Abstract At a time when the focus of most of the academic research on China is on the geopolitical developments in the South China Sea…
Country or Region: India
Abstract Japan’s long-standing alliance with the US is the key feature of its defence and security policy. However, China’s rise and impact on shaping the…
Abstract It would be difficult to overstate the geostrategic and economic importance of Southeast Asia’s maritime domains. The sea lanes of communication (SLOCs) that criss-cross…
Abstract This article examines the foreign policy behavior of two rival states, India and Pakistan. Previous studies of this dyad reveal competing causal claims concerning…
Abstract The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the upgrading of India’s erstwhile “Look East Policy” (LEP) to a more action-oriented “Act East” strategy at…
Abstract As the weakest of the major powers in Asia, India is understandably the least consequential for the ordering of Southeast Asian security. Nevertheless, India’s…
Abstract While almost a decade old, Ted Hopf’s observation that the democratic peace is an observation in search of a theory still holds validity. In…
Publication Year: 2019 US-Pakistan Relations: Pakistan’s Strategic Choices in the 1990s Summary US foreign policy-making from the end of the Cold War to after 2001…
Summary This important book analyzes nuclear weapon and energy policies in Asia, a region at risk for high-stakes military competition, conflict, and terrorism. The contributors…
Abstract Neither bilateral nor multilateral approaches have successfully convinced India and Pakistan to become part of the nonproliferation regime, but a dynamic that includes China…
Abstract As India’s nuclear posture is under discussion, this Indian analyst not only argues that India’s no-first-use doctrine coupled with a recessed deterrence posture has…
Abstract India’s nuclear policy has shifted over its history, leading two Pakistani coauthors to ask, amidst a deadly nuclear arms race in South Asia today:…
Abstract As was anticipated, the nuclear sanctions imposed against Iran were finally lifted on January 16, 2016 after it was certified by the International Atomic…
Publication Year: 2016 Unconventional Warfare in South Asia: Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency Summary India is the world’s tenth largest economy and possesses the world’s fourth largest…
Abstract Nearly half a century after the five declared nuclear-weapon states in 1968 pledged under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) to “pursue negotiations in good…
