Dr. Jagannath P. Panda

Associated Fellow

Dr. Jagannath P. Panda is Research Fellow (rank of Associate Professor) at the premier Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), an autonomous body of the Govt. of India, New Delhi. His research interests are: China's engagement with International Institutions, Sino-Indian Relations, Tibet, and China in South Asian politics. He is also the Managing Editor of Peace and Development Digest of the Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development, New Delhi. Prior to joining at IDSA, Dr. Panda worked as Centrally Administered Fellow (CAF) at the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India. He received his doctoral degree from the School of International Studies (SIS) of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2006-07. He is a recipient of the V.K.KrishnaMenon memorial Medal for his excellent academic record in international law and diplomacy from the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), New Delhi.

His writings have been published in various peer-reviewed journals like: Strategic Analyses (Routledge), China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly (Silk Road Studies), China Report (Sage) etc. He has also published in other international and national journals/newspapers like: China Brief (Jamestown Foundation), Taiwan Journal (Taipei), World Focus, Mainstream, The Pioneer, The Hindu etc. Dr. Panda was a STINT Asia Fellow at the ISDP (Stockholm) from September to November 2010 (three months). He was also an institutional fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), Shanghai from June 2009 to September 2009; and a visiting Professor at the National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan from May 2010 to July 2010. He has worked as a lead member on various Task-Force projects from DRDO and Govt. of India on issues related to China and Tibet. He is the author of the book titled- China's Path to Power: Party, Military, and the politics of State Transition (Pentagon Security International; New Delhi 2010).

Select Publications

Books

China's Path to Power: Politics of Party, Military, and State (Pentagon Security International: New Delhi; July 2010).

Occasional / Institutional Paper

"China's 'New Multilateralism and the 'Rise of BRIC': Realist Interpretation of a Multipolar World Order", Asia Paper, Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Stockholm (Sweden)-forthcoming).

Chapters in Edited Volumes / Books

"China Studies in Indian Think-tanks" in Chih-Yu Shih (ed.) From a Civilization to a Nation-State? The Evolution of China Studies in India, Cambria Press: USA (forthcoming 2011).
"BRIC, China and the emerging world order: Is PRC writing a new global script?" in Jan Wouters Katholieke and Jean Christophe Defraigne (ed.) China, the EU and the Restructuring of the Global Governance, Edward Elgar: UK, 2011 (forthcoming 2011).
"India's New Look Central Asia Policy: A Strategic Review", in Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse (eds.), Mapping Central Asia: Indian Perceptions and Strategies, Ashgate: London, 2011 (forthcoming 2011).
"India & China in Space", in Bharat Verma (Ed.), Threat from China, Lancer: New Delhi, Frankfurt II, 2011 (Co-authored with Wg. Cmdr. Ajey Lele).
"The Dragon Looks South: Current Drivers in China's South Asia Neighborhood Policy", in Emi Mifune and Srikanth Kondapalli (ed.), China and Neighbors, Pentagon Press: New Delhi, 2010.
"China and SAARC: Ideas, Institutions and Regional Community Building" in R.N. Srivastava and Saifuddin Soz (ed.) SAARC: the Road Ahead, Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development: New Delhi, 2010.
"Obama's China Policy and the emerging trends in Sino-US Relations", in Thomas Mathew (ed.), In Search of Congruence: Perspectives on India-US Relations under the Obama Administration, Academic Foundation & IDSA (New Delhi), 2010.
"Contesting Governance: Changing Face of Governance in Asia", in T.M.Joseph (ed.), Governance Reforms: Challenges Ahead, Kanishka Publisher: New Delhi, 2008-09.
"Is China the Next Big Player in the Fertile Crescent?" in Bansidhar Pradhan (ed.) The Fertile Crescent, Great Powers and India, JNU: New Delhi (forthcoming 2011).

Refereed / Peer-reviewed Journal

"China in SAARC: Evaluating PRC's Institutional Design and Regional Thinking" in China Report (Sage), vol.46, no.3, July-September 2010 (forthcoming).
"India's Approach to Central Asia", China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Central Asia- Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Programme (Sweden), November/December 2009.
"The July 5^th Urumqi Crisis: The Effect of China's Ethno-National Politics", Strategic Analyses (Routledge), January 2010.
"Leadership, Factional Politics and China's Civil-Military Dynamics: The post-17^th Party Congress Patterns", Strategic Analyses (Routledge), September-October 2009.
"Debating China's Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA): What it Imply for India?" Strategic Analyses (Routledge), March-April 2009.
"China's Position on International Terrorism: Survey of Recent Position Papers and Govt. Releases", China Report (Sage), No.2, April-June 2006.
"Modernization Drive of the PLA and the New Defence White Paper", China and Eurasia Quarterly, Central Asia- Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Programme (Sweden), February 2007.
"China's Regime Politics: Character and Condition", Strategic Analyses (Routledge), January 2010.

Review Articles

"China's Politics in Transition?" Strategic Analyses (Routledge), January-February 2009, pp. 127-132 (Review Article).
"China's Path to Power", Strategic Analyses (Routledge), Vol.32, No.5, September- October 2008, pp. 901-911.

Book Reviews

"Autonomy, Ethnicity and Poverty in Southwestern China", by Chih-yu Shih (Asian Politics and Policy, Wiley Blackwell Publication, Policy Studies Organization, USA, October-December 2009) (Book Review).
"A Military History of Modern China", by Peter Worthing, Praeger International: London 2007 (Strategic Analyses, Routledge, January-February 2009).
"They Ask If We Eat Frogs: Garo Ethnicity in Bangladesh", by Ellen Bal, IIAS/ISEA Series on Asia, 2007, (Asian Ethnicity, Routledge, October 2009).
"Will China Become Democratic? Elite, Class and Regime Transition", by Zheng Yongnian, Eastern University Press: East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2004, ISBN: 981-210-353-8, $26, (China Report, Sage Publications).

Articles

"How far is China from Democracy and Rule of Law?" World Focus (New Delhi), March 2009.
"The Chinese Legal System Confronts the WTO", Vision (Orissa), Jayaprakash Narayan Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Vol.XXII, No.1-2, July-December 2002.
"China's Accession to UN Actions against International Terrorism", World Focus (New Delhi), March, 2006.
"China's Designs for an Economic Tibet", World Focus, April 2008.
"China's Military Connection with Pakistan: Case of Arms Supply", World Focus, March 2008.
"Assessing the Impact of the Sino-Indian Army Exercise on Bilateral Relations", China Brief (Jamestown Foundation, USA), Vol.7, Issue 15, July 26, 2007.
"Rise of New Terrorism and the Emerging Security Challenges in South Asia", Peace and Development Digest (New Delhi), Vol.7, No.3-4, 2007.
"China's Posture on the Indo-US Nuclear Deal", Mainstream (New Delhi), October 22, 2007.
"China's Recent Approach to Terrorism: Post-9/11 Perceptions", World Focus (New Delhi), Vol.XXVIII, No.3, March 2007.
"Post-Normalization Period in Sino-Indian Relations", Mainstream (New Delhi), vol.xl, No.13, March 16, 2002, pp.20-24.
"India and China: Stepping Stones to Prosperity", in Indian Dominion (New Delhi), vol.x, No.7-9, September 2002, pp. 10-13.
"China's Dilemma over the North Korean Nuclear Crisis", Mainstream (New Delhi), November 4, 2006.
"China's Position on International Terrorism: Overview and Policy Options", Third Concept (New Delhi), Vol.17, No.203, January 2004, pp.15-21.
"Towards More Objective Special Economic Zones", in Yojana (Official Journal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India), Vol.46, December 2002, pp.25-27.
"Special Economic Zones in India with Special Reference to Paradip", Orissa Review (Orissa), Vol.lix, No.3, October 2002.
"Foreign Direct Investment Policy (FDI) in India and China- an Overview with Chinese Success", Journal of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration (Orissa), vol.1, No.2, April-June 2002.

International/National News Paper Publications

"India and China on Parade", Asia Times (Hong Kong), August 1, 2007.
"China's Arms Race in Space" in The Pioneer (New Delhi), January 29, 2007.
"PRC Plan for Long March for Space", Taiwan Journal (Taiwan), July 6, 2007.
"What is Peace Mission 2005?", The Pioneer (New Delhi), November 5, 2005.
"When Karl Marx Arrived in China....", in The Pioneer (New Delhi),December 7, 2003.
"A Civilization in Pursuit of a Nation State", in The Pioneer (New Delhi), September 7, 2003.
Yin du xue zhe yan zhong de zhong yin guan xi (phinyin): Sino-India relationship in the Indian Scholar's eyes (November 21, 2006, CRI- World News Journal (Beijing, China).
Seeking the truth of Sino-India's frontier defense line; A lack ness in non-governmental communication between China and India: (tan fang zhong yin bian fang xian zhen xiang; zhong yin guan xi qian que min jian jiao liu) (January 29, 2007, CRI- World News Journal (Beijing, China)