Dr Rajorshi Roy is Associate Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile [+].
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s paper ‘India and the SCO: Calibrating a New Approach’ has been published by the Indian Parliament Library.
The paper analyses the evolution of SCO and its report card, its salience for India and what could be the way forward at a time when India has assumed the rotating annual Presidency of this Eurasian multilateral forum.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s opinion piece ‘India and SCO: Navigating New Equations’ has been published in Financial Express on 15 September 2022.
There exists greater merit in India sitting inside the SCO tent, where decisions are taken on the basis of consensus, thereby making India a Eurasian stakeholder, rather than sitting outside…..India’s membership of SCO inherently strengthens multipolarity in Eurasia, writes Dr Roy.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s chapter ‘Exploring An Indo-Russian Congruence in the Indo-Pacific’ has been published as part of the book ‘The Great Game in the Indo-Pacific: A Pivot to India’ (Knowledge World, New Delhi), edited by Air Marshal Anil Chopra.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s article ‘Deciphering Weaponization of Information in Russia-Ukraine Conflict’ has been published in ‘The Financial Express’ on 30 March 2022.
Emphasis on an effective communication strategy has, unsurprisingly, seen the emergence of competing narratives…Evidently, the gloves are off in the race to be heard. In this, information as well as disinformation, often rooted in insidious propaganda, have emerged as vital elements of the wartime toolkit, writes Dr. Roy.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s article ‘China’s Ukrainian Gameplan’ has been published by the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA) on 23 February 2022.
‘China’s position appears more nuanced than what meets the eye. And a boiling European pot suits Beijing in multiple ways’, writes Dr. Roy.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s article ‘Russia-Ukraine crisis: Escalation in Eastern Europe and Implications for India’ has been published in ‘The Financial Express’ on 23 February 2022.
‘At first glance, Russia’s formal recognition defies logic...nevertheless, there appears a certain method to this seeming madness…it is unlikely that Moscow will be the first to blink….this has seen India walk a diplomatic tightrope’, writes Dr. Roy.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajorshi Roy’s article ‘Normandy Format: Key to De-escalation of Tensions in Eastern Europe?’ has been published in WION on 11 February 2022.
‘A silver lining amidst ongoing tensions in eastern Ukraine is the revival of the Normandy Format…Nevertheless, it would be premature to envision a cessation of hostilities in Eastern Europe…It can only be hoped that keeping channels of communication open is an indication that perhaps there could be an alternative to military conflict’’ writes Dr Roy.
While India may not be a major actor in Central Asia yet it remains an important vector in the regional calculus of the Central Asian Republics. India’s multi-alignment should hold it in good stead in navigating the opportunities and challenges in a region which lies at a proverbial stone’s throw from New Delhi.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Rajorshi Roy’s article ‘Fault lines in the Eurasian heartland’ has been published in the Financial Express on January 17, 2022.
Kremlin’s increasingly assertive stance on the troop build-up along the Russia–Ukraine border can be viewed as not just prompted by Ukraine’s potential NATO membership but also as Russia underscoring its place as a stakeholder in shaping European security architecture.
Looking North Towards Eurasia
While India may not be a major actor in Central Asia yet it remains an important vector in the regional calculus of the Central Asian Republics. India’s multi-alignment should hold it in good stead in navigating the opportunities and challenges in a region which lies at a proverbial stone’s throw from New Delhi.