Publications
The Institute for Security and Development Policy regularly issues a variety of publications ranging from shorter Policy Briefs to more comprehensive studies in its Asia and Silk Road Papers series. Explore the different series below. If you’d like to contribute to our publications, please contact Jagannath Panda, Editor, at jpanda@isdp.eu, and read our submission guidelines.
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The Climate Crisis in Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Warning
Earlier this year, at the ninth International Conference of Tibet Support Groups (TSGs) – a political advocacy meeting for raising awareness about Tibetan issues – held in Brussels, with over […]
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Ray of Hope or Losing Steam?
In late July, South Korea signed a memorandum on the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework (TSCF) with the United States and Japan, a first-of-its-kind agreement that seeks to institutionalize trilateral defense […]
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Nepal Is Hardly China’s Best Bet in the Himalayas
In July, Nepal’s fractious politics witnessed yet another churning in a span of months: 72-year-old veteran politician Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN–UML) […]
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Strong Europe-Japan Relations are a Legacy of Shinzo Abe
Abe was a firm proponent of strengthening a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific. Not only was he steering Japan away from total dependence on the U.S. for its security, but […]
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Strategic Trade Dynamics: Unpacking De-risking and De-coupling in EU-China Relations
What goes on between the EU and China is of vital significance to global trade and our efforts to provide economic stability. Right now, the EU-China trade relationship could be […]
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Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics
In a bid to revitalize its sluggish economy, China has announced the sale of $140 billion in ultralong bonds. This financial manoeuvre is set in a context marked by declining […]
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Uncharted Territory: Exploring the Legal Ramifications of NATO’s Hypothetical Involvement in Taiwan
You might just have been living under a rock to not have noticed that recently there has been a change in tone at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on […]
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70 Years of “Panchsheel”: China’s (Un)Peaceful Betrayal
This April, India and China commemorate the 70th anniversary of the “Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence,” or commonly known in India as the “Panchsheel Agreement,” being first formally articulated in the […]
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The Limitations of India and Russia’s Transactional Relationship
Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it might seem as though ties between India and Russia have strengthened. While much of the West isolated Russia, India-Russia energy […]
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What I heard in Munich: Europe gets a brutal awakening- Anna Wieslander
The recipe of the day at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) was to strengthen “the European pillar” in NATO, a concept that has been floated for many years but with […]