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Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, a quarterly publication of the Association of Indian Diplomats attempts to provide an intellectually stimulating forum for the examination of various aspects of India's Foreign Policy. This Examination is undertaken by the experienced decision-makers, serious scholars, and seasoned analysis.
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Editor
- Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Professor for American Studies, Centre for Canadian, U.S. and Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Managing Editor
- R. Rajagopalan, Past President, Member of the Executive Committee, Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi
Copy Editor
- Preeti Singh
Assistant Editor
- Vivek Mishra, Assistant Professor, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata
Ex-Officio Members
- Bhaswati Mukherjee, President, Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi
- Amar Sinha, Vice President, Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi
- Anil Trigunayat, Secretary, Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi
- Achal Kumar Malhotra, Treasurer, Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi
Nominated Members
- Sachin Chaturvedi
- Sanjay Chaturvedi
- Neelam Deo
- Darvesh Gopal
- Arvind Gupta
- Rajat Kathuria
- G. Gopa Kumar
- Abdul Nafey
- Jayant Prasad
- P. K. Singh
- Nalin Surie
International Advisers
- David M. Malone
- Ong Keng Yong
- T.V. Paul
- Elizabeth Sidiropoulose
- Peter N Varghese
Volume 16 (2021) Issue 1 , (January-2021 to March-2021)
January-March
Sixty Years of the Indus Waters Treaty: The Past and the Future by Uttam Kumar Sinha
Widening the Arc: Recalibrating India’s Diaspora Policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean by Aparajita Gangopadhyay
Locating Indian Ocean Island States in India’s Foreign Policy by SANKALP GURJAR
India and the New Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific by MONISH TOURANGBAM
BOOK REVIEWS
SURBHI CHOUDHARY 67-70
‘India in the United Nations General Assembly. Volume I (1945-1970) & Volume (1971-2018)’ by Suranjan Das, Sitaram Sharma, Vivek Mishra (eds.)
TANKA B. SUBBA 71-74
‘Act East Policy and Northeast India’ by Sreeradha Datta
RUCHI SHREE 74-77
‘Indus Basin Uninterrupted: A History of Territory and Politics from Alexander to Nehru’ by Uttam Kumar Sinha
SHREYA UPADHYAY 77-82
‘Eastward Ho? India’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific’ by E. Sridharan (ed.)
GIRIJESH PANT 82-86
‘Sapru House: A Story of Institution-Building in World Affairs’ by T. C. A. Raghavan, Vivek Mishra
SKAND TAYAL 86-90
‘Harnessing the Trade Wind’ by Blanche Rocha D’Souza
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Published in Volume 15 (2020)
Volume 15 (2020)
Volume 15 (2020) Issue 4 , (October-2020 to December-2020)
Oct-Dec
Special Issue on India-US Relations under the Joe Biden Administration
India-US Relations under the Joe Biden Administration
Indo-US Relations under the Biden Administration: Predictable Difficulties Ahead
by CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA
India - US Relations: Continued Convergence, New Vistas, Managing Differences by ARUN K. SINGH
India and the Biden Presidency by ANNPURNA NAUTIYAL
India and the United States in the Emerging Global Order by ARVIND KUMAR
India-US Relations under the Biden Administration: Future through Prism of the Past by SANJUKTA BHATTACHARYA
The Biden Administration: Elevating America’s Shared Strategic Future with India by MONISH TOURANGBAM
A ‘Climate Handshake’: The India-US Green Strategic Partnership
by PRAMIT PAL CHAUDHURI
The Biden Presidency: Some Indian Concerns by G. BALACHANDRAN
India-US Relations: Will Continue to Flourish but in a More Structured Manner by SHREYA UPADHYAY
India-US Relationship under the Biden Administration: Apprehensions and Outcomes by Vivek Mishra
Volume 15 (2020) Issue 3 , (July-2020 to September-2020)
July-September 2020
INTRODUCTION
India-Bangladesh Relations @ 50: The Way
Towards a Durable Political Understanding: Fifty Years of Indo-Bangladesh Relations by Sreeradha Datta
Bangladesh-India Relations: History and the Way Forward by SHAMSHER M. CHOWDHURY
Bangladesh-India Ties: 50 Years and Beyond
by PINAK RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY
India - Bangladesh Relations: Enduring Challenges by SMRUTI S PATTANAIK
Re-Connecting Neighbours: India-Bangladesh Relations @ 50 by ANASUA BASU RAY CHAUDHURY
Celebrating 50 years of India-Bangladesh Relations
by JOYEETA BHATTACHARJEE
India-Bangladesh Relations: Some Issues Need Deft Handling
by ANAND KUMAR
Strengthening Cooperation and Reducing Irritants: India-Bangladesh Relations Today by ASHISH SHUKLA
The Resilience of Secularism in Bangladesh by DIPANJAN ROY CHAUDHURY
Tenets of India-Bangladesh Relations by SANJAY K. BHARDWAJ
Document
India - Bangladesh (Virtual) Summit, December 17, 2020: Joint Statement
Volume 15 (2020) Issue 2 , (April-2020 to June-2020)
Apr-Jun
The Enduring “Arab Spring”: Change and Resistance
by TALMIZ AHMAD
India’s Challenges in Accessing Critical Minerals by Shebonti Ray Dadwal
Positioning the Indo-Pacific in India’s Evolving Maritime Outlook
by RUSHALI SAHA
West Asia: From Non-State Radicalism to State Revisionism by ADIL RASHEED
Pandemic Geopolitics and India by Sitakanta Mishra
SANJAY KUMAR PANDEY 172-174
The South Caucasus: Transition from Subjugation to Independence by Achal Malhotra
ASHISH SHUKLA 174-178
Bangladesh at 50: Development and Challenges by S Narayan and Sreeradha Datta (Eds.)
Volume 15 (2020) Issue 1 , (January-2020 to March-2020)
Jan-Mar
SOMEN BANERJEE
The United Nation’s Agenda of Sustainable Peace: Implications for SAGAR
India and Singapore: Fifty Years of Diplomatic Relations by SURANJAN DAS AND SUBHADEEP BHATTACHARYA
India-Taiwan Relations: Time is Ripe to Bolster Ties by SANA HASHMI
Punching Above Weight? The Role of Sri Lanka in BIMSTEC by N. MANOHARAN AND ASHWIN IMMANUEL DHANABALAN
BOOK REVIEWS
ARVIND GUPTA 62-69
‘The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World’ by S. Jaishankar
PINAK CHAKRAVARTHY 70-74
‘Sea of Collective Destiny: Bay of Bengal and BIMSTEC’ by Vijay Sakhuja and Somen Banerjee
SKAND RANJAN TAYAL 74-79
‘The Odyssy of a Diplomat’ by L.L. Mehrotra
SHREYA UPADHYAY 80-83
‘One Mountain Two Tigers: India, China and the High Himalayas’ by Shakti Sinha (Ed.)
RAJIV NARAYANAN 84-86
‘India’s Foreign Policy: Surviving in a Turbulent World’ by Anil Wadhwa and Arvind Gupta (Eds.)
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Published in Volume 14 (2019)
Volume 14 (2019)
Volume 14 (2019) Issue 4 , (October-2019 to December-2019)
Oct-Dec. 2019
INTRODUCTION
India and the ‘UN@75’
Veto Provision in UN Charter: Issues and Dimensions
by Dilip Sinha
The UN @ 75: Multilateralism Then and Now by VIJAY NAMBIAR
The UN @ 75 and India: Some Thoughts
by Nalin Surie
Reflections on the United Nations @ 75
The UN and the Future of Multilateralism in a Multipolar World: Navigating India’s Way by MONISH TOURANGBAM
United Nations Peace Keeping Operations: Some Personal Reflections by SATISH NAMBIAR
Reforms: a Must to Make the UN Relevant Today by ASOKE KUMAR MUKERJI
The UN @ 75: In Need of an Equitable Restructuring
by T. P. Sreenivasan
BOOK REVIEWS
NEELAM D. SABHARWAL
‘Legitimacy of Power: The Permanence of Five in the Security Council’ by Dilip Sinha (This review was earlier published in Volume 14, No. 1 of the journal, at Pages 74-78. It is reproduced here, being a review of a book on the subject of this special issue)
LAKSHMI PRIYA
‘Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos’ by Hardeep Singh Puri (This review was earlier published in Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Journal of Defence Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, January–March 2019, pp. 71–75. Being a review of a book on the subject of this special issue, it is re-published here in full, with our gratitude to them and with their permission)
Volume 14 (2019) Issue 3 , (July-2019 to September-2019)
Jul-Sep.
India-Brazil ‘Strategic Partnership’: Rhetoric and Reality by PRITI SINGH and DEVIKA MISRA
Act East in India’s Foreign Policy: India-ASEAN Relations by M. Ganapathi
The Indian Ocean and Smart Ports by Vijay Sakhuja
India-Taiwan Relations: Burgeoning Economic Engagements by TESHU SINGH
The Idea of ‘Limited Nuclear War’: As Impractical and Dangerous Now, As It Was Then by Manpreet Sethi
BOOK REVIEWS
PRAGYA PANDEY 248-253
‘Scaling India-Japan Cooperation in Indo-Pacific and Beyond 2025: Corridors, Connectivity and Contours’ by Jagannath P. Panda (Ed)
ARVIND GUPTA 253-261
‘Values in Foreign Policy: Investigating Ideals and Interests’ by Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall, Sanjay Pulipaka (Eds.),
GOPAL SURI 261-264
‘Nine Dash Line: Deciphering the South China Sea Conundrum’ by Pooja Bhatt
BOOK REVIEWS
PRAGYA PANDEY 248-253
‘Scaling India-Japan Cooperation in Indo-Pacific and Beyond 2025: Corridors, Connectivity and Contours’ by Jagannath P. Panda (Ed)
ARVIND GUPTA 253-261
‘Values in Foreign Policy: Investigating Ideals and Interests’ by Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall, Sanjay Pulipaka (Eds.),
GOPAL SURI 261-264
‘Nine Dash Line: Deciphering the South China Sea Conundrum’ by Pooja Bhatt
Volume 14 (2019) Issue 2 , (April-2019 to June-2019)
Apr-Jun
RCEP and India: What Next? by V. S. SESHADRI
India and the United Nations by Dilip Sinha
India-US Defence Partnership: Challenges and Prospects by SHREYA UPADHYAY
India’s Soft Power Diplomacy: Capturing Hearts and Minds by H. H. S. VISWANATHAN
The Changing Security Environment in Indian Ocean: Decoding the Indian Strategy by NETAJEE ABHINANDAN
The Centenary of India’s Membership of the League of Nations
Science and Technology Dimensions of Indian Foreign Policy by Bhaskar Balakrishnan
Volume 14 (2019) Issue 1 , (January-2019 to March-2019)
January-March
DEBATE
India-Sri Lanka Relations: New Issues and Perspectives 1-2
India-Sri Lanka Relations: New Challenges
R HARIHARAN 3-8
India’s Changing Relations with Sri Lanka
P. SAHADEVAN 9-16
Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Possible Implications
SAMATHA MALLEMPATI 17-23
India and Sri Lanka need to do ‘Much More’
NITIN A. GOKHALE 24-29
Democracy’s Dilemma: The Ethnic Question and India-Sri Lanka Relations
N. MANOHARAN 30-36
India and Sri Lanka: Two Countries, Four Verticals
D. SUBA CHANDRAN 37-43
India-Sri Lanka Relations: New Issues, Novel Perspective
GULBIN SULTANA 44-51
India-Sri Lanka Relations: A View from Sri Lanka; Need for More Confidence Building Measures
JAYANATH COLOMBAGE 52-57
Looming US Retreat under Trump: Implications for Asian Security by Vivek Mishra
BOOK REVIEWS
‘How India Manages its National Security’ by Arvind Gupta
B. S. PRAKASH 70-73
‘Legitimacy of Power: The Permanence of Five in the Security Council’ by Dilip Sinha
NEELAM D. SABHARWAL 74-78
‘The China-India Rivalry in the Globalization Era’ by T. V. Paul (Ed.)
TESHU SINGH 79-81
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS: Published in Volume
Volume 13 (2018)
Volume 13 (2018) Issue 4 , (October-2018 to December-2018)
October-December
DEBATE
India-Bangladesh Relations: In the Context of Recent Elections in Bangladesh
PINAK RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY 269-276
Bangladesh-India Ties Poised For a Strategic Upgrade
ASHISH SHUKLA 277-283
Sheikh Hasina’s Fourth Term: Implications for Indo-Bangladesh Relations
ANAND KUMAR 284-291
The Opposition in Bangladesh: Would need to reinvent its Politics
SREERADHA DATTA 292-297
India-Bangladesh Relations: Engaging a Dynamic Neighbour
APARUPA BHATTACHERJEE 298-303
India-Bangladesh Relations: Past Cannot be Taken for Granted
JOYEETA BHATTACHARJEE 304-309
Indo-Bangladesh Relations to Deepen During Hasina’s Third Term
SMRUTI S. PATTANAIK 310-315
Indo-Bangladesh Ties: Smooth Sailing on the Bilateral Front
India’s Response to Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance in South Asia
by SHREYA UPADHYAY
The Impact of Multilateralism on India by ASOKE KUMAR MUKERJI
BOOK REVIEWS
BHASWATI MUKHERJEE 345-349
‘Delusional Politics’, by Hardeep Singh Puri
ANKITA DUTTA 350-352
‘Indian Foreign Policy’ (Oxford India Short Introductions Series), by Sumit Ganguly
KANWAL SIBAL 353-357
‘India and EU: An Insider’s View’ by Bhaswati Mukherjee
Volume 13 (2018) Issue 3 , (July-2018 to September-2018)
July-September
India-Iran Relations amidst Strategic Constraints by MONISH TOURANGBAM
Regional Cooperation in South Asia by V. P. HARAN
India-Maldives Ties: Carving the Path to Normalcy by Vivek Mishra
India’s Foreign Policy: Lessons from Brexit and other Related Issues by BHASWATI MUKHERJEE
Hallmarks of Current Indian Foreign Policy by SHUBHRAJEET KONWER
India-Japan Vision 2025: Deciphering the Indo-Pacific Strategy by TITLI BASU
BOOK REVIEWS
GUNJAN SINGH
China’s India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World by Bertil Lintner
B. S. PRAKASH
Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World by Alyssa Ayres
SKAND RANJAN TAYAL
Power & Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies during the Cold War by Zorawar Daulet Singh
Volume 13 (2018) Issue 2 , (April-2018 to June-2018)
April-June
DEBATE
India in the Emerging Global Order: the Next Decade 91-92
KANWAL SIBAL 93-100
India Needs to Position Itself in the New Technological Revolution
CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA 101-106
India: The New Power in the Emerging Global Order
SANJAY SINGH 107-113
Need to Show Wisdom and Dexterity to Traverse Turbulences
ARVIND GUPTA 114-120
India in Need of a Strategy to Position itself in the Emerging Global Order
B. S. PRAKASH 121-127
India a “Great Power”: Assertion or Aspiration?
SACHIN CHATURVEDI 128-135
India’s Approach to Multilateralism and Evolving Global Order
Nuclear Stability in Asia and South Asia: the Dynamics of a Fragile Stability by M. MATHESWARAN
Strategic and Political Trends in India and the European Union: Confronting Common Challenges by OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA
MILAN 2018: Geo-Strategic and Geo-Political Context by Yogendra Kumar
BOOK REVIEW
ERIC GONSALVES
India, China, and the World: A Connected History by Tansen Sen
Volume 13 (2018) Issue 1 , (January-2018 to March-2018)
Jan-Mar
DEBATE
India-Canada Relations: Present Reality & Future Directions
PREM K. BUDHWAR 2-10
India-Canada Relations: a Roller-Coaster Ride
RAJIV BHATIA 11-16
India-Canada Relations - Post-Trudeau visit: the Road Ahead
VISHNU PRAKASH 17-23
Case for a Fresh Start with Canada
SHASHI UBAN TRIPATHI 24-28
Steadying India-Canada Relations: Through Trust and Confidence
ABDUL NAFEY and POOJA GOPAL 29-36
India-Canada Relations: Convergences Outweigh Mutual Differences
APARAJITA KASHYAP 37-43
India-Canada Relations: Environment and Climate Change
SITAKANTA MISHRA 44-50
India-Canada Nuclear Relations: From a Troubled Past towards a Promising Future
India’s Changing Global Priorities and the Role of the Act East Policy by PINAK R CHAKRAVARTY
India and Latin America: The Way Forward by Deepak Bhojwani
BHASWATI MUKHERJEE 74-77
India, Europe and Pakistan by Rajendra K. Jain (Ed.),
FAZZUR RAHMAN SIDDIQUI 78-82
Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home by P. R. Kumaraswamy
GIRIJESH PANT 82-85
India and the Global Game of Gas Pipeline by Gulshan Dietl
RAJESH RAJAGOPALAN 85-87
Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy, by Gurmeet Kanwal
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS 88-90
(Published in Volume 12, 2017)
Volume 12 (2017)
Volume 12 (2017) Issue 4 , (October-2017 to December-2017)
Oct-Dec
DEBATE
Situation in West Asia: Implications for India 277-279
TALMIZ AHMAD 280-287
An India-UAE Initiative to Address West Asia Security
RANJIT GUPTA 288-294
Current Geopolitical Scenario in West Asia: Implications for India
ADIL RASHEED 295-302
Shifting Diplomatic Gears in a Rapidly Unravelling West Asia
SAMEENA HAMEED 303-309
The ‘Security Dilemma’ in West Asia: Implications and Options for India
ANIL TRIGUNAYAT 310-315
India’s Choices in the Middle East Today
SUJATA ASHWARYA 316-325
Understanding Changes in West Asia: Implications for India
Foreign Policy: From Non-Alignment to Multi-Alignment by P.S.RAGHAVAN
The Role of the United Nations in the Contemporary World by ASOKE KUMAR MUKERJI
BOOK REVIEW
PRABHAKAR MENON 355-361
Tibet : The Last Months of a Free Nation: India Tibet Relations (1947-1962) Part I by Claude Arpi
ANUP SHEKHAR CHAKRABORTY 362-364
India- Australia Relations: Evolving Polycentric World Order by Darvesh Gopal & Dalbir Ahlawat (Eds.)
Volume 12 (2017) Issue 3 , (July-2017 to September-2017)
An Overview India’s International Trade: Trends and Perspectives by V. S. SESHADRI
International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms and India-Pakistan Disputes by Dilip Sinha
A New Paradigm in India-EU Relations by BHASWATI MUKHERJEE
India-Sri Lanka Relations -in the Context of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ Policy by GULBIN SULTANA
Internal Developments in Maldives and India - Maldives Relations by SAMATHA MALLEMPATI
CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA 258-261
Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at Midterm by Uday Mahurkar
ERIC GONSALVES 262-265
How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century by Shyam Saran
AMBREEN AGHA 265-269
Durand’s Curse: A Line Across the Pathan Heart by Rajiv Dogra
VIVEK MISHRA 269-273
Securing India: Issues and Trends by Vivekananda International Foundation
YOGENDRA KUMAR 273-276
China‘s Expanding Military Maritime Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region: India‘s Response by Gopal Suri
Volume 12 (2017) Issue 2 , (April-2017 to June-2017)
Apr-Jun
India and the UN: Reform and Role in a Globalised World by BHASWATI MUKHERJEE
India’s Engagement with the Central Asian Republics: An Appraisal
by NIRMALA JOSHI
China and the State of India - China Relations
by Nalin Surie
Developments in the Indo-Pacific Region and Options for India
SANJAY SINGH 93-95
Developments in the Indo-Pacific Region and Options for India
RAJIV BHATIA 96-103
East Asia: Changing Dynamics, Drivers and Options
YOGENDRA KUMAR 104-110
Policy Uncertainty Unlikely to Abate
CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA 111-118
India and Shifting Power Equations in the Indo-Pacific
DHRUV C. KATOCH 161-164
USI Strategic Year Book 2017 by P K Singh, B K Sharma and Roshan Khanijo (eds.)
VIVEK MISHRA 164-168
Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? by Yogendra Kumar (ed.)
RAJESH RAJAGOPALAN 169-172
South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security by Sten Rynning (ed.)
M. MATHESWARAN 172-180
Fifty Years of the Outer Space Treaty: Tracing the Journey by Ajey Lele (ed.)
Volume 12 (2017) Issue 1 , (January-2017 to March-2017)
Jan-Mar
Contours of India’s Foreign Policy - An Overview
by M. Ganapathi
India-US Maritime Cooperation: The Next Decade by Vivek Mishra
India’s Foreign Policy and Security Challenges: Past and Present
by G. Parthasarathy
DEBATE
The Advent of the New Administration in the USA: Global and Bilateral Ramifications
ARUN K. SINGH 3-9
Gazing at the Crystal Ball of the Trump Administration
DHRUVA JAISHANKAR 10-15
Making Sense of Uncertain India-US Relations
ANNPURNA NAUTIYAL 16-22
Trump’s Foreign Policy Uncertainties and Modi’s Developmental Agenda: A Way Forward
MONISH TOURANGBAM 23-29
Forecasting India-US Relations in the Trump Era: Mostly Sunny and Warm, No Major Disturbance in Sight
OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA 30-35
Trump’s Grand Strategy: A New Doctrine and its Discrepancies
NETAJEE ABHINANDAN 36-41
Trump’s Foreign Policy: From Walking the Talk to Talking the Walk
BOOK REVIEWS
S. KALYANARAMAN 83-87
Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future by T. V. Paul (Ed.)
AMBREEN AGHA 88-92
Pakistan: Courting the Abyss by Tilak Devasher
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
(Published in Volume 11, 2016)
Volume 11 (2016)
Volume 11 (2016) Issue 4 , (October-2016 to December-2016)
Oct-Dec
DEBATE
India-Russia Relations in a Fast Changing Global Order
KANWAL SIBAL 297-301
Challenges and Prospects of India’s Strategic Partnership with Russia
P.S. RAGHAVAN 302-307
India-Russia Strategic Partnership - a Mutual Commitment
ARUN MOHANTY 308-315
Time to Reinvent the Indo-Russian Strategic Partnership
INDRANI TALUKDAR 316-321
India - Russia: Perceptions Need to be Corrected and Relationship Strengthened
MEENA SINGH ROY 322-331
The Trajectory of India-Russia Ties: High Expectations and Current Realities
ISIS and the Scourge of Global Jihad: Regional Implications and Challenges for India by TALMIZ AHMAD
Asian Nuclear Energy Landscape: Major Expansion Post-Fukushima by Sitakanta Mishra
BOOK REVIEW
B. S. PRAKASH 365-368
Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary by P. K. Gautam, Saurabh Mishra and Arvind Gupta (eds.)
BHASWATI MUKHERJEE 368-375
Snowflakes of Time; Memories and Musings by Kanwal Sibal
Volume 11 (2016) Issue 3 , (July-2016 to September-2016)
Jul-Sep
DEBATE
India and the Multilateral Export Control Regimes
SHYAM SARAN 188-195
India May Have to Wait for a Possible Opening in the Future
MANPREET SETHI 196-200
India’s Inclusion into the NSG: A Paradigm Shift
RAJESH RAJAGOPALAN 201-206
India and NSG: It’s Simply Power Politics
G. BALACHANDRAN 207-210
India Should be Wary of Additions to the 2008 Criteria
ROSHAN KHANIJO 211-216
Decision Making Process Dictated by Political Interests
ARUN VISHWANATHAN 217-223
India’s entry into the NSG: A Long-winded Process
SITAKANTA MISHRA 224-226
Expose Double Standards - Pursue Pragmatic Steps
The Tragic History of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 by Satinder Kumar Lambah
India’s Maritime Security Concerns and the Indian Ocean Region by Gopal Suri
India – Sri Lanka Relations: Managing the Ups and Downs by N. Manoharan and Priyama Chakravarty
Understanding India’s engagement with Africa by Malancha Chakrabarty
BOOK REVIEWS:
NEELAM D. SABHARWAL 281-286
The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics by Andrew Small
ASHISH SIRSIKAR 286-289
Insights into Evolution of Contemporary Pakistan by Satish Chandra & Smita Tiwari (Eds)
P. K CHAKRAVORTY 289-293
Even If Ain’t Broke Yet Do Fix It: Enhancing Effectiveness Through Military Change by Vivek Chadha
Contents
Volume 11 (2016) Issue 2 , (April-2016 to June-2016)
Apr-Jun
Climate Change: Tackling the Challenge Confronting India by AJAI MALHOTRA
Soft Power Contestation between India and China in South Asia
by OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA AND VIVEK MISHRA
India-Maldives Relations: Is the Rough Patch Over? by ANAND KUMAR
DEBATE
India - Nepal Relations: A Reality Check
K. V. RAJAN 95-100
Nepal Today: Bad Politics Trumps Good Economics
HARI BANSH JHA 101-106
Nepal-India Relations Gaining Ground
B. C. UPRETI 107-113
India-Nepal Relations: Complexities, Misperceptions and Irritants
SHEEL KANT SHARMA 114-118
Nepal’s Democratic Polity and India
ANJOO SHARAN UPADHYAYA 119-123
Rise Above Prejudices and Suspicions: Build a ‘Naya Nepal’
BOOK REVIEWS
SAMEENA HAMEED 168-172
Turmoil in West Asia: Sectarian Divide Shapes Regional Contestations by Talmiz Ahmad
ABDUL NAFEY 172-178
Canada-India: Partners in Progress by Prem K. Budhwar
K. P. FABIAN 178-181
Diplomacy at the Cutting Edge by Kishan S. Rana
DHRUV C. KATOCH 182-184
Afghanistan Pakistan India: A Paradigm Shift by Shaida Mohammad Abdali
Contents
Volume 11 (2016) Issue 1 , (January-2016 to March-2016)
Jan-Mar
DEBATE
Future Trajectory of Sino-Indian Relations
DHRUV C. KATOCH
India-China Relations: Deal with a Measure of Pragmatism
SRIKANTH KONDAPALLI
India-China Relations: Need for Intensive Dialogue on Core Issues
AVINASH GODBOLE
India-China Relation: Enhancing Engagement Promises Better Future
MONIKA CHANSORIA
Chinese Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean Region
DOCUMENTS (23-30)
Joint Statement issued during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China - May 15, 2015
Emerging Contours of Space Security: Options for India
by M. MATHESWARAN
Emerging Dimensions of India-Mongolia Relations by SHARAD K SONI
BOOK REVIEW 63-87
ERIC GONSALVES 63-66
India-Myanmar Relations: Changing Contours by Rajiv Bhatia
RAJIV BHATIA 67-69
Diplomatic Dimension of Maritime Challenges for India in the 21st Century by Yogendra Kumar
ROSHAN VARGHESE V. AND DARVESH GOPAL 70-72
India and the Oceania: Exploring Vistas for Cooperation by Pankaj K. Jha
ABDUL NAFEY 72-75
Indo-Pacific: Emerging Powers, Evolving Regions and Global Governance by D. Gopal and Dalbir Ahlawat (eds.)
NIVEDITA RAY 76-79
India and Africa: Common Security Challenges for the Next Decade by Ruchita Beri (ed.)
M. SAMATHA 80-83
Multi-Party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region, by Anand Kumar
AMIT RANJAN 84-87
The Role of Media in Promoting Regional Understanding in South Asia by Priyanka Singh (ed.)
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Contents
Volume 10 (2015)
Volume 10 (2015) Issue 4 , (October-2015 to December-2015)
October-December
DEBATE:
External Interventions and Internal Instability in West Asia:Implications for India
Turmoil in West Asia: Challenges for Indian Diplomacy by TALMIZ AHMAD 309-312
A Pragmatic Approach: Best Way Forward for India by RANJIT GUPTA 313-323
India and West Asia: Challenges and Opportunities by RUMEL DAHIYA 324-330
Not Business as Usual: Calculated Risks Required by GIRIJESH PANT 331-336
Asia's New Financial Architecture: Politics and Diplomacy by Abdul Nafey
India's Engagement with the Pacific Islands
by Bhaskar Balakrishnan
Third India-Africa Forum Summit: A Critical Evaluation by Rajiv Bhatia
BOOK REVIEW
Competing Visions of India in World Politics: India’s Rise Beyond the West by Kate Sullivan : RUMEL DAHIYA 383-386
1962: A View from the Other Side of the Hill by P. J. S. Sandhu (ed.) : PRABHAKAR MENON 387-392
Where Borders Bleed: An Insider’s Account of Indo-Pak Relations by Rajiv Dogra : AMBREEN AGHA 392-396
Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy by David M. Malone, C. Raja Mohan, Srinath Raghavan (eds.) : K. P. FABIAN 396-400
Delhi Dialogue VII : ASEAN-India Shaping the Post-2015 Agenda
by Rumel Dahiya and Udai Bhanu Singh (eds), : R. L. NARAYAN 400-404
Volume 10 (2015) Issue 3 , (July-2015 to September-2015)
Jul-Sep. 2015
DEBATE India-Bangladesh Relations: Scaling Newer Heights
DEB MUKHARJI
Indo-Bangladesh Relations: A Clear Paradigm Shift
PINAK RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY
Bangladesh-India Ties: Pragmatic Transformation
SMRUTI S PATTANAIK
India-Bangladesh Relations: Moving towards Greater Synergy
SREERADHA DATTA
'All-Time High' Relations Herald Greater Regional Integration
TARIQ A. KARIM
India-Bangladesh Relations: A Dramatic Turnaround
DOCUMENTS
Joint Declaration between Bangladesh and India
The Civil Nuclear Programme:
The Last Decade and the Outlook for the Near Future
by R. B. GROVER
India-Japan Relations: The Economic Advantage
by SRABANI ROY CHOUDHURY
India-Africa Relations: Evolving Past to a Promising Future
by APARAJITA BISWAS
MAHESH RANJAN DEBATA 300-302
India - Central Asia Relations, The Economic Dimension by Amiya Chandra
PINAKI BHATTACHARYA 303-306
Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy by Uttam Kumar Sinha and Jo Inge Bekkevold (ed.)
Content
Volume 10 (2015) Issue 2 , (April-2015 to June-2015)
Apr-Jun
DEBATE
Changing Political Dynamics in Sri Lanka: 103-145
Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Current Trends and Expectations
KANWAL SIBAL 106-113
India-US Strategic Partnership: Real Transformation
OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA 114-119
India-US Relations under Modi and Obama: Caveat Riddled Convergences
SANJUKTA BANERJI BHATTACHARYA 120-125
Indo-US Partnership: Have Rarely Been More Promising
MONISH TOURANGBAM 126-132
Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Who’s Afraid of an Alliance?
K.P.VIJAYALAKSHMI 133-139
India and US: A New Moment in Strategic Partnership
Invigorating India's Economic Diplomacy in South Asia by Sameena Hameed
India, BRICS and the World Economy by Dilip Sinha
India and APEC by Pankaj Jha
BOOK REVIEWS 182-201
SHEEL KANT SHARMA 182-186
India and South Asia: Exploring Regional Perceptions by Vishal Chandra (ed.)
B. S. PRAKASH 187-190
The BRICS and the Future of Global Order by Oliver Stuenkel
PRITI SINGH 191-194
Latin America, the Caribbean and India: Promise and Challenge by Deepak Bhojwani
ERIC GONSALVES 195-198
China: Confucius in the Shadows by Poonam Surie
KAPIL PATIL 199-201
Parmanu Politics: Indian Political Parties and Nuclear Weapons by Sitakanta Mishra
DOCUMENTS 140-145
Vision Statement for the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership 140-141
September 29, 2014
India-U.S. Delhi Declaration of Friendship 142-143
January 25, 2015
US-India Joint Strategic Vision for the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region 144-145
January 25, 2015
Volume 10 (2015) Issue 1 , (January-2015 to March-2015)
DEBATE :
Changing Political Dynamics in Sri Lanka : Implications for India-Sri Lanka Relations
LAKHAN MEHROTRA 3
Time for Change in South Asia
NITIN A. GOKHALE 9
Sri Lanka and the India-China Conundrum
R. HARIHARAN 14
Leadership Change in Sri Lanka: Implications for India
J. JEGANAATHAN 20
India-Sri Lanka Relations in the New Era: Old Challenges, New Vistas
GULBIN SULTANA 26
The Silver Lining in India-Sri Lanka Relations
GAUTAM SEN 33
Revisiting the Issue of ‘Highland Tamils’ in the Changing Political Dynamics
Harnessing the Blue Economy by Vijay Sakhuja
Latin America and India : Understanding Mutual Opportunities by Deepak Bhojwani
Look East - Act East Dimension of India's Foreign Policy by M. Ganapathi
India- ASEAN Economic Engagement and its Impact on Indian Economy by Parul Bakshi and Skand R. Tayal
Book Review
ANUP SINGH 83
Andaman and Nicobar Islands : India’s Untapped Strategic Assets by Sanat Kaul
RAJARAM PANDA 86
India’s Asia-Pacific Engagement: Impulses and Imperatives by Amar Nath Ram (ed.)
DHRUV KHATOCH 90
Core Concerns in Indian Defence and the Imperatives for Reforms by Vinod Misra (ed.)
B. BALAKRISHNAN 93
Asian Strategic Review 2015: India as a Security Provider by S.D. Muni and Vivek Chadha (Eds.),
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTORS ; Published in Volume 9,2014
Volume 9 (2014)
Volume 9 (2014) Issue 4 , (October-2014 to December-2014)
Oct-Dec
Regional Cooperation in South Asia
The Present and the Future
SHEEL KANT SHARMA 308
The Revitalisation of SAARC
RAJIV BHATIA 313
India, and SAARC: Some Future Determinants
YOGENDRA KUMAR 320
Re-invigorating SAARC
T. P. SREENIVASAN 326
Present is Depressing and the Future is Gloomy
AMITA BATRA 332
SAARC and Economic Integration in South Asia
KANWAL SIBAL 339
Pakistan at the Heart of SAARC’s Failure
SABITA HARICHANDAN 345
SAARC: Not a Forum for Clearing Indo-Pak Distrust
India’s Energy Security Challenges by TALMIZ AHMED
The Shale Revolution: Its Impact and Implications for India by Abdul Nafey
India and the East Asia Summit by ARENLA
SAVITA PANDE 397
The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
by T.V. Paul
RAJEEV AGARWAL 400
The Unfinished War in Afghanistan 2001-2014
by Vishal Chandra
ANKIT KUMAR 405
India’s Ocean: The Story of India’s Bid for Regional Leadership
by David Brewster
Volume 9 (2014) Issue 3 , (July-2014 to September-2014)
July-September
DEBATE
DEBATE
Indian Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
The First Months of the New Governemtn
Bhaskar Balakrishnan
Indian Foreign Policy and the New Governemtn
Satish Chandra
The Style and Substance of Modi's Foreign Policy
Smruti Pattanaik
Assessing Modi Governemtn's Foreign Policy
Suba Chandran
The New Governemtn & India's Foreign Policy : Old Issues, Firmer Resolve
Chintamani Mahapatra
Modi's Foreign Policy: Difficult to Theorize, Easy to Understand
Autonomy in Satellite Navigation Systems: The Indian Programme by AJEY LELE
Recent Developments in West Asia: Implications for India by Ranjit Gupta
India-Japan relations: An Enduring Partnership by TITLI BASU
The Future of Regional Cooperation - A South Asian Perspective by AMITAVA TRIPATHI
BOOK REVIEW
Sita Kant Mishra
India and the Republic of Korea: Engaged Democracies: Skand R. Tayal,
Vivek Mishra
India in the Contemporary world: Policy, Economy and International Relations: by Jakub Zajaczkowski
Shreya Upadhyay
India and Her diapora in the South Pacfic by Adesh Pal
Sylvia Mishra
Forged in Crisis: India and The United States Since 1947 by Rudra Chaudhury
T V Paul
Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology by T P Sreenivasan, edited by Divya S Iyer
Volume 9 (2014) Issue 2 , (April-2014 to June-2014)
Apr-Jun
DEBATE
'Indo-Pacific': An Emerging Geopolitical Construct India's Interest, Stakes and Challenges
'Indo-Pacific' as a New Template of Analysis: Sanjay Singh
‘Indo-Pacific’ as a New Template of Analysis: G. V. C. Naidu
India and ‘Indo-Pacific’: Involvement rather than Entanglement: Raghavendra Mishra
Indo-Pacific and the Practice of Strategic Autonomy: Monish Tourangbam
Indo-Pacific’: Likely to be Peripheral for India: R.S. Yadav
Challenges to the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture: Emerging Role for India: Arvind Kumar
Indo-Pacific’: India Will be a Fringe Player: A. Vinod Kuma
India's Foreign Policy in the Neighbourhood by PINAK RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY
India’s Foreign Policy in the Neighbourhood by PINAK RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY
Science and Technology Perspectives for India's Foreign Policy by T. RAMASAMI, SADHANA RELIAand ARABINDAMITRA
Global Business and Competition Law in India by ASHOK CHAWLA
India-Japan Relationship: Dawn of a New Relationship? by RAJARAM PANDA
BOOK REVIEW
Vinay Kaushal
Military Modernisation: Challenges & Prospects: Rajesh Basrur
Dalbir Ahlawat
India-Latin America: An Alliance for the Future: Soraya Caro Vergas,
Gunjan Singh
Awaiting Launch: Perspectives on the Draft ICOC for Outer Space Activities;: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Daniel A. Porras (eds.),
Volume 9 (2014) Issue 1 , (January-2014 to March-2014)
Jan-Mar
DEBATE
INDIA–CHINA RELATIONS: CONFLICTING TRENDS
India and China in the New Era: Manmohan Singh
Meaningful Cooperation on Afghanistan – A Test of the Relationship : C. V. Ranganathan
Cooperation, Competition and Peaceful Confrontation: Nalin Surie
Simultaneous Rise of China and India – The Way Ahead: Srikanth Kondapalli
Maritime Silk Road and the India–China Conundrum by JAGANNATH PANDA
Maritimw Silk Road and the India-China Conundrum by JAGANNATH PANDA
Evolving Dynamics of Federalism and Foreign Policy Engagement of Indian States in External Affairs by OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA
India's Nuclear Doctrine: A Study of Its Tenets by RESHMI KAZI
Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy by RAJIV SIKRI
BOOK REVIEW
Chintamani Mahapatra
Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Changes and Challenges: Mohammad Badrul Alam (ed.),
Rajeev Agarwal
Persian Gulf 2013: India’s Relations with the Region: PR Kumaraswamy (ed.),
Venkat Lokanathan
India’s Neighbourhood: The Armies of South Asia: Vishal Chandra (ed.),
Pushpita Das
Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla: David Kilcullen,
Sheel Kant Sharma
INDIA-US Partnership: Asian Challenges & Beyond : P. P. Shukla (ed.),
Balakrishna Shetty
Review of Developments in the Gulf Region: Rumel Dahiya (ed.),
COMPENDIUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Volume 8 (2013)
Volume 8 (2013) Issue 4 , (October-2013 to December-2013)
Oct-Dec
DEBATE
India Bangladesh Relations: What Lies In Store?
Deb Mukharji
Developing Multiple Areas of Mutual Advantage
Smruti S Pattanaik
Political Sagacity of the Leadership to Determine the Future
Sreeradha Datta
Political Linkages Essential for Pursuit of Long-term Gains
Anand Kumar
Strong Foundation for Future Relations
'Arab Spring' and Democracy: Possibility or an Elusive Idea by RAJEEV AGARWAL
Resilent Sino-Indian Relationship: Assessing Prime Minister's 2013 Visit by RUP NARAYAN DAS
Can India Mediate the Middle East Peace Process? by P R KUMARASWAMY
Emerging India: A Farewell to Multilateralism? by OLIVER STUENKEL
ORAL HISTORY
Eric Gonsalves
The Indian-China Parleys (1979-82)
BOOK REVIEW
B S Prakash
The Islamist Challange in West Asia: Dotrinal and Political Competitions after the Arab Spring by Talmiz Ahmad
Reshmi Kazi
India's Nuclear Energy Programme: Future Plans, Prospects and Concerns, by Rajaraman
BOOK REVIEW
Volume 8 (2013) Issue 3 , (July-2013 to September-2013)
Jul-Sep
India-Taiwan Economic Partnership: Building a New Growth Model by KRISTY HSU
India's 'Connect Central Asia' Policy : building Cooperative Partnership by MEENA SINGH ROY
DEBATE
Afganistan Post 2014: India's Options
Satish Chandra
Coping with Afganistan's Uncertain Future
Arvind Gupta
Afganistan's Uncertainies
Gurmeet Kanwal
India Must Provide Maximum Assistance-including Military Aid
Gulshan Sachdeva
India Should be Preparedfor an Enhanced Engagement
R K Sawhney
India Must Bolster the National Forces of Afganistan
Alok Bansal
Best Option for India is to Bank on the ANA
Savita Pande
India Should Work with Like-Minded Countries
Vishal Chandra
India Should Stay the Course
ORAL HISTORY
Prabhakar Memon
Reminiscences of a 'fly on the Wall'
BOOK REVIEW
Manpreet Sethi
India's Security in a Turbelent World by Jasjit Singh
Sitakant Mishra
India's Strategic Culture: The Making of national Security policy by Srikant Papanjpe
Volume 8 (2013) Issue 2 , (April-2013 to June-2013)
Apr-Jun
Transitions in Southern Asia: Implications for India by DEB MUKHARJI
Obama Administration II & India by CHINTAMANI MAHAPATRA
Emerging Dynamics of Climate Change: Post Doha Climate Gateway by DINOJ K UPADHYAY and MANORANJAN MISHRA
DEBATE
India and Turmoil in the Arab World: Two Years since the Advent of the Arab Spring
Gulshan Dietl
The ‘Spring’ Has Had a Contagious Effect Much Beyond
Ranjit Gupta
Fallout of the ‘Arab Spring’: Challenges for India
Rumel Dahiya
Arab Spring and Future of Political Islam
Sameena Hameed
International Community should Desist from Attempting to Tip the Balance
K. P. Fabian
The Second Egyptian Uprising: The Beginning of the End?
ORAL HISTORY
Arundhati Ghosh
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Intricate Moments during the Negotiations
Book Review
Alok Bansal
Poetry as Resistance: Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan: Nukhbah Taj Langah,
Bal Anand
India And New Zealand In A Rising Asia:issues And Perspectives: Man Mohini Kaul , Vibhanshu Shekhar (Eds.)
Savita Pande
India’s Foreign Policy: Emerging Challenges: Nalinikant Jha and Subhash Shukla (eds.),
Volume 8 (2013) Issue 1 , (January-2013 to March-2013)
Jan-Mar
DEBATE
THE ARCTIC: CHALLENGES, PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA
The Evolving Indian Narrative: Vijay Sakhuja
Push for a ‘Global Commons’ Theory: Kishore Kumar
India and the ‘Age of the Arctic’: Uttam Kumar Sinha
Arctic Governance Issues: India should Take a Lead Role: H. P. Rajan
The RCEP: Integrating India into the Asian Economy by KRISTY HSU
Southern Asia, India, and the Gulf Region: Understanding the New Geo-political Interface by T.V. PAUL AND HAPPYMON JACOB
Emerging Trends in Latin America, Rise of Brazil and Potential for India by SATYA R. PATTNAYAK
China, Myanmar and India: A Strategic Perspective
by RANJIT GUPTA
ORAL HISTORY
Satinder Kumar Lambah
Economic Diplomacy - Some Success Stories
BOOK REVEIW
Skand R Tayal
Making of a Diplomat: Hone Your Skills: Prem K. Budhwar,
Yogender Kumar
India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World,: Muchkund Dubey
Gurmeet Kanwal
Clashing Titans – Military Strategy and Insecurity among Asian Great Powers, : Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan,
Venkat Lokanathan
Imagining Asia in 2030: Trends, Scenarios and Alternatives: Ajay Lele and Namrata Goswami (Eds.),
Compsendium of Contributions
Volume 7 (2012)
Volume 7 (2012) Issue 4 , (October-2012 to December-2012)
Oct-Dec
Debate
COMPLEXITIES OF INDIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
India Needs to Broaden its Options: Gulshan Dietl
India can Play a Stabilizing Role in the Region : Arvind Gupta
India would have to Support UN-Sanctioned Operations: Vijay Sakhuja
Flexible and Pragmatic Bilateralism is the Best Approach: Ishrat Aziz
India and G-20 by Yogendra Kumar
The Arab Spring: Supporting Transition to Democracy by A. Gopinathan
India’s Prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean by Deepak Bhojwani
Oral History
Revisiting the 1972 Expulsion of Asians from Uganda by Niranjan Desai
Book Review
Pallavi Pal
Revisiting Contemporary South Asia: Politics, Economics and Security by Klaus Lange, Klara Knapp and Jagannath P. Panda (eds.),
Dinoj Kumar Upadhyay
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of Pakistan,Afghanistan and the West by Ahmed Rashid,
Priyadarshani Panda
Security and Development in India’s Northeast by Gurudas Das,
Manpreet Sethi
Decoding the International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities by Ajay Lele, ed.,
Volume 7 (2012) Issue 3 , (July-2012 to September-2012)
Jul-Sep
Debate
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE RIO+20 OUTCOME AND THE CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
Laying Down the ‘Red Lines’ for Successful Outcomes: Mukul Sanwal
Post Rio+20 Plan does not Inspire Confidence: Uttam Kumar Sinha
Tackling Climate Change – Rio+20 Shows the Way: Nikhil Seth
The Future of the Global Climate Regime: Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
India and Africa: Quest for Oil and Gas by Sanjay Kumar Pradhan
Education – The Neglected Tool of Indian Diplomacy by J. C. Sharma
India-Japan Defence Partnership by Rajaram Panda
India and the Republic of Korea: A Growing Strategic Partnership by Skand R. Tayal and Sandip Kumar Mishra
ORAL HISTORY
Amar Nath Ram
Economic Diplomacy in a Globalized World:Evolving Role of the Ministry of External Affairs
Book Review
Nalin Sourie
Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns? by Sachin Chaturvedi, Thomas Fues, and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (eds.),
Priyanka Singh
Confronting Al-Qaeda: New Strategies to Combat Terrorism by Kevin McGrath,
Kanwal Sibal
Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century, by Sashi Tharoor,
Chintamani Mohapatra
India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the Next Two Decades by Rumel Dahiya and Ashok K. Behuria eds.,
Volume 7 (2012) Issue 2 , (April-2012 to June-2012)
Apr-Jun
Debate
INDIA-SRI LANKA TIES: 3 YEARS AFTER THE ELIMINATION OF THE LTTE
While Building Economic Linkages, also Bridge the Ethnic Divide: R. Hariharan
Convert Military Victory into Political Opportunity of Reconciliation: N. Manoharan
Seeds of Future Conflict Still Remain: Lakhan Lal Mehrotra
Sri Lanka Needs to Do a Lot More: M.R. Narayan Swamy
Leadership Transition in China - Portents for the Future by Srikanth Kondapalli
China, the South China Sea and Implications for India by Jayadeva Ranade
A ‘BRICS’ Wall? The Complexity of China-India Multilateral Politics by Jagannath P. Panda
The BRICS New Delhi Summit: The Way Forward by Rup Narayan Das
India-Brazil Strategic Engagement – Possibilities for the Future by Amitava Tripathi
Oral History
Lakhan Lal Mehrotra
Sri Lanka: Negotiating an Honourable ‘De-induction'
Book Review
Gunjan Singh
The Rise of China: Implications for India by Harsh V. Pant (Ed.),
SHIV RAM KRISHNA PANDE
Emerging Asian Nuclear Environment: Implications for India by Arvind Gupta and K.D. Kapur,
CHITTARANJAN SENAPATI, ARJUN SIDHARTH
Does The Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy by David Malone,
MONIKA CHANSORIA
South Asian Security: 21st Century Discourses by Sagarika Dutt and Alok Bansal (Eds.),
Volume 7 (2012) Issue 1 , (January-2012 to March-2012)
Jan-Mar
Debate
INDIA AND THE NEW ‘RESURGENT AFRICA
Empowering Africa and India through Enhanced Cooperation: Rajiv Bhatia
New Opportunities, New Strategies: H.H.S. Viswanathan
Changing Dynamics of India-Africa Relations in the Twenty-first Century: Aparajita Biswas
Rising India and Resurgent Africa: It’s Time to Tango: Manish Chand
The Durand Line by Satinder Kumar Lambah
The Changing Arctic - Asian Response by Vijay Sakhuja
India's Look East Policy: Its Origin and Development by Lakhan Mehrotra
India-China Relations: Current State and Future Direction by Nalin Surie
Oral History
K P Fabian
Biggest Ever Air Evacuation in History
Book Review
Monish Tourangbam
Cruise Missiles by Sitakanta Mishra,
Sitakanta Mishra
The Future of Pakistan by Stephen P. Cohen and Others,
Gunjan Singh
Space Security: Need for Global Convergence by Arvind Gupta and Others (eds.),
Volume 6 (2011)
Volume 6 (2011) Issue 4 , (October-2011 to December-2011)
Oct-Dec
Debate
INDIA AND BANGLADESH – A NEW PHASE IN BILATERAL RELATIONS
Deb Mukharj
Seize the Opportunity:
M. Harun-Ar-Rashid
Let us Prove that Past Is Past
Smruti S Pattanaik
Make the People the Ultimate Stakeholders
Sreeradha Datta
Show Tangible Results Leading to Visible Benefits
India-China-Pakistan Triangle: The US Factor by Chintamani Mahapatra
China: Geopolitics of a Thirsty Nation by Uttam Kumar Sinha
The South China Sea Dispute: Implication for India by Raman Puri and Arun Sahgal
The Rise of China and India: Regional and Global Perspectives by Amita Batra
Oral History
Satinder K Lambah
Many Firsts - Establishment of Berkeley Chairs in India Studies
Contents Vol. 6 No. 1
Contents Vol. 6 No. 2
Contents Vol. 6 No. 3
Contents: Vol. 6, No. 3
Contents Vol. 6, No. 4
Book Review
D. S. Rajan
On China by Henry Kissinger,
Balakrishna Shetty
Diplomacy: Indian Style by K.P. Fabian,
Vikash Ranjan
Reinvigorating IOR-ARCed. by Vijay Sakhuja (ed.),
Volume 6 (2011) Issue 3 , (July-2011 to September-2011)
Jul-Sep
Debate
AFGHANISTAN : POST-US ‘DRAW-DOWN’ AND INDIA
Pursue an Activist Policy, Reaching out to All Players
Satish Chandra
Limited Options for India amidst Growing Uncertainty
Arvind Gupta and Ashok K Behuria
The Hype about India’s Strategic Role
Vidya Shankar Aiya
Afghanistan will Benefit from the Strength of India
Hamid Karzai
UNSC: Resistance to Revolutionary Change by T. P. Sreenivasan
India's Soft Balancing with China and the US in the Twenty-first Century by Vinod Khanna
South Asian Regionalism: Prospects and Challenges by Sheel Kant Sharma
Myanmar-India Relations: The Way Forward by Rajiv Kumar Bhatia
India and China: Constrained Cooperation by Monika Chansoria
Oral History
Sudhir T. Devare
India’s ‘Rediscovery’ of the East
Book Reviews
K L Dalal
An Envoy Looks Back – A Memoir : K.H. Patel,
Nuclear Disarmament: India-EU Perspectives ed by V R Raghavan : Kanica Rakhra
The East Moves West: India, China and Asia’s Growing Presence in the Middle East by Geoffrey Kemp: Prashant Kumar Pradhan
Volume 6 (2011) Issue 2 , (April-2011 to June-2011)
Apr-Jun
Debate
INDIA AND TURMOIL IN THE ARAB WORLD
March Towards Democracy will be Slow and Asymptotic
K. P. Fabian
A Painful Path to Democratization
P. R. Kumaraswamy
India Should Help in Restoring Peace and Stability in the Region
Rumel Dahiya
India Needs to Move from ‘Mild’ to the ‘Middle’
Sameena Hameed
South Asia's Destiny: Conflict or Cooperation? by Rajiv Kumar Bhatia
Pakistan after Abbotabad by Savita Pande
Destination Africa: China, India and Japan by Mohammed Badrul Alam and Amit Kumar Gupta
India and Japan: Prospects for Civil Nuclear Cooperation by Rajaram Panda and Ch. Viyyanna Sastry
Oral History
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
Climate Change Negotiations: Guarding the “Overriding Prioritiesâ€Â
Book Review
A.S. Bhasin
My Days in Sri Lanka by L. Mehrotra,
SITAKANTA MISHRA
Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks, and Power in India by Robert S. Anderson
Alok Bansal
Sixty Years in Self Exile: No Regrets – A Political Autobiography by B.M. Kutty,
Volume 6 (2011) Issue 1 , (January-2011 to March-2011)
Jan-Mar
DEBATE
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: NEXT STEP FOR INDIA
Growing Awareness between India and Latin America Vivek Katju
The New Latin America and the Next Steps for India R. Viswanathan
Much to Gain by Working Together in the Emerging International Order: Jorge Heine
The Challenges to Indian Diplomacy in the Twenty-first Century by M. Hamid Ansari Hon’ble Vice President of India
Securing India's Future through its Neighbourhood by Satinder Kumar Lambah
GCC-Iran Rivalry and Strategic Challenges for India in the Gulf by Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
Prospects of India becoming a Global Power by Amitava Tripathi
Role of Technology in India's Foreign Relations by Bhaskar Balakrishnan
Oral History
I. P. Khosla: Last Days of the Soviet Troops in Afghanistan
Book Review
Aditi Bhaduri: Ethnicity, Marginality and Identity: The Jews of Cochin in Israel by Ginu Zacharia Oommen
Avinash Godbole
China’s Path to Power: Party, Military and the Politics of State Transition by Jagannath P. Panda
Volume 5 (2010)
Volume 5 (2010) Issue 4 , (October-2010 to December-2010)
Oct - Dec
Debate
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND EVOLVING SECURITY SCENARIOS IN NEPAL
Current Impasse is a Betrayal by Maoists
Ashok K Mehta
Change of Generation Need to be Grasped by Policymakers
Nishchal N. Pandey
India to Accept Maoists as Important Players
K.V. Rajan
The Politics of Multilaterism: The Geneva Story by Swashpawan Singh
Our Water Future by Ramaswamy R. Iyer
Elections in Myanmar: Implications for India by Sanjay Pulipaka
South Asia: A Way Forward by Lakhan Mehrotra
US-India Nuclear Deal: The Saga of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill by Shalendra D. Sharma
Oral History
The (Hi)story of One Lakh Visas : Mani Shankar Aiyar
by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Book Review
Arif Ali Khan
India and New Zealand:Emerging Challenges by Rajaram Panda and Pankaj Jha, eds.,
ANIMESH ROUL
Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on Chola Naval Expeditions to
Southeast Asia Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja, eds.,
Priyanka Singh
Obama's war: The Inside Story by Bob Woodward,
Arvind Kumar
Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World
Volume 5 (2010) Issue 3 , (July-2010 to September-2010)
Jul - Sep
DEBATE: INDIA, RUSSIA AND THE SHIFT IN GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER
Does Russia Matter in India’s Foreign Policy? Anuradha M. Chenoy
A Time-tested Partnership Prakash Nanda
A Catalyst for India’s Military Industrial Complex Vijay Sakhuja
Does Russia Matter In India's Foregin Policy? by Anuradha M. Chenoy
A Time Tested Partnership by Prakash Nanda
A Catalyst For India's Military Industrial Complex by Vijay Sakhuja
The Case for Stronger Brazil-India Relations
by Oliver Stuenkel
The Case For Stronger Brazil-India Relations
by Oliver StuenkelChina And The South China Sea : Future Power Projections by Rajaram Panda, Shamshad A. Khan
Geopolitical And Economic Significance of Central Eurasia : Indian Perspetive by Nivedita Das Kundu
Post-conflict India-Sri Lanka Relations : With Lions, Without Tigers by N. Manoharan
Drivers of Obama's Afpak Policy : An Indian View by Rajeshwari Pillai Rajagopalan
ORAL HISTORY
Representing India during the Vietnam Conundrum: Prem Kumar Budhwar
Representing India During The Vietnam Conundrum by Prem Kumar Budhwar
BOOK REVIEW
ISHANI NASKAR
Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s North East Subir Bhaumik,
Vishnu Priya
Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri and India's Foreign Policy: The Democracy Dimensio by S D Muni
Anushree Bhattacharyya
South and Southeast Asia:Res
Troubled Periphery : Crisis of India's North East Bu Subir Bhaumik by Ishani Naskar
Challenge And Strategy : Rethinking India's Foregin Policy By Rajiv Sikri And India's Foregin Policy : The Democracy Dimension By S.D. Muni by Vishnu Priya
South And Southeast Asia : Responding To Changing Geo-Political And Security Challenges (eds.) By KV Kesavan And Daljit Singh by Anushree Bhattacharyya
Volume 5 (2010) Issue 2 , (April-2010 to June-2010)
Apr - Jun
DEBATE
Post 'NPT Review Conference 2010': India's Choices And Concerns
Arundhati Ghosh
India And The NPT Will Reman Strangers For The Foreseeable Future
Manpreet Sethi
No Reason for India to be on the Defensive
Rajesh Rajagopalan
India Needs to Seek a New Compact with the Non-proliferation Order
N. S. Sisodia and A. Vinod Kumar
Proactive Engagement for Greater Integration
by Arundhati Ghose
No Reason For India To Be On The Defensive
by Manpreet Sethi
India Needs To Seek A NEw Compact With The Non-Proliferation Order
by Rajesh Rajagopalan
Proactive Engagement For Greater Integration
by N.S. Sisodia, Vinod KumarProspects For A Nuclear-Weapons Free World by K. Subrahmanyam
The International Criminal Court : Should India Continue To Stay Out by Dilip Lahiri
Economic Diplomacy Challenges In The New Decade by V S Seshadri
The United States And The Emerging Balance of Power In Asia by Chintamani Mahapatra
Cooperation And Discord In India - China Relationship : Key To The Future of South And South - East Asia by Binoda Kumar Mishra
ORAL HISTORY
The India - Taipei Association : A Mission Extraordinaire
by Vinod C Khanna
BOOK REVIEW
India's Nuclear Debate : Exceptionalism And The Bomb By Priyanjali Malik
by Ali Ahmed
U.S. Policy Towards India : A Post Cold War Study By Amulya Kumar Tripathy And Rabi Narayan Tripathy
by D. Santishree Pandit
Caretaking Democracy : Political Process In Bangladesh By Sreeradha Dutta
by Susenjit Guha
A History of Bangladesh By Willem Van Schendel
by Punam PandeyVolume 5 (2010) Issue 1 , (January-2010 to March-2010)
Jan - Mar
Post-Copenhagen Scenarios : India's Options And Interests Climate Change : The Road To
Cancun
Shyam Saran
Climate Change: The Road in the Public Domain
P K Gautam
Getting the Science Right in the Public Domain
Mukul Sanwal
Turning A Crisis into an Opportunity
by Shyam Saran
Getting The Science Right In The Public Domain
by P K Gautam
Turning A Crisis Into An Opportunity
by Mukul SanwalIndia's Place In The World by LORD BHIKHU PAREKH
The Moderate Taliban Theory : Indian Dilemma by J. N Mahanty, Sanjeeb Kumar Mohanty
Striving For A Nuclear Weapon Free World by Saurabh Kumar
Indo - Russian Strategic Partnership In The Twenty First Century by Arun Mohanty
ORAL HISTORY
From Nuclear Apartheid To Nuclear Deal : The First Steps
by K. RAGHUNATH
BOOK REVIEW
Dhruv C. Katoch
The Unmaking of Nepal By R.S.N. Singh
Ramakrushna Pradhan
India's Energy Security edited by Ligia Noronha and Anant Sudarshan
Vineet Thakur
India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and ProspectEdited by Sumit Ganguly
Aditi Malhotra
Pakistan’s Military and its Strategy by Shalini Chawla,
by DHRUV C. KATOCH
India's Energy Security Edited By Ligia Noronha And Anant Sudarshan
by RAMAKRUSHNA PRADHAN
India's Foreign Policy : Retrospect And Prospect Edited By Sumit Ganguly
by VINEET THAKUR
Pakistan's Military And Its Strategy By Shalini Chawla
by ADITI MALHOTRAVolume 4 (2009)
Volume 4 (2009) Issue 4 , (October-2009 to December-2009)
Oct-Dec
DEBATE
India And The Indian Ocean Littoral : Opportunities And Challenges
Deterrence And Cooperation Must Play Complementary Roles by P.S. Das
India Poised To Assume A Proactive Role by G.V.C. Naidu
India Best Suited To Give The Thrust by Shubha Singh
ARTICLES
India And China : Similar Challenges, Different Roadmaps by Krishnan Srinivasan
India's West Asia Approach : A Triumph of Bilateralism by Andrew D. Brunatti, David M. Malone
Cultural Horizon of India's Foreign Policy : Relevance For Its Neighbourhood by Sameena Hameed
ORAL HISTORY
Evolution of Bhutan's International Personality by A.N. Ram
BOOK REVIEW
Towards The New Horizon : World Order In The 21st Century By James B.L. Mayall And Krishnan Srinivasan by Vishnu Priya
A Sikh Diplomat By Gunwant J. Malik by K.L. Dalal
Balochistan In Turmoil : Pakistan At Crossroads By Alok Bansal by Indranil Banerjie
India : The Emerging Energy Player By Girijesh Pant by Poornima Ravinathan
Volume 4 (2009) Issue 3 , (July-2009 to September-2009)
Jul-Sep
DEBATE : Pakistan - Afghanistan Situation : Policy Options For India
Devise Steps To Bring Pakistan To Heel by Satish Chandra
Appears To Be Part of United States Exit Strategy by Kalim Bahadur
Afghanistan : Red, Amber Or Green ? An Analysis of Alternative Futures by Gurmeet Kanwal
Love Thy Neighbour And Build Good Fences by Vidya Shankar Aiyar
ARTICLES
The Obama Administartion And India : Searching For A Relationship by Shalendra D.Sharma
China's Diplomatic And Strategic Balancing Acts In Southern Asia by Vijay Sakuja
Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbours? Barack Obama And The Rebuilding of US-Latin American Relations by Jorge Heine
North Korea-Myanmar Nuclear Links : India's Concerns by Rajaram Panda
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Significance For India by Nivedita Das Kundu
ORAL HISTORY
Birth of Bangladesh : Down Memory Lane by Arundhati Ghosh
BOOK REVIEW
Nuclear Strategy : India's March Towards Credible Deterrence By Manpreet Sethi by Ali Ahmed
Making US Foreign Policy Towards South Asia : Regional Imperatives And The Imperial Presidency (eds) Lloyd I. Rudolph And Susanne Hoeber Rudolph by Sanjeev Kumar Srivastav
Billions of Entrepreneurs By Tarun Khanna by Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
Security Perception And China - India Relations By Li Li by Shiv Poojan Prasad Pathak
Volume 4 (2009) Issue 2 , (April-2009 to June-2009)
Apr- Jun
DEBATE : New Obama Administration : Challenges And Opportunities For India
President Obama :Plans And Impediments by K.P. Fabian
Would Obama Walk The Extra Mile ? by Chintamani Mahapatra
Once Again On The Roller-Coaster by Sachidananda Murthy
The Obama Phenomenon : What To Make of It ? by Satya R. Pattnayak
ARTICLES
India And Singapore : Dynamic Economic Partners by Gautam Murthy
India's Disaster Relief Diplomacy by D. Suba Chandran
Security Implications of Greater India-Myanmar Interaction by Binoda Kumar Mishra
Geopolitics of Climate Change And India's Position by Uttam Kumar Sinha
Political Activism of The Tamil Diaspora In The West : The Battle Outside Sri Lanka by Manohari Velamati
ORAL HISTORY
The Quest For The High Table by C.R. Gharekhan
BOOK REVIEW
India And The Gulf ed. By I.P. Khosla by Antara Mitra
India_Africa Relations : Emerging Policy And Development Perspective ed. By V.S. Seth by Seema Shekhawat
China And India : Politics of Icremental Engagement By Alka Acharya by Nihar Ranjan Pradhan
South Asia's Cold War : Nuclear Weapons And Conflict In Comparative Perspective By Rajesh M. Basrur by Atul Mishra
Volume 4 (2009) Issue 1 , (January-2009 to March-2009)
Jan - Mar
DEBATE
Recent Development In Sri Lanka : Domestic And Regional Implication
A Lesson In That Past For The Present Rulers by Lakhan Mehrotra
Understanding The State And Military Victory In Sri Lanka by P. Sahadevan
India's Hands-Off Policy Has Not Served Its National Interest by Ashok Mehta
Is LITE About To Be Vanquished? by M.R. Narayan Swamy
ARTICLES
Responding To Ethnic Conflicts by Hussein Solomon, Sally Matthews
In Search of Consensus : Analysing India-Japan Relations by Mohammed Badrulalam
India's Nuclear Weapons Programme : Retrospect And Prospects by Suresh Dhanda
Climate Change And Security : Present And Future Challenges For Diplomacy by P.K. GAUTAM
Changing Winds In China-Taiwan Relations : Appraising Reality by Monika Chansoria
ORAL HISTORY
Is IBSA The Neo-NAM? by Shashank
BOOK REVIEW
A Life Across Three Continents : Recollections of A Diplomat's Wife by Girish Dhume
My Life By Fidel Vastro, With Ignacio Ramonet, Translated By Andrew Hurley by R. Narayanan
Shridath Ramphal : The Commonwealth And The World by Krishnan Srinivasan
Pakistan Engagement of Teh Extremes By Ashutosh Misra by K.N. Tennyson
Volume 3 (2008)
Volume 3 (2008) Issue 4 , (October-2008 to December-2008)
Oct - Dec
DEBATE
Women In The Indian Foreign Service
There Is Still Glorification of Robust Maleness by Arundhati Ghose
Glass Ceiling Has Disappeared But With A Caveat by Inder Malhotra
Gender Equality : This May Well Reach A Crisis Point by Kishan S. Rana
Is The Glass Ceiling Still At Work ? by K.P. Vijayalakshmi
ARTICLES
Doha - Lame Duck More Than Dead Duck : An Indian Perspective by Bibekdebroy
Strategic Covergence Between Indian And Vietnam In The Twenty-First Century : "Look East" As A Parameter by Tridib Chakraborti
India's Antipodean Neighbour : Why Engaging Australia Matters by Rahul Mishra
India's Role In South Asia : Perceived Hegemony Or Reluctant Leadership ? by Madhavi Bhasin
India-US Strategic Partnership, The Asian Balance of Power And The Gretaer Middle East by Iftikhar A. Lodhi
ORAL HISTORY
Prelude To Nepal's First Jan Andolan by Arvind Deo
BOOK REVIEW
EU India Relations :A Critique By Shazia Aziz Wulbers by Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
The Jamdani Revolution : Politics, Personalities And Civil Society In Bangladesh 1989-92 By Krishanan Srinivasan by Sanjay Bhardwaj
Between The rising Powers : China, Singapore And India By Asad-ul Iqbal Latif by Anushree Bhattacharyya Chakraborty
Internationalization of Higher Education : An Aspect of India's Foreign Relations By Kavita A. Sharma by Priyadarshini Panda
Volume 3 (2008) Issue 3 , (July-2008 to September-2008)
Jul - Sep
DEBATE
Dealing With Maoist Nepal
Take Indian out of Nepal's Internal Politics by Deb Mukharji
An Awkward Embrace by Ajai Sahni
Extend Constructive Support by K.V. Rajan
Popular Pillar : Only Option by Deepak Thapa
ARTICLES
Economic Slowdown In The US And Implications For India by S. Narayan
Internationalisation of Higher Education : An Aspect of India's Foreign Relations by Kavita A. Sharma
India And The United States In A Seesaw On The Nuclear Partnership by Narottam Gaan
Cooperation For Energy Security And Sustainable Development (CESSD) A South-South Perspective by Samir Ranjan Pradhan
Management of India - China Border Area : A Case Study Arunachal Pradesh by Pusphita Das
ORAL HISTORY
India Ans Singapore : Close Economic And Startegic Engagement by See Chak Mun
BOOK REVIEW
Spotlight On Neighbours : Talks At The IIC ed By I. P Khosla by Arvind Gupta
Bahudha nd The Post 9/11 World By Balmiki Prasad Singh by Happymon Jacob
Towards Freedom In South Asia : Democratization Peace And Regional Co-operation, Eds., V.A. Pai Panandiker And Rahul Tripathi by Aparajita Gangopadhyay
Four Crises And A Peace Process : American Engagement In South Asia By P.R. Chari Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephan P. Cohen by Antara Mitra
Volume 3 (2008) Issue 2 , (April-2008 to June-2008)
Apr-Jun
DEBATE
India' Diaspora Policy
Poised To Play An Important Role by J.C. Sharma
Comparative Understanding Needs To Be Arrived At by Ajay Dubey
A Coherent Policy Warranted by Niranjan Desai
Keep Alive The Ties In An Innovative Way by Shubha Singh
ARTICLES
India - Russia Relations : An Analysis by Kanwal Sibal