The Indian Ocean Conference
On Friday the 12th the Transatlantic Academy held the conference I have been slaving away over for the past few weeks..As this was the first day-long workshop I have stitched together, I was fearful...
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An Ocean at the Intersection of Two Emerging Narratives: China and India take...
Here is the transcript of the presentation I made at the conference on Friday, accompanied by some of the images I used as powerpoint slides. As soon as we have the pics, summary and the podcast of...
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Is the PLA Now Driving China's Foreign Policy?
http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/blogs/iskander-rehman/military-now-driving-chinas-foreign-policyTo the bewildered outside observer, attempting to fathom the sources, foundations and architecture of...
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Shadowboxing in Lahore
http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/blogs/iskander-rehman/shadowboxing-lahore-raymond-davis-affair-and-rift-between-american-and-pakistaThe dramatic incident that unfolded in Lahore last month, when a...
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A Step too Far: Why CPGS is the Wrong Answer to China's Anti-Access Challenge
Here is a link to an Asia-Pacific Bulletin I recently penned for the East-West Center here in DC:http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/apb102_1.pdfFor those interested here is the...
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From Down Under to Top Center: Australia, the US, and this Century's Special...
The German Marshall Fund has released my in-depth report on Australia, its strategic culture, defense reforms, and role in AirSea Battle. For copyright reasons I can't reproduce it here, but you will...
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Global Shift and the Transatlantic Community
The Transatlantic Academy recently released the collaborative report I have worked on with five European and American colleagues over the course of this year. I contributed mostly on the security and...
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Troubled Waters: Vietnam, China and the South China Sea.
A recent series of spats in-between Vietnam and China in the South China Sea (or East Sea as it is called in Vietnam) has attracted a fair degree of international media coverage. Over the past weeks,...
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Interview of Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash
This blog has been in dire need of an update for some time now. I have been pretty busy over the past few months, working as a Visiting Fellow in Security Studies at the Observer Research Foundation...
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LSE India Report: The Military Dimensions of India's Rise.
The London School of Economic's IDEAS Center recently released their latest report, entitled India: The Next Superpower? The report has been receiving a fair amount of attention in the Indian and...
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AirSea Battle's Indo-Pacific Future: India, the US, and the Binding Power of...
I recently wrote this short opinion piece for the Observer Research Foundation, a private think-tank in Delhi. Abstract:Shared values do not always lead to common interests. Shared threats, however,...
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Interview of Professor Toshi Yoshihara
Last month, I interviewed US Naval War College Professor Toshi Yoshihara for the March issue of the Observer Research Foundation's South China Sea Monitor (link soon to be up). He discussed China's...
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The South China Sea in Japanese Naval Strategy: Interview of Tetsuo Kotani
I recently interviewed a Japanese naval strategist for the forthcoming issue of the Observer Research Foundation's South China Sea Monitor. As soon as the Monitor is officially released I'll provide...
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Washington, Manila and the South China Sea: Interview of Jim Thomas.
Jim Thomas is Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He oversees CSBA’s research programs and directs the Strategic and Budget Studies staff....
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Does the Indian Navy have a China Strategy?
My most recent article, which can be read here:http://the-diplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2012/05/17/should-india-fear-chinas-navy/
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The Wider Front: The Indian Ocean and AirSea Battle
GMF just released my latest short policy brief: http://www.gmfus.org/archives/the-wider-front-the-indian-ocean-and-airsea-battle
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India's Soft Power Advantage in the South China Sea: Interview of Professor...
James Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and senior fellow at the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former US Navy surface...
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Wading out to Sea: The Evolution of India and Indonesia's Naval Mindsets...
This issue brief, produced by my fiancee, Jennifer McArdle, is a must-read-it scrutinizes both India and Indonesia's turn towards naval multilateralism from a comparative perspective. Considering the...
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Exploring Europe's Role in the South China Sea: Interview of James Rogers
James Rogers is an academic specializing in international relations, strategic studies and European security and a faculty member at the Baltic Defense College. His responses are made here strictly in...
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Drowning Stability: The Perils of Naval Nuclearization and Brinkmanship in...
The US Naval War College Review has published my latest long article, which engages in a detailed study of the ramifications of naval nuclearization in the Indian Ocean. Drawing on the classical...
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India's Aspirational Naval Doctrine
Ashgate has just published "The Rise of the Indian Navy: Internal Vulnerabilities, External Challenges", an anthology of articles/chapters edited by King's College Professor Harsh V. Pant, and...
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The Chinese Navy's Hidden European Past
My friends James Rogers and Luis Simon at European Geostrategy, an excellent blog devoted to European strategic culture and planning, just published my latest policy paper entitled "The Chinese Navy's...
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Arc of Crisis 2.0?
The National Interest just published my latest short opinion piece:http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/07/arc-of-crisis-2-0/fom8The article draws attention to the fact that the US’s recognition of...
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Dragon in a Bathtub: Chinese Nuclear Submarines and the South China Sea
http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/09/dragon-in-bathtub-chinese-nuclear-submarines-and-south-china-sea/fpjl
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Shallow Nations, Deep Waters.
http://thediplomat.com/2013/05/31/recipe-for-disaster-israel-pakistans-sea-based-nukes/?all=true
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