Vinay Kaura
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vinay Kaura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vinay |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaura |
| SIGNATURE | KAURA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of International Affairs and Security Studies, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur, India |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2141-1282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pakistan’s Military Statecraft
Based on classical civil-military relations theories and other significant scholarship on military dominance in Pakistan, this article argues that Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, has radically altered the nature of military dominance, which previously depended on informal mechanisms. The article explains how Field Marshal Munir has concentrated powers by consolidating his command of the armed forces, undermining the ind…
Navigating “maximum pressure”
The article highlights the convergence and divergence between US and India regarding Iran during the Trump administration and makes the following arguments. First, as Trump’s hard line on Iran was viewed negatively by India, New Delhi took measures to assert its longheld tradition of “strategic autonomy” in foreign policy which could not be ignored by the U.S. establishment despite Trump’s personal choices. Second, as Iran responded to the Trump’…
India’s place in America’s world under the Biden presidency
The key strategic challenge facing India is Beijing’s growing propensity to use coercive measures vis-à-vis New Delhi. As global geopolitics has entered the most uncertain phase, India’s strategic embrace of the United States is becoming clearly visible. Notwithstanding New Delhi’s attachment to the notion of strategic autonomy, the Pakistan factor, the Russia factor and the US exit from Afghanistan, China’s assertive actions have allowed India a…
Managing China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific
The article explains how Japan's strategic interests are converging with India against an assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. Japan has been pursuing a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) policy, which seeks to manage China's rise by deepening Japan's strategic coordination and cooperation with its closest partners through the Quad. Though Japan still values its bilateral relationship with the United States (US), its security partnership with In…
India’s Quadrilateral conundrum
India and China are two powers in Asia, having common borders but different sense of entitlements and vulnerabilities. China’s global profile has become much stronger than India’s. How India and China deal with each other will determine peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The challenge for New Delhi is to factor its national self-interest and security into dealings with a rising China. India is threatened by Chinese assertiveness, giv…
Debating the Relevance of Non-alignment in Indian Diplomacy
Zorawar Daulat Singh, Power & Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies During the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2019). pp. 398, ₹950. ISBN 978-0199489640. Sudhanshu Tripathi, India’s Foreign Policy: Dilemma Over Nonalignment 2.0 (SAGE Publications, 2020). pp. 203, ₹895. ISBN 978-9353286422
Pakistan’s ‘Mainstreaming’ Jihadis
The emergence of the religious right-wing as a formidable political force in Pakistan seems to be an outcome of direct and indirect patronage of the dominant military over the years. Ever since the creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1947, the military establishment has formed a quasi alliance with the conservative religious elements who define a strongly Islamic identity for the country. The alliance has provided Islamism with region…
Prospects of Israel-Pakistan rapprochement
Pakistan is among the Muslim Islamic states that do not recognise and/or maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Yet this situation has been changing dramatically as various Muslim states are establishing and/or seriously considering relations with Israel. In recent years, Israel’s relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have marked an unprecedented improvement as the focus of many Arab countries has shifted from the Israeli-P…
India’s Relations with China from the Doklam Crisis to the Galwan Tragedy
No other bilateral relationship for India is as complex and challenging as the one with China. The intractable border dispute is at the root of their rivalry. The military stand-off at Doklam in 2017 had poisoned the bilateral relationship until steps were taken to remove mistrust and misunderstanding through two ‘informal’ summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in 2018 and 2019. Nonetheless, the sense of general im…
India’s Pakistan policy
Pakistan has always been an important factor in India’s domestic politics and foreign policy – a position that flows as much from historical disputes as from Pakistan’s continued support for terror activities against India. This importance has increased further under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. This article argues that the September 2016 ‘surgical strikes’ by Indian special forces inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the February 2…
Indo-Israeli relations in the Modi era
India’s West Asia policy is being constantly reshaped under the tutelage of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Israel visit in July 2017 represents a momentous milestone in the Indo-Israeli relationship. The first ever visit of an Indian prime minister to the Jewish state unambiguously underscores that New Delhi under Modi is confident enough to deal with Israel as it deals with any other state in the volatile West Asian region without be…
India-US Relations
India’s Relations with China from the Doklam Crisis to the Galwan Tragedy
No other bilateral relationship for India is as complex and challenging as the one with China. The intractable border dispute is at the root of their rivalry. The military stand-off at Doklam in 2017 had poisoned the bilateral relationship until steps were taken to remove mistrust and misunderstanding through two ‘informal’ summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in 2018 and 2019. Nonetheless, the sense of general im…
India’s Pakistan policy
Pakistan has always been an important factor in India’s domestic politics and foreign policy – a position that flows as much from historical disputes as from Pakistan’s continued support for terror activities against India. This importance has increased further under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. This article argues that the September 2016 ‘surgical strikes’ by Indian special forces inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the February 2…
India’s place in America’s world under the Biden presidency
The key strategic challenge facing India is Beijing’s growing propensity to use coercive measures vis-à-vis New Delhi. As global geopolitics has entered the most uncertain phase, India’s strategic embrace of the United States is becoming clearly visible. Notwithstanding New Delhi’s attachment to the notion of strategic autonomy, the Pakistan factor, the Russia factor and the US exit from Afghanistan, China’s assertive actions have allowed India a…
Prospects of Israel-Pakistan rapprochement
Pakistan is among the Muslim Islamic states that do not recognise and/or maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Yet this situation has been changing dramatically as various Muslim states are establishing and/or seriously considering relations with Israel. In recent years, Israel’s relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have marked an unprecedented improvement as the focus of many Arab countries has shifted from the Israeli-P…
India-US Relations
Indo-Israeli relations in the Modi era
India’s West Asia policy is being constantly reshaped under the tutelage of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Israel visit in July 2017 represents a momentous milestone in the Indo-Israeli relationship. The first ever visit of an Indian prime minister to the Jewish state unambiguously underscores that New Delhi under Modi is confident enough to deal with Israel as it deals with any other state in the volatile West Asian region without be…
Pakistan’s ‘Mainstreaming’ Jihadis
The emergence of the religious right-wing as a formidable political force in Pakistan seems to be an outcome of direct and indirect patronage of the dominant military over the years. Ever since the creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1947, the military establishment has formed a quasi alliance with the conservative religious elements who define a strongly Islamic identity for the country. The alliance has provided Islamism with region…
Prospects of Israel-Pakistan rapprochement
Pakistan is among the Muslim Islamic states that do not recognise and/or maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Yet this situation has been changing dramatically as various Muslim states are establishing and/or seriously considering relations with Israel. In recent years, Israel’s relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have marked an unprecedented improvement as the focus of many Arab countries has shifted from the Israeli-P…
India’s Relations with China from the Doklam Crisis to the Galwan Tragedy
No other bilateral relationship for India is as complex and challenging as the one with China. The intractable border dispute is at the root of their rivalry. The military stand-off at Doklam in 2017 had poisoned the bilateral relationship until steps were taken to remove mistrust and misunderstanding through two ‘informal’ summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in 2018 and 2019. Nonetheless, the sense of general im…
India’s Pakistan policy
Pakistan has always been an important factor in India’s domestic politics and foreign policy – a position that flows as much from historical disputes as from Pakistan’s continued support for terror activities against India. This importance has increased further under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. This article argues that the September 2016 ‘surgical strikes’ by Indian special forces inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the February 2…
Managing China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific
The article explains how Japan's strategic interests are converging with India against an assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. Japan has been pursuing a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) policy, which seeks to manage China's rise by deepening Japan's strategic coordination and cooperation with its closest partners through the Quad. Though Japan still values its bilateral relationship with the United States (US), its security partnership with In…
India’s Quadrilateral conundrum
India and China are two powers in Asia, having common borders but different sense of entitlements and vulnerabilities. China’s global profile has become much stronger than India’s. How India and China deal with each other will determine peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The challenge for New Delhi is to factor its national self-interest and security into dealings with a rising China. India is threatened by Chinese assertiveness, giv…
Debating the Relevance of Non-alignment in Indian Diplomacy
Zorawar Daulat Singh, Power & Diplomacy: India’s Foreign Policies During the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2019). pp. 398, ₹950. ISBN 978-0199489640. Sudhanshu Tripathi, India’s Foreign Policy: Dilemma Over Nonalignment 2.0 (SAGE Publications, 2020). pp. 203, ₹895. ISBN 978-9353286422
India’s place in America’s world under the Biden presidency
The key strategic challenge facing India is Beijing’s growing propensity to use coercive measures vis-à-vis New Delhi. As global geopolitics has entered the most uncertain phase, India’s strategic embrace of the United States is becoming clearly visible. Notwithstanding New Delhi’s attachment to the notion of strategic autonomy, the Pakistan factor, the Russia factor and the US exit from Afghanistan, China’s assertive actions have allowed India a…
Navigating “maximum pressure”
The article highlights the convergence and divergence between US and India regarding Iran during the Trump administration and makes the following arguments. First, as Trump’s hard line on Iran was viewed negatively by India, New Delhi took measures to assert its longheld tradition of “strategic autonomy” in foreign policy which could not be ignored by the U.S. establishment despite Trump’s personal choices. Second, as Iran responded to the Trump’…
Pakistan’s Military Statecraft
Based on classical civil-military relations theories and other significant scholarship on military dominance in Pakistan, this article argues that Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, has radically altered the nature of military dominance, which previously depended on informal mechanisms. The article explains how Field Marshal Munir has concentrated powers by consolidating his command of the armed forces, undermining the ind…
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (5 works)