Jagannath P. Panda

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Dr. Jagannath Panda's co-authored piece on ‘Why a U.S.-India Partnership Must Succeed’ has been published in ‘The National Interest’ on February 26, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that a vigorous U.S.-India partnership, based on commercial and security ties, can enable democracies and emerging economies to make a hard but necessary choice: do we turn to China for economic opportunity or can we find that dynamism amongst each other?"

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• Published: 26 February, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article on India-US economic ties, titled 'Can India-US economic ties move beyond trade dispute towards stronger Indo-Pacific relations?' has been published in ‘The Financial Times’ on February 25, 2020.

The piece argues that Trump’s recent visit to India, while grand, did not allay fears that the US approach towards India on trade disputes is going to be indulgent or accommodating. From the US’s side, a full restoration of the GSP ranking should not be expected. However, a partial restoration to exporters from India might be possible; but this will also be imposed only in sectors where US importers depend on Indian goods. India stands to benefit greatly by attracting foreign direct investment from the US companies that are hastily exiting China at present. President Trump must also realize that concurrent with a growth in trade tensions, India has grown into an important strategic partner for the US in the Indo-Pacific'.

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• Published: 25 February, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Op-ed on ‘US needs an India-centred outlook in Asia’ has been published in The Sunday Guardian on February 23, 2020.

The piece argues that the durability of the US-led international system is heavily dependent on India’s rise in Asia. A stronger partnership with India will only increase the American influence in the region, which has been subject to test with Xi Jinping’s BRI. Building ports, strategic points and military bases have been core to Xi’s BRI diplomacy. In such a background, ensuring pro-democratic regimes across the region becomes strategic necessity and the US will certainly need India on such a mission more than any other power in the region'.

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• Published: 23 February, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on ‘Wealth, Welfare and Win must guide India-US Indo-Pacific Partnership’ has been published by World in One News (WION) on February 22, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that the defence of the rules-based order in Indo-Pacific is a gigantic task as it will be heavily dependent on a futuristic robust India-US Indo-Pacific partnership. A relationship that is often perceived as the custodian guardian of the free or democratic world, India and the US would require a concrete action plan to follow it through. The quest for wealth, welfare and win – the three key W’s - should be their guiding light'.

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• Published: 22 February, 2020

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's commentary on 'South Korea's New Southern Policy (NSP) and India' has been published at the Asan Forum, South Korea, on January 07, 2020.

The commentary argues that 'the prospects of deepening India-South Korea relations under the New Southern Policy (NSP) would heavily depend on the extent to which Seoul is willing to embrace to Indo-Pacific narrative that India’s AEP is currently pitching for'.

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• Published: 7 January, 2020

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's paper on India-South Korea Ties titled ‘Framing an Indo-Pacific Narrative in India-South Korea Ties’ has been published as Academic Paper Series of the Korea Economic Institute of America, on January 07, 2020.

The paper essentially argues that ‘Making use of the ASEAN platform and bilateral dialogues, South Korea and India have the potential to become one of the strongest Indo-Pacific partners of the 21st century.’

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• Published: 7 January, 2020

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's paper titled “'JAI', the Quad and China: Understanding the Undercurrents" has been published by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs as a SWP Working Paper in November 2019. The paper was presented at the Berlin Conference on Asian Security (BCAS) 2019.

The paper argues that ‘JAI’ exemplifies the Indo-Pacific tenor that Japan, the United States and India are currently advocating. ‘JAI’ further signals the creation of ‘strategic capital’ in the Indo-Pacific that will strengthen the bilateral mode of economic cooperation bringing the national economic initiatives of the three countries together.

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• Published: 20 December, 2019

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Op-Ed titled ‘National Narratives Guiding India-Japan Ties’ has been published by the World in One News (WION) on December 13, 2019.

The author argues that India-Japan partnership must be restructured beyond the excessive US-centred Indo-Pacific framework, and the current US-China and South Korea-Japan tension must encourage them to realise their respective national strength to nurture a partnership that is independent of alliance-alignment politics. Their mutual appreciation as ‘natural partners’ must imbibe national developmental patterns, with a focus on technological collaboration.

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• Published: 13 December, 2019

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on ‘Beijing's ‘Asian NATO’ Maxim is Structural’ has been published as the PacNet Commentary at the Pacific Forum in Honolulu on November 22, 2019.

The piece argues that for Beijing, the arrival of the Quad 2.0 is a strategic challenge to China’s vision of regional architecture. Considering the challenges that the Quad process poses to China, Beijing’s perception is neither completely reactionary nor entirely military centric.

• Published: 22 November, 2019

President Xi’s Kathmandu visit sets a new parameter for the China-Nepal ties, moving away from the traditional interstate relations based on simple bilateral modes of engagement. Beijing seems to be orchestrating a Himalayan approach in its relations with Kathmandu – revealing a grander Chinese policy in making.

• Published: November 04, 2019
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