Baladas Ghoshal

The monograph explores China's perception of India's Look East Policy (LEP) and how that affects India's strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Beijing does not favour a strong Indian presence and influence in Southeast Asia. China is both a determinant and a constraint in India's Look East Policy.

• Published: 2013
• Monograph

With the take-over of power by the military on May 22, 2014, under General Prayuth Chan-O-Cha, the chief of army, Thailand has gone full circle in coup d’états, from democratic deficit to fractious political struggle between different social groups leading to acute and irreconcilable political instability that gives leverage to the army to finally intervene and seize power by suspending the constitutional processes. Democracy in Thailand is not only a recent phenomenon, but is also periodic and short-lived.

• Published: March 2015
• Strategic Analysis

Political, economic and strategic factors in the post-Cold War period call for expanded co-operation between India and Indonesia.

• Published: January 20, 2011
• Issue Brief

• Published: May 2008
• Strategic Analysis