Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda's commentary on India-North Korea relations, titled ‘Pyongyang and India: Strategic Choices on the Korean Peninsula’ was published by the Asia-Pacific Bulletin of the East West Centre, USA on February 20, 2019.
The commentary argues that India has not been constrained by broader diplomatic concerns in pursuing a forward-looking approach toward North Korea.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda's Chapter on India and the Pacific Ocean, titled ‘India and the Pacific Ocean: The "Act East" Between Trade, Infrastructure and Security’ has been published in Axel Berkofsky and Sergio Miracola (eds.) ‘Geopolitics by Other Means: The Indo-Pacific’ in ISPI Report on February 01, 2019.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda's Co-authored paper titled 'Managing Connectivity Conflict: EU-India Cooperation and China's Belt and Road Initiative' has been published as Asia Paper (December 2018) at the Institute for Security & Development Policy, Sweden.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s opinion piece on India’s stance toward China’s revisionist proposals, titled ‘Does India Perceive China as a Revisionist Power?’ was published at the Pacific Forum's (Honolulu) PacNet Commentary.
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 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.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda's article on India’s approach to the Quadrilateral Consultative Forum (Quad), titled ‘India's Call on China in the Quad: A Strategic Arch between Liberal and Alternative Structure’ was published in a special issue of the Rising Powers Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 2, August 2018,. The special issue was titled ‘The "Indo-Pacific"- Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century's New Geopolitical Center of Gravity’.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s article on India’s approach towards Quadrilateral consultative forum (Quad), titled ‘India’s Continental Connect on Indo-Pacific and Quad 2.0’ was published in the Asia Pacific Bulletin on September 26, 2018.
Except for a few official statements, India has avoided terming this four-country consultative meeting as a 'quadrilateral' forum, and has preferred to officially term it as 'India-Australia-Japan-U.S. Consultations on Indo-Pacific, Says Dr Panda.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s article on the strategic partnership between India and the United States, titled ‘Does India endorse a US-led regional order?’ was published in East Asia Forum on September 23, 2018.
India’s vision of a regional order is not aligned closely with the US-led order. And certainly improving its relationships with the United States doesn’t mean that India is willing to retreat from building its relationships with China as a vital regional partner, writes Dr Panda.
