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US WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN - INDIA MUST BRACE FOR IMPACT

In yet another policy flip-flop that has become emblematic of the Trump Administration, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has said that he received a directive from the President, Donald Trump, to reduce troops in Afghanistan before November…

SOUTH KOREA POISED TO COMMIT TO THE US’S STRAIT OF HORMUZ MARITIME COALITION

READING CHINA’S DEFENCE WHITE PAPERS - EXORCISING BIAS, FOILING DISINFORMATION

ENTRY OF THE DRAGON - CHINA LOOKS TO THE WEST

MANAGING CHINA AND THE CASE FOR ‘FACE’ (PART 1)

China is considered one of the most intractable challenges in geopolitics today. The remarkable success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in recent decades, in achieving high economic growth by fusing together market economics and authoritarian…

LET THE QUAD DIE: TOWARDS GREATER INDIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

The Indian invitation to leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping to attend the second swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a number of significant implications. For one, it is a sign that the current Indian establishment thinks…

INDUSTRY 4.0 IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND PREPAREDNESS - THE PREVAILING SCENARIO

INDIA’S MALDIVIAN RAPPROCHEMENT

INDIA'S EVOLVING COASTAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: A CASE FOR A NEW CENTRAL FORCE

It has now been over a decade since the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 (26/11) undertaken by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tohiba (LeT) group. Since then, considerable efforts have been made to streamline India’s coastal security,…

THE AMERICAN SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA: PART 3

Iran has threatened to close down the Strait of Hormuz. This is in response to the US decision to end waivers for eight major oil importing countries for buying oil from Iran, starting from 01 May 2019. Similar threats have emanated…

INDIA'S CHINA POLICY: DYNAMICS OF 'CHANGE' AND 'CONTINUITY'

THE AMERICAN SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA:PART 2

The decision of the US government to end waivers to eight countries for import of Iranian oil will come into effect on 01 May, 2019. Although some of these countries may well defy the unilateral American sanctions, most, including India are…