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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, India
Integrated Review: The UK’s Approach to India
Commentary, 5 May 2020
Aaditya Dave
As the UK charts a new foreign policy following its exit from the EU, strengthening relations with India is likely to be a key objective.
Tags: International Security Studies, UK Integrated Review 2021, India, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, History, Law and Ethics, Central and South Asia
Assessing the US–India Strategic Partnership in the Wake of the Trump Visit
RUSI Newsbrief, 17 April 2020
Walter Ladwig
Bilateral cooperation between the US and India has expanded in key areas, but the relationship increasingly rests on unstable foundations.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, India, Global Security IssuesPages

Israel and India: The Ties that Bind
Commentary, 23 January 2018Joseph Millis
A moribund Middle East peace process means that Israel is finding it increasingly tough to do business with its biggest trading partner, the EU. So, the self-proclaimed ‘Start-Up Nation’ is looking elsewhere for deals, and India fits the bill nicely.
India, Israel
Doklam Plateau: A Challenge to China’s Great Power Ambitions?
Commentary, 25 August 2017Amrita Jash
Will China's face off with India over the Doklam Plateau put a dent in Beijing's bid to be seen as a responsible world power?
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
India and China: Will the Doklam Row Plateau Off?
Commentary, 2 August 2017Shashank Joshi
Since mid-June, India and China have been locked in the most serious crisis between the two countries in 30 years.
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
The War on Cash
Commentary, 6 January 2017Haylea Campbell
The war on cash – and especially against high-denomination banknotes – has gathered pace over the past year. It is a campaign in which countries have taken different approaches with differing results, but one which is likely to be continued and spread world-wide.
Central and South America, India, AML/CTF, Central and South Asia
The Global War on Cash: Another Front in the Fight Against Corruption and Crime
Commentary, 2 December 2016Haylea Campbell
The global fight against money laundering and financial crime continues unabated, albeit in different and often surprising forms and locations, as three disparate recent events have indicated. And cash, in the form of high-denomination bank notes, is being targeted.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, India, AML/CTF, Europe, Central and South AsiaPages

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, India
China's Relations with India: What Prospects in 2015?
RUSI Newsbrief, 26 January 2015Edward Schwarck
Entering 2015, China must learn that strong economic ties are an insufficient basis for a good bilateral relationship with India
Asia, China, International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
A Roadmap for Sino-Indian Co-operation in Afghanistan
Occasional Papers, 16 July 2014Shisheng Hu, Raffaello Pantucci and Ravi Sawhney
Come Western withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Chinese and Indian role in the country's future will be more vital than ever
China, International Security Studies, New Silk Road, Afghanistan, Occasional Papers, India
The Indian Exception to Australia’s Nuclear Trade
RUSI Newsbrief, 27 January 2012Andrea Berger
Australia’s decision to allow for uranium exports to India may signal a shift in India’s status in multilateral export control arrangements
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, RUSI Newsbrief, India, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific, Central and South Asia
India's New Armament Strategy: a return to self-sufficiency? (WHP 31)
Whitehall Papers, 2 January 1995Damon Bristow
Asia, Whitehall Papers, India, Defence Policy, Central and South AsiaPages

"“Kashmir, which is in the midst of some of the worst unrest in years, will undoubtedly feature in Nawaz Sharif’s thinking,” said Emily Winterbotham, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London. “The next army chief will also have to look internally at the extremist threat” and preside over the military’s withdrawal from operations in the tribal areas, she said."
India Tensions Complicate Pakistan Pick for Next Army Chief
In The News, 5 October 2016 Tags: International Security Studies, Pakistan, India
""In truth, the strike itself does not represent a radical new policy. India conducted local cross-border raids through the 1990s and 2000s, usually as reprisals for particular attacks. But this high-altitude, tit-for-tat war on the Line of Control, which divides Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir, was largely unknown to the Indian public, who grew frustrated at their government's apparent inaction. India's decision to go public in dramatic fashion is therefore a break with the past.""
Kashmir: Why is India's Modi going on the offensive?
In The News, 30 September 2016 Tags: Pakistan, India
"As well as reverberating across the border, Mr Modi’s tough talk is intended for a domestic audience, as New Delhi tries to deflect blame for the current crisis in Kashmir, where at least 66 people have been killed, thousands injured, and most of the population confined to their homes under a strict curfew since early July. “If you can point to Pakistan as the fundamental cause of the problem, you are exculpating yourself,” said Shashank Joshi, a senior fellow at London’s Royal United Services Institute."
From optimism to enmity in Modi’s outreach to Pakistan
In The News, 19 August 2016 Tags: Pakistan, India
"'The Indian government is very careful about the way it handles the China rhetoric, and it isn’t ready to come out arms swinging against OBOR...'"
India watches anxiously as Chinese influence grows
In The News, 9 May 2016 Tags: China, India
Strategic Convergence: Towards a New Chapter in Germany–Japan Ties
Ethiopia: A New Proxy Battlespace?
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