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  • Cmde Abhay Kumar Singh (Retd) is Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile

    The Second Quad Summit- Whither Indo-Pacific Order

    September 23, 2021

    Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Cmde. Abhay Kumar Singh’s article ‘The Second Quad Summit-Whither Indo-Pacific Order’ has been published by the Chanakya Forum on September 23, 2021.

    The outcome and policy choices emerging out of this momentous meeting of the Quad leaders will be carefully watched, given the increasingly arduous burden of expectations from the second Quad summit in shaping geopolitical contours of the Indo-Pacific, says Cmde. Singh.

    Geopolitical Churning in the Indo-Pacific and the Persistent ‘Sea Foam’ of QUAD

    October 20, 2020

    Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Commodore Abhay Kumar Singh’s article ‘Geopolitical Churning in the Indo-Pacific and the Persistent ‘Sea Foam’ of QUAD’ has been published in Chanakya Forum on October 20, 2020.

    Quad 2.0 has certainly gathered momentum with growing convergence of views among members. The debate continues regarding the future role, value and relevance of Quad construct. Even though Quad 2.0 remains a work in progress, it has served the limited purpose of political signalling, writes Commodore Singh.

    Military Manpower Cost in India and the United States: A Comparative Analysis

    While both India and the US face similar fiscal constraints, the approach towards military manpower cost in the two countries significantly diverge. The prevailing debate in India about the imperative to greater economic efficiency in military manpower cost would benefit from a holistic examination of approaches undertaken by the US in managing its manpower expenditure.

    May 29, 2020

    Emerging Contours of Maritime Security Architecture under the Belt and Road Initiative

    The revival of the centuries-old ‘Silk Road at Sea’ into a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) is an integral part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese White Paper on its vision for enhancing maritime cooperation broadly confirms this perception, since it considers maritime security assurance as the lynchpin of MSR initiatives. As its trade and overseas economic interests have been constantly growing, Beijing’s strategic concern about protection of these interests has magnified.

    October-December 2018

    India’s Pathways for Regional Prominence in Asia-Pacific: Prospects and Challenges

    Asian geopolitics currently represents a complex blending of power and paradox, both stable and fluid, with change occurring against an unresolved tension between the direction of economic growth and that of strategic anxiety. With the continent turning into the economic growth engine of the world, regional geopolitics is witnessing friction between Asian powers that had previously kept economic and political separation from one another.

    January-March 2018

    South Asian Geopolitics: Has Pakistan Lost its Plot?

    Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War, by C. Christine Fair, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 343, £27.99

    Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War, by Myra MacDonald, London: Hurst & Co., 2017, pp. 328, £25.00‘

    October 2017

    Unpacking China’s White Paper on Maritime Cooperation under BRI

    The vision document considers maritime security cooperation as a lynchpin in the MSR and attempts to redesign the existing maritime security architecture in the oceanic arena of MSR.

    June 28, 2017

    China’s White Paper on Asia Pacific Security Cooperation: An Assessment

    Through this white paper, China has affirmed its regional ambitions and aims to shape the regional security agenda in the Asia Pacific on its stated terms.

    January 19, 2017

    China’s Creeping Maritime Assertiveness

    The Chinese stance towards the December 15, 2016 incident relating to the seizure of USN UUV by PLA Navy has been extraordinarily ambiguous.

    January 03, 2017

    Cross LOC Strike and India’s Reputation for Resolve

    India needs to factor in the critical issue of reputation for resolve in future crisis situations in order to build its credibility and enhance its deterrence potential.

    October 21, 2016

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