USAHEC: Indo-Pacific: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

Understanding Indian Foreign and Security Policy

U.S. & India: From Estranged Democracies to Natural Allies

The Next Step Forward for U.S.-India Strategic Ties: Assessing the First 2+2 Dialogue

Ecology Meets Geopolitics: Water Security in Himalayan Asia

Ecology Meets Geopolitics: Water Security in Humalayan Asia
Engelke, Peter, and David Michel. (Washington, DC: Atlantic Council, 2019).

India's Inter-State Water Wars: Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Articles: India

“After His Holiness: Tibet, Reincarnation Politics and the Future of Sino-Indian Relations"
Rehman, Iskander.
Survival 61, no. 4 (August-September 2019): 131-156.
"The Case for a U.S.-India Partnership"
Coons, Chris, and Puneet Talwar.
National Interest, no. 158 (November-December 2018): 10-19.
“China’s South Asia Policy under Xi Jinping: India’s Strategic Concerns”
Kaura, Vinay.
Central European Journal of International and Security Studies 12, no. 2 (2018): 8–29.
“Cooperation is What India Makes of It – A Normative Inquiry into the Origins and Development of Regional Cooperation in South Asia and the Indian Ocean”
Michael, Arndt.
Asian Security 14, no. 2 (2018): 119-135.
“Cooperative Rivalry: Understanding Indo-Pakistani Ties Using Treaty Networks”
Slobodchikoff, Michael O., and Aakriti A. Tandon.
Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 2, no. 3 (Fall 2019): 85-103.
“Economic Security: The Missing Link in India’s National Security Architecture”
Dash, Zubin.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 633-639.
“Evolving Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific: Deliberating India’s Position"
Bhatt, Pooja.
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 1, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 53-78.
"Food Security in India: Evolution, Efforts and Problems”
Pillay, D. P. K., and T. K. Manoj Kumar.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 595-611.
“Future ‘Gateway’ to the India-China Economic Corridor: A Strategic Approach”
Reghunadhan, Ramnath.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 2 (March-April 2019): 160-167.
“How India Will React to the Rise of China: The Soft-Balancing Strategy Reconsidered”
Paul, T. V.
War on the Rocks (September 17, 2018).
“How India’s Defense Policy Complicates US-India Military Cooperation”
Rej, Abhijnan.
War Room (February 26, 2019).
“India-China Relations: Conflict and Cooperation in Indo-Pacific Region”
Singh, Balwinder.
Journal of Political Studies 25, no. 2 (Winter 2018): 91-104.
"India-US Relations: From Distant Partners to an Alliance"
Kaura, Vinay.
Parameters: US Army War College 48, no. 3 (Autumn 2018): 37-46.
“India’s Counterforce Temptations: Strategic Dilemmas, Doctrine, and Capabilities”
Clary, Christopher, and Vipin Narang.
International Security 43, no. 3 (Winter 2018/19): 7-52.
“Interpreting the Perennial Impasse in Indo-Pak Relations: Breaking the Cycle of Dialogue, Estrangement, and Hostility”
Khanna, Shrey.
Asian Survey 59, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 474-499.
“Know Thy Neighbour: Growth of India and China – Socio-Cultural Precepts and Propositions”
Chinoy, Sujan R.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 2 (March-April 2019): 146-151.
“Modinomics in India: The Promise and the Reality.”
Sharma, Shalendra D.
Asian Survey 59, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 548-572.
“A Pathway toward Enhancing the US Air Force–Indian Air Force Partnership and Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific Region”
Burgess, Stephen F.
Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 2, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 11-46.
“Realignment and Indian Airpower Doctrine: Challenges in an Evolving Strategic Context”
Goulter, Christina, and Harsh Pant.
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 1, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 21-44.
"Security Challenges and the Management of the India–Myanmar Border”
Das, Pushpita.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 578-594.
"State vs. Market in India: How (Not) to Integrate Foreign Contractors in the Domestic Defense-Industrial Sector”
Weiss, Moritz.
Comparative Strategy 37, no. 4 (2018): 286-298.
“Strategic Partners or an Emerging Alliance? India and the United States in an Era of Global Power Transition”
Smith, Paul, and Tara Kartha.
Comparative Strategy 37, no. 5 (2018): 442-459.
“Transformation of Indo-Bangladesh Relations: From Insecurity to Cooperation in Northeast India”
Rana, Md. Sohel.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 559-577.
US Landpower and an Indo-American Alliance
Tata, Samir.
Parameters: US Army War College 48, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 95-106.
"Washington and New Delhi Seek to Deepen Ties, But Spoilers Loom"
Bhatnagar, Stuti.
War on the Rocks (September 13, 2018).

Observer Research Foundation

Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
ORF is a prominent Indian think tank. "ORF research and analysis is rooted in independent, objective inquiry, and covers the fields of foreign policy, economy and development, governance, strategy, traditional and non-traditional security, and the social sector."
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) YouTube page
Contains recordings of ORF events which focus on Indian foreign policy.

Books and Commentary: India and Pakistan

Agenda 2021: A Blueprint for U.S.-Europe-India Cooperation
Mohan, Garima, and Dhruva Jaishankar. (Washington, DC: German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2021).
“In this edited series, experts from the United States, Europe, and India provide ideas that can move U.S.-India and Europe-India cooperation forward, setting the agenda for 2021. Focusing on five policy areas—foreign policy toward allies and partners, global trade and economic cooperation, critical technologies, security in the Indo-Pacific, and global health—they recommend areas which the Biden administration, the Modi government, and the EU should prioritize, assess the usefulness of new arrangements like D10, the Summit for Democracy, and technology alliances, and outline the roadblocks and challenges the United States, India and Europe will have to navigate this year. This series is part of the India Trilateral Forum, conducted in partnership with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation, and is edited by Garima Mohan (GMF) and Dhruva Jaishankar (ORF).”

Arming Without Aiming: India's Military Modernization by Vicki Huddleston et al.
Call Number: Root Hall UA840 .C64 2010
(Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010)
The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan by Aqil Shah
Call Number: Root Hall UA853.P18 S53 2014
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014)
Asian Rivalries: Conflict, Escalation, and Limitations on Two-Level Games by Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson (Eds)
Call Number: Root Hall DS35.2 .A8365 2011
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011)
China-India Rivalry in the Indian Ocean by Bruce Vaughn
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2017)
China-Pakistan Relations: A Historical Analysis by Ghulam Ali
Call Number: Root Hall DS740.5.P3 A45 2017
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)
Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm by George J. Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham
Call Number: Root Hall JZ1734 .G55 2012
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Deep Currents and Rising Tides by Andrea J. Dew and John Garofano (Eds)
Call Number: Root Hall DS341 .D44 2013
(Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013)
Engaging the World: Indian Foreign Policy Since 1947 by Sumit Ganguly (Ed)
Call Number: Root Hall DS448 .E659 2016
(New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2016)
Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy by Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy)
(New Delhi, India: Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy), 2015)
Imagining Pakistan: Modernism, State, and the Politics of Islamic Revival by Rasul Bux Rais
Call Number: Root Hall DS383.5.A2 R35 2017
(Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017)
India's Evolving Nuclear Force and Its Implications for U.S. Strategy in the Asia-Pacific by Yogesh Joshi, Frank O'Donnell, and Harsh V. Pant
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College Press, 2016)
India-Japan Strategic Cooperation and Implications for U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region by Thomas F. Lynch, III and James J. Przystup
Call Number: Root Hall U411 .S77 no.24
(Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 2014)
India and the Challenge of Autonomous Weapons by R. Shashank Reddy
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2016)
India in Africa: Implications of an Emerging Power for AFRICOM and U.S. Strategy by J. Peter Pham
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2011)
India Turns East: International Engagement and US-China Rivalry by Frédéric Grare
Call Number: Root Hall DS450.C6 G73 2017
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)
Indian Cold Start Doctrine and an Indo-Pak Path to Peace by Azhar Iqbal Abbasi
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2017)
Strategy Research Project.
The Indian Ocean and US Grand Strategy by Peter Dombrowski and Andrew C. Winner (Eds)
Call Number: Root Hall DS341.3.U6 I53 2014
(Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2014)
The Indian Ocean Region: South Asia Subregion by Anthony H. Cordesman et al.
(Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2016)
Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy by K. Alan Kronstadt
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019).
The Lure & Pitfalls of MIRVs [Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle]: From the First to the Second Nuclear Age by Michael Krepon, Travis Wheeler, and Shane Mason (Eds)
(Washington, DC: Stimson Center, 2016)
“Multialignment and Indian Foreign Policy under Narendra Modi” by Ian Hall
Round Table 105, no. 3 (June 2016): 271-286.
Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia by Bhumitra Chakma (Editor)
Call Number: Root Hall UA832.7 .P65 2011
(Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011)
Promoting U.S.-Indian Defense Cooperation: Opportunities and Obstacles by Richard Weitz
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College Press, 2017)
A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen by Basharat Peer
Call Number: Root Hall DS480.853 .P447 2017
(New York, NY: Columbia Global Reports, 2017)
Shadow-Boxing over Nuclear Supplies: A China-India Tussle for "Power" by P. S. Suryanarayana
(Singapore: Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, 2016)
South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security by Sten Rynning
Call Number: Root Hall DS341 .S63 2017
(New York, NY: I.B. Tauris: 2017)
Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India's Global Ambition by Bharat Karnad
Call Number: Root Hall JQ231 .K37 2018
(Haryana, India: Penguin Random House India, 2018)
Towards an Indo-American Alliance by Tyrell O. Mayfield
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2018)
Strategy Research Project.
An Unnatural Partnership? The Future of U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation by Samit Ganguly and M. Chris Mason
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College Press, 2019)
U.S. and India Military Relations: Aligned not Bound by Matthew R. Nation
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2016)
Strategy Research Project.
U.S.-India Trade Relations by Shayerah Ilias Akhtar and K. Alan Kronstadt
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019).
"War Over Water? Tibet, the Sino-Indian Power Play and Potential Consequences for Asia" by Manuel Vermeer
ISPSW [Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung] Strategy Series: Focus on Defense and International Security, no. 432 (July 2016)
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics by Milan Vaishnav
Call Number: Root Hall JQ229.C6 V35 2017
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017)

Sri Lanka

“Anti-Muslim Sentiments and Violence: A Major Threat to Ethnic Reconciliation and Ethnic Harmony in Post-War Sri Lanka"
Sarjoon, Athambawa, Mohammad Agus Yusoff, and Nordin Hussin.
Religions 7, no. 10 (2016): 1-18.
“China–Sri Lanka Relations in the Context of the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road: Motives, Challenges, and Prospects”
Wang, Zhen, and Feng Ye.
Asian Perspective 42, no. 3 (Summer 2019): 481-503.

Sri Lanka by Bruce Vaughn
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)
Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Bombings by Bruce Vaughn
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)
Taming the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]: Counterinsurgency Insights from Sri Lanka by Mark O’Connell.
(Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2016)
Strategy Research Project.

“What Money Can’t Buy: The Security Externalities of Chinese Economic Statecraft in Post-War Sri Lanka”
Lim, Darren J., and Rohan Mukherjee.
Asian Security 15, no. 2 (2019): 73-92.

Nepal

“Future of India–Nepal Relations: Is China a Factor?”
Sahu, Arun Kumar.
Strategic Analysis 39, no. 2 (March-April 2015): 194-204.
“Implications of the Dragon’s Rise for South Asia: Assessing China’s Nepal Policy”
Chand, Bibek, and Lukas K. Danner.
Strategic Analysis 40, no.1 (January-February 2016): 26-40.
“Intelligence in a Modern Insurgency: The Case of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal”
Jackson, Paul.
Intelligence and National Security (2019): 197-204.
“Nationalism and Militarization in Nepal: Reactive Response or Long-Term Phenomenon?”
Upreti, Bishnu Raj.
Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 2, no. 2 (November 2014): 217-239.

Nepal by Bruce Vaughn
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2018).

“Nepal Government’s Emergency Response to the 2015 Earthquake: A Case Study"
Shrestha, Bahul, and Pairote Pathranarakul.
Social Sciences 7, no. 8 (August 2018): 1-27.

"India in the World, With Sunjoy Joshi" episode of the Council on Foreign Relations podcast "The President's Inbox"

"India in the World, With Sunjoy Joshi"
Episode of the Council on Foreign Relations podcast "The President's Inbox." May 14, 2019, streaming audio, 28:14.

NTL - Nuclear Weapons in South Asia - Dr. Sumit Ganguly

Will South Asia Ever See Peace?

“Special Issue: Security Dilemma and Sino-Indian Relations.” 5 articles. Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019)

Introduction: Revisiting the Security Dilemma through the Lens of the India-China Relations
Basrur, Rajesh, Anit Mukherjee, and T. V. Paul.
Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019): 1-4.
“China-India Rivalry at Sea: Capability, Trends and Challenges”
Collin, Koh Swee Lean.
Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019): 5-24.
“From Denial to Punishment: The Security Dilemma and Changes in India’s Military Strategy towards China”
Joshi, Yogesh, and Anit Mukherjee.
Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019): 25-43.
“The Dilemmas of Regional States: How Southeast Asian States View and Respond to India-China Maritime Competition”
Singh, Sinderpal.
Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019): 44-59.
“The Security Dilemma and India-China Relations”
Raghavan, Srinath.
Asian Security 15, no. 1 (January-April 2019): 60-72.

“Special Issue: The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] and India’s Neighbourhood – Geopolitics of Connectivity.” 6 articles. Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019).

"The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] and India’s Neighbourhood”
Chakma, Bhumitra.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 183-186.
“The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] and India’s Grand Strategy”
Basrur, Rajesh.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 187-198.
“Sino-Indian Dynamics in Littoral Asia – The View from New Delhi”
Singh, Abhijit.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 199-213.
“A Road through Pakistan, and What This Means for India”
Zaidi, S. Akbar.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 214-226.
“The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] and Sino-Indian Geo-Economic Competition in Bangladesh: Coping Strategy of a Small State”
Chakma, Bhumitra.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 227-239.
“India’s Policy Response to China’s Investment and Aid to Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives: Challenges and Prospects”
Pattanaik, Smruti S.
Strategic Analysis 43, no. 3 (May-June 2019): 240-259.

“Special Issue: War and Peace in Contemporary India.” 7 articles. Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019)

“War and Peace in Contemporary India”
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 567-576.
“Building the Sinews of Power: India in the Second World War”
Raghavan, Srinath.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 577-599.
“The ‘Indian’ Staff College: Politics and Practices of Military Institution-Building in Twentieth Century India”
Dutta, Vipul.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 600-625.
“The Long Shadow of Colonial Cartography: Britain and the Sino-Indian War of 1962”
McGarr, Paul M.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 626-653.
“‘Just another Border Incident’: The Rann of Kutch and the 1965 India-Pakistan War”
Chaudhuri, Rudra.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 654-676.
“Tilting at Windmills: The Flawed U.S. Policy Toward the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War"
Clary, Christopher.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 677-700.
“Provocation, War and Restraint under the Nuclear Shadow: The Kargil Conflict 1999”
Gill, John H.
Journal of Strategic Studies 42, no. 5 (August 2019): 701-726.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh by Bruce Vaughn
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2019)

“Bangladesh: The Changing Dynamics of Violent Extremism and the Response of the State”
Khan, Shahab Enam.
Small Wars and Insurgencies 28, no. 1 (February 2017): 191-217.

Bangladesh and Bangladesh-U.S. Relations by Bruce Vaughn and Wil Mackey
(Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2017)

"The Current and Future State of India–Bangladesh Relations"
Ali, Syed Muazzem.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 5 (September-October 2018): 529-537.
“Good Governance and Political Culture: A Case Study of Bangladesh”
Islam, Syed Serajul.
Intellectual Discourse 24, no. 2 (2016): 245-271.
“India–Bangladesh Relations: An Indian Perspective”
Shringla, Harsh Vardhan.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 5 (September-October 2018): 524-528.
"India-Bangladesh Relations the Beginning of a New Dawn"
Chatterjee, Shubha.
Himalayan and Central Asian Studies. 19, no. 1-2 (January-June 2015): 165-196.
"Rise of Islamic Radicalism in Bangladesh Implications for the Security of North-East India"
Sharma, Raj Kumar.
Himalayan and Central Asian Studies 19, no. 102 (January-June 2015): 67-86.
"The Rohingya Crises in Bangladesh and Burma”
Martin, Michael F, Rhoda Margesson, and Bruce Vaughn.
Current Politics and Economics of South, Southeastern, and Central Asia 27, no. 3-4 (2018): 333-337.
“Transformation of Indo-Bangladesh Relations: From Insecurity to Cooperation in Northeast India”
Rana, Md. Sohel.
Strategic Analysis 42, no. 6 (November-December 2018): 559-577.

Bhutan

Gross National Happiness: Lessons for Sustainability Leadership
Tideman, Sander G.
South Asian Journal of Global Business Research. 5, no. 2 (2016): 190-213.
“In the Name of King, Country, and People on the Westminster Model and Bhutan's Constitutional Transition”
Bothe, Winnie.
Democratization 22, no. 7 (2015): 1138-1361.

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