The Forgotten Fact of “China-Occupied Kashmir” There is a need to widely disseminate China’s insidious role as an illegal occupier of Kashmir’s territory, including its territorial grab in the trans-Karakoram tract, in order to raise public awareness of the issue – both in India and at the international level. Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | November 13, 2020 | Special Feature
Can India be the Next Global Manufacturing Hub? The COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed the inherent weaknesses in the existing global supply chain and risks of over-reliance on China’s manufacturing industry, presents new opportunities for India to rethink its industrial strategy, especially policies concerning the growth of its manufacturing sector. Kogila Balakrishnan , Saurabh Kukreja | November 13, 2020 | Issue Brief
Turkish Foreign Policy: From ‘Zero Problem’ to Zero Friends Turkish global power aspirations are hindered by a lack of regional influence. Ankara wishes to enhance strategic depth in the neighborhood. Deviating from a soft power approach, President Erdogan has increasingly adopted a confrontational foreign policy. Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 06, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Expanding Role of PLAAF in China’s National Security Strategy China’s great power ambition and actions have been fuelled by its spectacular economic growth and military modernization. The need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and South China seas vital to it. Its vulnerabilities also lie on its seaboard. To dominate the maritime spaces, it needs to own the contiguous airspace as well. The prescient Chinese leadership has transformed its Air Force into a strategic instrument of power, to protect its economic lifelines, geo-political interests and regional dominance. Diptendu Choudhury | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Bruno Maçães, Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order Bruno Maçães, Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order, New Delhi, Penguin Viking, 2019, 194 pp., Rs. 599 (Hardcover), ISBN 9780670092307 Shrabana Barua | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Brigadier (Dr) M. P. Singh (Retd), Political Leadership and Indian Armed Forces in Diplomacy and War Book review Brigadier (Dr) M. P. Singh (Retd), Political Leadership and Indian Armed Forces in Diplomacy and War, Greenfields Publishers, Dehradun, 2019, 351 pp., Rs.1,095.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9789381089392 Satyavrat Pagay | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Revisiting Beijing’s Revisionist Quest in the Indo-Pacific November 2020 Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Review Essay Jagannath P. Panda | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Indo-Pacific and the Role of India Within It November 2020 Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Review Essay Udai Bhanu Singh | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century Atul Mishra | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Turkey and the Regional Flashpoint in Libya November 2020 Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Commentaries Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis