Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s article on India-Japan relations, titled ‘India-Japan embrace should stretch out to Eurasia’ was published at the East Asia Forum (EAF) on November 13, 2018.

No other partnership has witnessed the kind of unprecedented progress that the India–Japan partnership has over the last two decades. The new India–Japan Vision Statement reiterates the two countries’ commitment to work together in the Indo-Pacific and the world at large, writes Dr Panda.

Research Analyst, IDSA, Ms Nagapushpa Devendra’s article on Turkey-Syria discord, titled ‘Assad-Kurds alliance can resolve Turkey’s conundrum in Syria’ was published by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) on November 09, 2018.

The article analyses Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to establish a ‘demilitarized zone’ in Idlib to forestall Syrian bombardment against rebels’ last stronghold.

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the Maldives, titled ‘Nasheed’s return: China too deeply entrenched in the Maldives now’ was published in National Herald on November 09, 2018.

Research Consultant, under the Pakistan News Digest Project, IDSA, Ms Zainab Akhter’s commentary on Imran Khan’s maiden visit to China, titled ‘Imran’s China Visit: In Search Of An Economic Package?’ was published in AIR World Service, an External Services Division of All India Radio, on November 05, 2018.

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Professor P Stobdan’s article on Ladakh, titled ‘Ladakh’s long wait for more’ was published in ‘The Tribune’ on October 30, 2018.

Considering Ladakh’s geo-strategic significance and in the light of Pakistan recently promulgating the Gilgit Baltistan Order 2018, a change in Ladakh is critical. New Delhi has to be mindful of China blustering its way through the region under its CPEC projects which will have direct consequences for Ladakh, writes Professor Stobdan.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article, titled ‘Identity politics and the threat to individualism’ was published in Al-Arabiya website, Dubai-based news channel, on October 29, 2018.

The article underscores the importance of the liberal ideal of individualism as a bulwark against the rising tide of identity politics, based on the denominations of race, religion, gender, caste, etc.

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Research Analyst, Ms Gulbin Sultana’s commentary on Sri Lanka, titled ‘Sri Lanka in the throes of a Political Crisis’ was published in the AIR World Service, an External Services Division of All India Radio, on October 29, 2018.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda's article, titled 'India's Strategic Moments in US-China Tug-of-War', was published in The Asian Age on October 21, 2018.

America-China relations are witnessing a confrontationist-competitive shift. India must plan to take advantage of anti-Chinese measures the USA is internationalising.

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Research Consultant, under the Pakistan News Digest Project, IDSA, Ms Zainab Akhter’s article on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), titled ‘Pakistan and the Politics of CPEC: A Rethink on the Anvil?’ was published in ‘South Asian Voices’ on October 21, 2018.

Research Consultant, under the Pakistan News Digest Project, IDSA, Ms Zainab Akhter’s commentary on Pakistan’s economic crisis, titled ‘IMF, Pakistan and The Chinese Debt-Trap!’ was published by AIR World Service, an External Services Division of All India Radio, on October 19, 2018.