Strategic Analysis
Strategic Analysis is the bimonthly journal of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. It is published by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom.
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The Journal provides a forum for independent research, analyses, and commentaries on national, regional and international security issues that have policy relevance. It seeks to promote a better understanding of Indian thinking on contemporary national and international themes. The Journal reflects a diversity of views from the strategic and international relations studies community both from within and outside India. The flagship in the IDSA stable of publications, Strategic Analysis began as a monthly journal in April 1977 and served as a medium for publishing commentaries on current events. From early 1987, its contents came to include both research articles as well as commentaries on national and international developments. It was transformed into a quarterly, refereed, journal in 2002. Routledge has been publishing the journal in a bi-monthly format since January 2007.
Scholars and analysts are welcome to submit well-researched papers for publication in this refereed journal.
Submissions should be directed to Mr. Vivek Kaushik, Associate Editor at vkaushik.idsa@nic.in
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Current Issue: January-February 2024
The first issue of 2024 includes contributions exploring diverse themes with a common thread: peace and security in the Afro-Asian region. Emphasizing the 'seismic' shift in the US strategy in South Asia, Sankalp Gurjar highlights that this shift is primarily driven by two factors: the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and China’s growing challenge in the Indo-Pacific. Israel Nyaburi Nyadera reviews the African security architecture over the past two decades, arguing for urgent structural reforms to maintain the continent's relevance in changing circumstances. Poornima Balasubramanian closely examines the geopolitics in West Asia, focusing on the conflict in Yemen and the intricacies of the Saudi Arabia-UAE alliance through the theoretical framework of intra-alliance politics. The Archives section focuses on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the role of the superpowers since the Camp David Agreement of September 1978 and the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty of March 1979, highlighting their attempts to gain influence in the region amidst the turmoil.