September 2021: Webinar on developments in Afghanistan and implications for India. Available here.
IMPRI India Webinar: Developments in Afghanistan and Implications for India
Bridge India Webinar: BRI, CPEC and other Chinese initiatives – Where next after COVID-19?
May 2020: Analysis of the future trajectory of the world order in a post-COVID-19 world, and the role that China, India, and others will play in it. For webinar organized by London based think tank Bridge India. Available here.
On ET Now: Analysis of Modi-Xi informal summit
October 2019: Analysis of informal summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PRC President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram, India. Available here.
China-India Relations After the NSG Plenary
Few analysts following developments at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in South Korea expected India’s membership bid to sail through. As the dust settles, what is clear is that Xi Jinping’s China differs considerably from Hu Jintao’s China. The latter did not want to stand alone; the former is on the path to establishing... Continue Reading →
Book review: Winning and wielding national power in Asia
Strategic Asia 2015-16: Foundations of National Power in the Asia-Pacific Edited by Ashley J Tellis, with Alison Szalwinski and Michael Wills (The National Bureau of Asian Research, 2015, 272 pp).In its 15th iteration, “Strategic Asia,” the flagship publication of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), revisits a topic that it took on in... Continue Reading →
IISS Regional Security Assessment 2015 – Chapter Five: China’s Regional Grand Strategy Paves the Way for Realising the China Dream
Bonnie Glaser & Deep PalChina’s policy towards its periphery seems paradoxical to many foreign observers. President Xi Jinping has attached top priority to maintaining good relations with China’s neighbours, elevating the importance of China’s periphery above its ties with the United States. At the same time, Xi stubbornly insists that China makes no concessions in... Continue Reading →
Afghanistan-Pakistan: Building Peace, Ensuring Stability
Weeks before 2014 came to a close, a savage attack by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also called the Pakistan Taliban, at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed almost 150 people—over 130 of them children. The cold-bloodedness of the attack sickened the collective consciousness of the world. It demonstrated again how important 2015 is for the... Continue Reading →
On CNBC Awaaz: Way forward for US-India relations (Hindi)
September 2014: What do India and the United States need to do to rejuvenate their relationship? Analysis during meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama in Washington DC. Available here.
On CNN-IBN: Analysis of US-India relations (English)
September 2014: Analysis of India-US relations during meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama in Washington DC. Available here.
IISS Regional Security Assessment 2014 – Chapter One: The United States’ rebalance to the Asia-Pacific in 2013
Bonnie Glaser & Deep PalThe origins of the United States’ ‘pivot’ to Asia – later renamed the ‘rebalance’ – can be traced to the early days of the Obama administration. After he was elected president in late 2008, Barack Obama directed his national-security transition team to conduct a strategic assessment of the international landscape and... Continue Reading →
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