Despite the huge differences in the current naval capabilities of China, India, and the United States, the three countries are locked in a triangular struggle destined to mold the future Indo-Pacific.
Rising China and emerging India are becoming major maritime powers. As they build large navies to secure their growing interests, both nations are roiling the waters of the Indo-Pacific.
2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Sino-Indian border war, yet the present regional and bilateral conditions are still far from congenial.
Examining the realities of India's state capacity suggests that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, building up the Indian state in several critical areas may be an important part of the solution to India's economic woes.
Muslims in India are a much less united and homogeneous group than conventional wisdom might suggest.
Southern Asia is undergoing a significant transformation in the strategic force postures of its principal states.
The Kargil conflict was a milestone event in Indian military history and one that represents a telling prototype of India’s most likely type of future combat challenge.
The Kargil-Dras sector, a portion of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir, became the focus of international attention in 1999, when a Pakistani incursion into the Indian-administered territory sparked a war.
Economic reforms put forward in India are merely the first step of a longer process that faces significant political opposition.
The Cold War policy of nonalignment might look attractive on paper, but in an increasingly uncertain world, India cannot afford to eschew ties with like-minded foreign powers.