Rudra Chaudhuri
Biographic Data
| ID | 3775893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rudra Chaudhuri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rudra |
| FAMILY NAME | Chaudhuri |
| SIGNATURE | CHAUDHURI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0763-6629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
India and the sovereignty principle: The disaggregation imperative
The Special Issue examines the salience of the sovereignty principle with reference to India and its engagement with other states and entities in the international system. It seeks to disaggregate sovereignty from an abstract formulation to the operational level and evaluate how the principle has shaped India's conduct over the years across a range of issues and locales. The Special Issue engages with "traditional" topics in IR like wars as also …
Living in a fragmented world: India’s data way
This article examines India's treatment of data and its relationship with sovereignty. In the absence of international norms or standards, the article draws on the various data-related rules, regulations, and policies, the country's international stance on data, and the developments in its ongoing journey to a privacy law to infer how the Indian government seeks to exercise sovereign control over Indian data. The article shows that India's treatm…
Just another border incident’: The Rann of Kutch and the 1965 India–Pakistan War
The India–Pakistan War of September 1965 has attracted little attention in the larger body of work on South Asia. Further, almost nothing has been written on the earlier skirmish, in April 1965, between Indian and Pakistani security forces in the Rann-of-Kutch, an uninhabited salt marsh. This article argues that the limited conflict in the Rann, its immediate consequences, and its impact on Pakistani military and civilian leaders were central to …
War and peace in contemporary India
This Special Issue looks at the importance of institutions and the role played by international actors in crucial episodes of India’s strategic history. The contributions trace India’s tryst with war and peace from immediately before the foundation of the contemporary Indian state to the last military conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999. The focus of the articles is as much on India as it is on Pakistan and China, its opponents in war. Th…
Indian “Strategic Restraint” Revisited: The Case of the 1965 India-Pakistan War
Political scientists and analysts have long argued that Indian strategic restraint is informed primarily by Indian political leaders’ aversion to the use of force. For some scholars, India’s apparent fixation with restraint can be traced to the very foundation of the modern Indian state. This article contests what it considers to be a reductionist position on strategic restraint. Instead, it argues that Indian strategic restraint has in fact been…
Re-reading the Indian Emergency: Britain, the United States and India’s Constitutional Autocracy, 1975–1977
The period known as the “Emergency” in India—June 1975 to March 1977—is widely recognised as one of the darkest episodes in the nation’s 70-year history. Fundamental rights were suspended, whilst the courts had little or no authority. The security services received emergency powers to make arrests without explanation. Although the political, social, and economic history of the Emergency remains well known, there is nothing on the international hi…
The Making of an ‘All Weather Friendship’ Pakistan, China and the History of a Border Agreement: 1949–1963
China and Pakistan share what is widely known as an ‘all weather friendship’. The historical roots of this friendship can be traced to 1963, when the two countries entered into a border agreement that divided territory in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Since then, China has provided missile and nuclear technology to Pakistan. It has limited the potential for escalation in the time of war between India and Pakistan and is the largest economic inve…
War and peace in Modern India: A strategic history of the Nehru years
War and Peace in Modern India firmly establishes a new standard in the contemporary and diplomatic history of South Asia. Elegantly written, methodically researched, and persuasively argued, this m
The Limits of Executive Power: Domestic Politics and Alliance Behavior in Nehru's India
This article explores the extent to which Indian domestic debate shapes strategic behavior. It makes the case that domestic politics, and more importantly, the role played by domestic elites–from within the ruling party and the opposition–have historically set limits on the exercise of executive power. Specifically, it maps the relative importance of domestic politics on Indian foreign policy during the Nehru years (1947 to 1964), investigating t…
Campaign disconnect: Operational progress and strategic obstacles in Afghanistan, 2009-2011
Success in war depends on alignment between operations and strategy. Commonly, such alignment takes time as civilian and military leaders assess the effectiveness of operations and adjust them to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved. This article assesses prospects for the US-led campaign in Afghanistan. Drawing on extensive field research, the authors find that significant progress has been made at the operational level in four key area…
Why Culture Matters: Revisiting the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962
Strategic historians and practitioners associated with the 32-day Sino-Indian border conflict of autumn 1962 have for long argued that India's appeal for US military assistance during the war led to the abandonment of India's foreign policy of non-alignment. By asking for military assistance, India entered into an alliance with the US. Triangulation of different accounts of the war, declassified US State Department Papers and correspondence betwe…
The Rumsfeld Doctrine and the Cost of US Unilateralism: Lessons Learned
In the era of liberal globalization that followed the end of the Cold War, the power of the West was pre‐eminent. A significant component of the West’s pre‐eminence was its military superiority. A
Campaign disconnect: Operational progress and strategic obstacles in Afghanistan, 2009-2011
Success in war depends on alignment between operations and strategy. Commonly, such alignment takes time as civilian and military leaders assess the effectiveness of operations and adjust them to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved. This article assesses prospects for the US-led campaign in Afghanistan. Drawing on extensive field research, the authors find that significant progress has been made at the operational level in four key area…
Living in a fragmented world: India’s data way
This article examines India's treatment of data and its relationship with sovereignty. In the absence of international norms or standards, the article draws on the various data-related rules, regulations, and policies, the country's international stance on data, and the developments in its ongoing journey to a privacy law to infer how the Indian government seeks to exercise sovereign control over Indian data. The article shows that India's treatm…
Indian “Strategic Restraint” Revisited: The Case of the 1965 India-Pakistan War
Political scientists and analysts have long argued that Indian strategic restraint is informed primarily by Indian political leaders’ aversion to the use of force. For some scholars, India’s apparent fixation with restraint can be traced to the very foundation of the modern Indian state. This article contests what it considers to be a reductionist position on strategic restraint. Instead, it argues that Indian strategic restraint has in fact been…
The Making of an ‘All Weather Friendship’ Pakistan, China and the History of a Border Agreement: 1949–1963
China and Pakistan share what is widely known as an ‘all weather friendship’. The historical roots of this friendship can be traced to 1963, when the two countries entered into a border agreement that divided territory in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Since then, China has provided missile and nuclear technology to Pakistan. It has limited the potential for escalation in the time of war between India and Pakistan and is the largest economic inve…
Just another border incident’: The Rann of Kutch and the 1965 India–Pakistan War
The India–Pakistan War of September 1965 has attracted little attention in the larger body of work on South Asia. Further, almost nothing has been written on the earlier skirmish, in April 1965, between Indian and Pakistani security forces in the Rann-of-Kutch, an uninhabited salt marsh. This article argues that the limited conflict in the Rann, its immediate consequences, and its impact on Pakistani military and civilian leaders were central to …
War and peace in Modern India: A strategic history of the Nehru years
War and Peace in Modern India firmly establishes a new standard in the contemporary and diplomatic history of South Asia. Elegantly written, methodically researched, and persuasively argued, this m
Why Culture Matters: Revisiting the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962
Strategic historians and practitioners associated with the 32-day Sino-Indian border conflict of autumn 1962 have for long argued that India's appeal for US military assistance during the war led to the abandonment of India's foreign policy of non-alignment. By asking for military assistance, India entered into an alliance with the US. Triangulation of different accounts of the war, declassified US State Department Papers and correspondence betwe…
The Rumsfeld Doctrine and the Cost of US Unilateralism: Lessons Learned
In the era of liberal globalization that followed the end of the Cold War, the power of the West was pre‐eminent. A significant component of the West’s pre‐eminence was its military superiority. A
Why Culture Matters: Revisiting the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962
Strategic historians and practitioners associated with the 32-day Sino-Indian border conflict of autumn 1962 have for long argued that India's appeal for US military assistance during the war led to the abandonment of India's foreign policy of non-alignment. By asking for military assistance, India entered into an alliance with the US. Triangulation of different accounts of the war, declassified US State Department Papers and correspondence betwe…
Campaign disconnect: Operational progress and strategic obstacles in Afghanistan, 2009-2011
Success in war depends on alignment between operations and strategy. Commonly, such alignment takes time as civilian and military leaders assess the effectiveness of operations and adjust them to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved. This article assesses prospects for the US-led campaign in Afghanistan. Drawing on extensive field research, the authors find that significant progress has been made at the operational level in four key area…
The Limits of Executive Power: Domestic Politics and Alliance Behavior in Nehru's India
This article explores the extent to which Indian domestic debate shapes strategic behavior. It makes the case that domestic politics, and more importantly, the role played by domestic elites–from within the ruling party and the opposition–have historically set limits on the exercise of executive power. Specifically, it maps the relative importance of domestic politics on Indian foreign policy during the Nehru years (1947 to 1964), investigating t…
War and peace in Modern India: A strategic history of the Nehru years
War and Peace in Modern India firmly establishes a new standard in the contemporary and diplomatic history of South Asia. Elegantly written, methodically researched, and persuasively argued, this m
The Making of an ‘All Weather Friendship’ Pakistan, China and the History of a Border Agreement: 1949–1963
China and Pakistan share what is widely known as an ‘all weather friendship’. The historical roots of this friendship can be traced to 1963, when the two countries entered into a border agreement that divided territory in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Since then, China has provided missile and nuclear technology to Pakistan. It has limited the potential for escalation in the time of war between India and Pakistan and is the largest economic inve…
Indian “Strategic Restraint” Revisited: The Case of the 1965 India-Pakistan War
Political scientists and analysts have long argued that Indian strategic restraint is informed primarily by Indian political leaders’ aversion to the use of force. For some scholars, India’s apparent fixation with restraint can be traced to the very foundation of the modern Indian state. This article contests what it considers to be a reductionist position on strategic restraint. Instead, it argues that Indian strategic restraint has in fact been…
Re-reading the Indian Emergency: Britain, the United States and India’s Constitutional Autocracy, 1975–1977
The period known as the “Emergency” in India—June 1975 to March 1977—is widely recognised as one of the darkest episodes in the nation’s 70-year history. Fundamental rights were suspended, whilst the courts had little or no authority. The security services received emergency powers to make arrests without explanation. Although the political, social, and economic history of the Emergency remains well known, there is nothing on the international hi…
Just another border incident’: The Rann of Kutch and the 1965 India–Pakistan War
The India–Pakistan War of September 1965 has attracted little attention in the larger body of work on South Asia. Further, almost nothing has been written on the earlier skirmish, in April 1965, between Indian and Pakistani security forces in the Rann-of-Kutch, an uninhabited salt marsh. This article argues that the limited conflict in the Rann, its immediate consequences, and its impact on Pakistani military and civilian leaders were central to …
War and peace in contemporary India
This Special Issue looks at the importance of institutions and the role played by international actors in crucial episodes of India’s strategic history. The contributions trace India’s tryst with war and peace from immediately before the foundation of the contemporary Indian state to the last military conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999. The focus of the articles is as much on India as it is on Pakistan and China, its opponents in war. Th…
India and the sovereignty principle: The disaggregation imperative
The Special Issue examines the salience of the sovereignty principle with reference to India and its engagement with other states and entities in the international system. It seeks to disaggregate sovereignty from an abstract formulation to the operational level and evaluate how the principle has shaped India's conduct over the years across a range of issues and locales. The Special Issue engages with "traditional" topics in IR like wars as also …
Living in a fragmented world: India’s data way
This article examines India's treatment of data and its relationship with sovereignty. In the absence of international norms or standards, the article draws on the various data-related rules, regulations, and policies, the country's international stance on data, and the developments in its ongoing journey to a privacy law to infer how the Indian government seeks to exercise sovereign control over Indian data. The article shows that India's treatm…
Political science (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works)