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Politics in India—Not Business as Usual
Rafiq Dossani
Jun 19, 2018
Foreign Policy Concepts
India's ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has suffered recent, self-inflicted electoral setbacks. But it is still the best-organized and richest political party in the country. Can opposing alliances defeat the BJP?
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The Quad: Second Verse, Same as the First?
Ali Wyne @Ali_Wyne
Jun 15, 2018
The Diplomat
Members of “the Quad” — an informal collaborative arrangement among the United States, Japan, India, and Australia — have proven incapable of adopting either a shared understanding of or unified policies toward China.
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Vietnam
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Vietnam's Remarkable Month of Balancing Against China in the South China Sea
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Mar 26, 2018
The Diplomat
Vietnam in March very publicly engaged in a string of activities to strengthen deterrence against China in the South China Sea. But Hanoi's push to deepen external defense ties with states that can help its cause will not necessarily translate into greater risk-taking in the region.
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Environmental Pollution
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Can Dirty-Air Discontent in New Delhi Push India Toward Greener Days?
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Mar 22, 2018
Inside Sources
The dirty downside to India's dramatic economic growth is New Delhi's horrific off-the-charts air pollution, with public health officials comparing the harms of breathing in India's capital to smoking dozens of cigarettes a day. How bad must things get before Indians demand change and make it stick?
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Security Cooperation
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The Potential of the Quadrilateral
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Feb 22, 2018
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (CSIS)
The countries of the Quadrilateral Security Framework are the region's four most capable maritime powers, and are naturally concerned with China's assault on international rules and norms. If ever put in place, the Quad could contribute to the maintenance of security and order in the Indo-Pacific maritime commons.
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International Diplomacy
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Despite Tillerson, U.S. Won't Abandon Pakistan for India
Jonah Blank
Oct 27, 2017
The Indian Express
There is no new U.S. policy towards Pakistan and there won't be one soon. As long as the U.S. has troops in neighboring Afghanistan, it will be reliant on Pakistan for logistical support, transit, and Islamabad's influence with both the Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani Network.
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Security Cooperation
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What Were China's Objectives in the Doklam Dispute?
Jonah Blank
Sep 8, 2017
Foreign Affairs
A recent military standoff on the Doklam Plateau was the most serious confrontation between China and India in a generation. It holds lessons for nations interested in Beijing's global strategic calculus.
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Security Cooperation
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Countering Chinese Coercion: The Case of Doklam
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Arzan Tarapore
Aug 29, 2017
War on the Rocks
India and China have agreed to end a two-month border confrontation in the Doklam area claimed by both China and Bhutan. The immediate crisis seems to be over, but it offers insights into Chinese coercive strategies and how they may be thwarted.
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International Organizations
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China Will Regret India's Entry Into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jul 24, 2017
The Diplomat
Russia first proposed India as a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization likely in part to complement bilateral economic and security engagement, but mainly to constrain China's growing influence in the organization.
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India
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Where Are India's Heat Hotspots?
Gulrez Shah Azhar, Jaime Madrigano
May 17, 2017
The RAND Blog
Poverty, poor sanitation, a precarious water and electricity supply, and limited access to health care make India vulnerable to heat waves. Rural and urban districts could improve their preparedness by developing and targeting local adaptation strategies.
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International Diplomacy
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China's Actions Are Causing U.S. 'Militarization' of the Pacific
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Nov 3, 2016
The National Interest
Beijing's aggression in the Asia-Pacific is threatening key U.S. allies, causing America to respond. Any change in U.S. policy must be based on changes in Chinese behavior.
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South Asia
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Could the Kashmir Standoff Trigger Nuclear War?
Rafiq Dossani, Jonah Blank
Oct 10, 2016
Newsweek
Militants trained in Pakistan have been raiding the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir for over a quarter of a century, but the recent attack was the deadliest in years. A short-term return to peace remains uncertain and the longer term is even harder to predict.
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Pakistan
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Pakistan's Shocking Strategic Shift
Sameer Lalwani
Aug 12, 2015
The National Interest
Pakistan's security policies have experienced striking but underappreciated shifts since 2001 along three dimensions: aggressive behavior, strategic orientation, and self-examination. These shifts warrant a reexamination by international security analysts of their of assumptions about Pakistan and their theories of strategic stability and instability in South Asia.
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International Diplomacy
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U.S.-India Relations: Will the Obama-Modi Personal Chemistry Suffice?
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Feb 3, 2015
The RAND Blog
U.S. President Barack Obama's visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India has generated generally positive reactions from analysts. These judgments will be reinforced if the leaders' current chemistry changes Indo-U.S. policy for the better.
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International Diplomacy
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The Afterparade: No Breakthroughs — and That's Just Fine
Jonah Blank
Feb 2, 2015
Foreign Policy
President Obama's visit to India last week was hailed in many quarters as a landmark event, perhaps signaling a new era of cooperation. In reality, the concrete takeaways were quite modest: there was no breakthrough on climate change, trade, or civil nuclear liability. But the trip should nonetheless be judged a success.
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Politics and Government
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In Sri Lanka, Elections Could Signal New Opportunities
Rafiq Dossani, Jonah Blank
Jan 27, 2015
The Epoch Times
With the inauguration of President Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka, both the United States and India have an opportunity to influence reconciliation between the country's Tamils and Sinhalese. But if that influence is used unwisely, the result may be the same sort of aggressive Sinhalese nationalism that propelled Mahinda Rajapaksa to power a decade ago.
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India

Politics in India—Not Business as Usual

The Quad: Second Verse, Same as the First?

Vietnam's Remarkable Month of Balancing Against China in the South China Sea

Can Dirty-Air Discontent in New Delhi Push India Toward Greener Days?

The Potential of the Quadrilateral

Despite Tillerson, U.S. Won't Abandon Pakistan for India

What Were China's Objectives in the Doklam Dispute?

Countering Chinese Coercion: The Case of Doklam

China Will Regret India's Entry Into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Where Are India's Heat Hotspots?

China's Actions Are Causing U.S. 'Militarization' of the Pacific

Could the Kashmir Standoff Trigger Nuclear War?

Pakistan's Shocking Strategic Shift

U.S.-India Relations: Will the Obama-Modi Personal Chemistry Suffice?

The Afterparade: No Breakthroughs — and That's Just Fine

In Sri Lanka, Elections Could Signal New Opportunities

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