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China Pulls Back
RUSI Newsbrief, 10 July 2020
Sarosh Bana
An uneasy truce has developed between India and China. Beijing stunned New Delhi by commencing withdrawal on 6 July from areas it had seized two months earlier.
Tags: China, India
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border
Commentary, 9 July 2020
Don McLain Gill
While the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh appears limited to the border between the two states, the confrontation extends to the sea as well. Here, India may hold an advance if it improves its power-projection capabilities.
Tags: China, India
India–China Clashes: Escalation Along the Line of Actual Control
Commentary, 18 June 2020
Aaditya Dave
The first bloody clash between China and India in decades could lead to a profound realignment between the two giants.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, India
India and the ‘Quad Plus’ Dialogue
Commentary, 12 June 2020
Jagannath Panda
The ‘Quad Plus’ dialogue serves India’s broader strategic interests.
Tags: China, United States, India
A Military Analysis of the Sino–Indian Border Clashes
Commentary, 2 June 2020
Nick Reynolds and Sidharth Kaushal
Chinese military incursions at the border with India may signify Beijing’s desire for a permanent shift in the military status quo between the two powers.
Tags: Military Sciences, Japan, India
Not the ‘Spirit of Wuhan’: Skirmishes Between India and China
Commentary, 21 May 2020
Walter C Ladwig
What explains the occurrence of multiple confrontations between Indian and Chinese forces at disparate points along their disputed border?
Tags: China, IndiaPages
For Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan, We Need at Least a Modest Bargain with India
Commentary, 23 July 2018Whit Mason
A ‘grand bargain’, first proposed by the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, is needed now more than ever to allay Islamabad’s concerns with India’s presence in Afghanistan, although garnering the necessary public support for peace will be no simple task.
International Security Studies, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tackling Extremism, India, The Pakistan Nexus, The War on Terror, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Global Security Issues
India’s Strategic Links with the US: Differing Visions, Different Impact
Commentary, 4 June 2018Dr Vinjay Kaura
As India’s strategic links with the US expand, New Delhi will find it difficult to shield its fruitful military relations with Russia. In theory, India does not have to face a binary choice between allies, but in practice, may increasingly be faced with precisely this predicament.
China, United States, India, Russia, Global Security Issues
India’s Ambiguity and the Chinese Threat
Commentary, 24 May 2018John Hemmings and Tanya Sen
The recent Indo-Chinese rapprochement between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is an example of a tectonic shift in great power relations. Or is it just the start of a new geopolitical chess game that prevents India from adopting a more thoughtful approach to its region?
China, RUSI International, India, Global Security Issues
Modi–Xi Summit: Structural Issues Curb Forward Momentum
Commentary, 4 May 2018Aaditya Dave
The meeting between India’s prime minister and China’s president inspires cautious optimism, but the loose nature of the discussion is an indication that tackling longstanding differences between China and India is likely to be difficult.
China, India, Central and South Asia
Pakistan’s Military Reaches Out to India
Commentary, 3 May 2018Kamal Alam
Senior Pakistani officers, led by Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, realise that the way to peace and prosperity is through military cooperation with India. Will New Delhi reciprocate?
Pakistan, IndiaPages
Book Review: JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
RUSI Journal, 29 September 2016Peter Roberts
Peter Roberts reviews JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War, by Bruce Riedel.
China, Military Sciences, RUSI Journal, US Defence Policy, India, History
China’s Belt and Road: A View From Delhi
Conference Reports, 29 June 2016Sarah Lain and Raffaello Pantucci
Proceedings of a workshop held in New Delhi in March 2016 to explore the challenges that China’s strategic Belt and Road vision to connect Central Asia hopes to address.
China, International Security Studies, Afghanistan, India, Conference Reports
Nuclear Weapons on Trial: The Marshall Islands Versus the United Kingdom
RUSI Newsbrief, 20 May 2016Emil Dall
The tiny Marshall Islands goes to the International Court of Justice to compel nuclear weapon states to commit to disarmament.
Pakistan, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI Newsbrief, India, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Indian Power Projection: Ambition, Arms and Influence (WHP 85)
Whitehall Papers, 27 December 2015Shashank Joshi
India’s power projection remains in a nascent stage while its threat perceptions continue to be dominated by local threats. But as the country’s power, interests and capabilities all grow, India may...
Aerospace, Whitehall Papers, India, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Maritime Forces
Burmese Days: India’s Cross-Border Response to Militancy
RUSI Newsbrief, 20 November 2015Rishi Athreya
Co-operation with neighbours and regional economic development offer a lasting solution to India’s problems on its border with Burma
RUSI Newsbrief, IndiaPages
"Capitalising on Japan's improving ties with India would help mitigate US concerns and realise this project's full potential, thus enabling the fulfilment of New Delhi and Tehran's strategic ambitions."
Chabahar: The key to a strategic partnership between India and Iran?
In The News, 9 March 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Iran, India, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
"'Rafsanjani did not single-handedly change the relationship. Structural factors, such as India’s economic liberalisation and the situation in Afghanistan, were more important. But as a relative pragmatist, he was able to overcome those in Tehran who had argued for a tilt to Pakistan and a continued focus on Kashmir and communal issues.'"
The pragmatist’s pivot to India
In The News, 16 January 2017 Tags: Pakistan, Iran, India, Global Security Issues
"'If Pakistan fears that India may aspire to destroying Pakistan’s nukes on the ground, thereby undercutting mutual deterrence, then it makes sense to put weapons at sea, where they are more survivable.This would come with a huge price tag.' "
Pakistan fires its first submarine-based nuclear cruise missile
In The News, 9 January 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Pakistan, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, India, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Central and South Asia
""India’s growing arms footprint in Afghanistan points to an important future aspect of its regional power projection.""
The pivot through Kabul
In The News, 1 November 2016 Tags: India
""The chest thumping in some parts of the Indian media is dangerous, because it exaggerates capabilities, underplays risks, and substitutes strategy with emotion. But far worse is the systematic denial that the terrorist groups that operate on Pakistani soil are, at root, instruments of the state.""
India -Pakistan Clash: Three shades of denial
In The News, 6 October 2016 Tags: Pakistan, India
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement