Research Category: Scholars’ Point

The US-Iran tensions and Implications for India’s Strategic Autonomy

Although tensions between Iran and the US seem to have reduced, in the face of such an unfavorable international environment, a non-aligned and deliberately ambiguous stance may work best to serve India’s interests, for it will at least provide the much-needed breathing space to work out a strategy, which would allow India to take a position and to retain her own strategic autonomy.

Understanding the United States Space Force

The move to create USSF by the US could end up militarizing space, as it could act as the first step in an already accelerated competition between the US, China, and Russia and a direct incentive to build a space force on similar lines, ultimately increasing the likelihood of conflict in space.

IMPLICATIONS OF BREXIT

It is very significant for the UK to adopt a “positive-sum game” while continuing the process of negotiations with the European Union.

Looking Beyond the China Factor in Indo-Nepal relations

We recognize Nepal as an independent country and wish her well, but even a child knows that one cannot go to Nepal without passing through India. Therefore, no other country can have as intimate a relationship with Nepal as ours.

“2+2” Part 2: Another Landmark in India-US Strategic Relations

The second version of the India-US 2+2 Dialogue proved to be successful as the first one and carried forward the strong partnership agenda between the two nations. The commitments and promises made in this meeting projected that both India and the US need each other’s support and cooperation in the current global geopolitical scenario.

North-Korean Nuclear Question: A Critical Analysis

DPRK can have genuine security aspirations just like any other country to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is totally justified. So any negotiations needs to come with a security guarantee and provide them a fair deal but if they insist on remaining a Nuclear power they have to prove themselves as a responsible Nuclear Weapons power with a unilateral moratorium on nuclear test, No First Use Policy, Efficient Command and control mechanisms only maintaining a credible nuclear deterrent and agreeing to promise by an agreement never to share their Nuclear Technology with any state or non-state actors against international laws.

Japan’s Indo-Pacific Outlook: An Evolutionary Process

Japan has brought out its Indo-Pacific policy document, evincing clear intentions of moving forward towards greater clarity of vision in so far as the Indo-Pacific is concerned. Its partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, particularly with the Quad nations, along with bettering relations with Russia and China, reflects an approach that looks to avoid conflict and place cooperation at the center of its Indo-Pacific policy.

Theorizing the Quad: A Structural Realist Perspective

The Quad’s changing political leaderships’ perception of China has equally impacted the shaping of the Quad and would continue to shape the narrative around the Quad in tandem with the structural imperatives of the Indo-pacific.