Research & Writing

Publications

Opinions, commentaries, and blog posts published across leading media outlets.

1

Chinese Checkers & Trump's Iran War

Times of India
2

China signals slowing economic growth will not hold back military modernisation

Moneycontrol
3

China's Quiet Military Aid To Iran

NDTV
4

The JF-17 'Hype': How Pak May Be Pushing A Jet That's More Noise Than Substance

NDTV
5

Why the government has increased capital spending for defence

The Hindu
6

What's Going on with China's PLA?

National Interest
7

Beijing purge shows risk of being last man standing

Indian Express
8

How Venezuela's Chinese Weapons Failed To Keep The US Away

NDTV
9

US moves on Venezuela, is China next on Taiwan?

Economic Times
10

The Chinese Military's Rotten Core

National Interest
11

Why developments in East Asia should matter to India

Moneycontrol
12

Xi has made it clear to Trump: The red line is Taiwan

Indian Express
13

Trump, Xi have pressed pause but great-power rivalry is here to stay

Times of India
14

Trump and Xi have talked. But that doesn't mean all is resolved

Indian Express
15

Why are China's officials being expelled?

The Hindu
16

Reckoning with the PLA Air and Rocket Forces

Life of Soldiers
17

The 'one China' policy India never wrote down

ThinkChina
18

New Delhi desires a multipolar Asia -- Beijing does not

Indian Express
19

Wang Yi in Delhi: India and China have contrasting approaches

Indian Express
20

3 Reasons Trump Is Growing Soft Towards China

NDTV

Research papers, working papers, policy briefs, and book chapters.

1

China's Quest for Military Supremacy; The PLA's Long March toward a World-Class Military

Taylor & Francis
2

European Rearmament: Precursors, Policies, and Possibilities for India

Takshashila Institution
3

Taming The Dragon: A Manifesto for a New Modus Vivendi with China (Book)

Amazon
4

Sounding the Bugle: An Account of China's Military Exercises Against Taiwan

Takshashila Institution
5

The Talent Pill, Red or Blue?

Takshashila Institution
6

Faultlines & Fallouts: Impacts of a Taiwan Strait Crisis on the Indian Economy

Takshashila Institution
7

Book Chapter: India's Strategic Thought on 'Responsible State Behaviour' in Cyberspace

Amazon
8

New Frontiers in China's Military Organisation

Takshashila Institution
9

The Dalai Lama Turns 90: Scenarios-Based Thinking on the Succession Issue

Takshashila Institution
10

A Framework to Assess India's Economic Diplomacy in its Neighbourhood

Takshashila Institution
11

Mediation and Interference: Assessing Chinese Views on the Latest India-Pakistan Tensions

Takshashila Institution
12

Responsible cyber behaviour in the Indo-Pacific

ASPI
13

Decoding China's Approach to Escalation & De-Escalation in the South China Sea

Takshashila Institution
14

India's China Challenge - Takshashila Survey Report 2024

Takshashila Institution
15

Three Political Reforms of the Chinese People's Liberation Army under Xi Jinping

Pune International Centre
16

India's Island Neighbours: Assessing Ties with Maldives and Sri Lanka

Takshashila Institution
17

Traffic in the Air: Drones in Modern Warfare

Takshashila Institution
18

Cooperate or Compete?: What Chinese Analysts Think of India's 'Global South' Leadership

Takshashila Institution
19

What do Chinese Analysts think of India-Taiwan Relations?

Takshashila Institution
20

A Decade of Defence Reforms Under Modi (Chapter 4)

ORF
21

Looking Ahead to China's 2024 Third Plenum

Takshashila Institution
22

Assessing Operations and 'Jointness' in the PLA Western Theater Command

Takshashila Institution
23

A Politico-Legal Toolkit to Respond to a Taiwan Straits Conflict under a UN Framework

Takshashila Institution
24

Assessing the Global and Local Landscape of 'Critical Technologies'

Takshashila Institution
25

Assessing the Latest Developments in the Chinese Economy

Takshashila Institution
26

Think20 Policy Brief - Reducing Data Asymmetry to Strengthen Supply Chains

Takshashila Institution
27

The China-Taiwan Saga

Takshashila Institution
28

Chinese Economy: A Bird's Eye View

Takshashila Institution
29

India-China Border: Tactics, Talks and Transgressions

Takshashila Institution
30

India's Space Policy and Counter-Space Capabilities

Taylor & Francis
31

Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei: Implications for the US-China-Taiwan Equation

ICS
32

ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific Narrative: Prospects for Regional Hegemony

Book Chapter
33

Under-5 Mortality and Malnutrition in India: Intertwining SDGs 2 and 3

JCGS
34

Swiping Right on Tech Policy: An Assessment of Young India's Aspirations

ORF