Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Maldives relations, titled ‘India, Maldives rebalance ties’ was published the Deccan Herald on December 25, 2018.

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the Maldives, titled ‘Nasheed’s return: China too deeply entrenched in the Maldives now’ was published in National Herald on November 09, 2018.

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on Maldives elections was published in Hind daily, Amar Ujala on September 22, 2018.

The article analyses the repercussions of the elections on Maldives-India relations.

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Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the publishing of the second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), titled ‘Limited but important gains from NRC’ was published in Rediff.com on August 29, 2018.

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Africa relations, titled ‘New Delhi must step up on ties with Africa’ was published in Deccan Herald on August 14, 2018.

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Pakistan ties, titled ‘Is dialogue an option?’ was published in Deccan Herald on May 21, 2018.

The article analysis how India should engage with Pakistan, keeping in mind that the Pakistan Army appears keen to open dialogue process.

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Associate Fellow, IDSA, presently on deputation as Visiting Professor to ICCR chair of Indian Studies at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on China’s political, economic and military interests in the Maldives, titled ‘Maldives is just another front of China’s expansive policy’ was published in ‘The Print’ on February 21, 2018.

The article explains how China is using non-interventionist methods to step in wherever it wants.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, presently on deputation as Visiting Professor to ICCR chair of Indian Studies at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the Maldivian political crisis, titled ‘Only Maldivians can topple Yameen’s dictatorship’ was published in National Herald on February 20, 2018.