with the […]
Avoiding Incidents at Sea between India and China
Introduction For the last half century, the India-China rivalry has played out on land as both countries consolidated their borders as independent states. Recently, this […]
Imran Khan’s Visit to Washington: Turning the Page?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan along with a delegation of high-level Pakistani government and military officials will visit the United States next week to meet […]
Indo-U.S. Relations in 2019: Navigating Complex Differences
Just when it seemed that Indo-U.S. ties had attained a semblance of predictability, relations between the oldest and the largest democracies of the world are […]
The Andaman Sea: India’s Geostrategic Gateway in the Indo-Pacific
In his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi detailed India’s aspiration to cultivate an “open, stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific” […]
Is China Walking on Thin Ice in South Asia?
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Beijing from July 3 to 5 to sign several agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with […]
India’s Iran Challenge: Balancing Energy Security and Foreign Policy
In May 2018, President Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations had reached with Iran in July […]