By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke TO: Directorate National De Securitate Cibernetica, Romania1 FROM: The National Security Advisor RE: Our policy on countering recent cyberattacks (2022) and improving Romania’s Cybersecurity. Objectives Background On April 26, 2022, Romania’s high-profile delegations like Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu, and the President of the Chamber ofContinue reading “An Suggested Policy Memo for Improving the Cybersecurity by Romania’s National Cyber Security Directorate”
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Critique Paper
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke The report titled “Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project” has been chosen to write the following critique paper. Summary of Key Assessments including Critique The end of Cold War has shifted the dynamics of power but the repercussions from those are still unfolding. Rise ofContinue reading “Critique Paper”
Finding Modern Day Relevance in ‘The Art of War’
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke A critical analysis and review of some of the thoughts from Sun Tzu’s finest work ‘The Art of War’. The world embarked on a journey filled with wars and saw the changing dynamics of war from being a mere land & naval warfare and now producing weapons of mass destruction andContinue reading “Finding Modern Day Relevance in ‘The Art of War’”
The Viability of Deterrence Strategies in the 21st Century
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke Abstract In the 21st Century, world saw major shift in deterrence strategies such as from nuclear to cyber to economic sanctions. This paper is an attempt to bring out the viability of deterrence by analysing the current geopolitical happenings around the world. Further this paper brings out how non-nuclear states haveContinue reading “The Viability of Deterrence Strategies in the 21st Century”
Taiwan’s Strategy to Reduce Economic Dependence on China
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke Introduction Since 1949 the Republic of China (ROC) otherwise called as Taiwan has been struggling to establish itself as a separate government entity. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) otherwise called the mainland China or simply China has vowed by making unification of Taiwan into its mainland as an agenda ofContinue reading “Taiwan’s Strategy to Reduce Economic Dependence on China”
Examining India’s Stance on the Rohingya Crisis
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke When a nation feels that it is threatened by outside forces paving way for incursions into their sphere of influence, that nation will undertake any means to stop it. Myanmar, being predominantly a Buddhist nation felt that Rohingyas (a Muslim community) have started occupying their sphere of influence resulting in decreaseContinue reading “Examining India’s Stance on the Rohingya Crisis”
Finding Deterrence Strategies Deployed in the Indian Ocean Region
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke Introduction The Indian Ocean is the third largest water body and covers 20% of earth’s surface after the pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. In current century it has become the most viable sea routes for trade and commerce connecting the US from West to Australia in the East. This vast theatreContinue reading “Finding Deterrence Strategies Deployed in the Indian Ocean Region”
India-China Rivalry Best Explained by the Concept of “Security Dilemma”
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke India and China, the two biggest populated countries in Asia with different ideologies, culture, and government bodies has constantly engaged in wars, tensions, and conflicts with each other at either Himalayan border or at the Indian Ocean. Many scholars have citied the India-China rivalry as a classic example justified by theContinue reading “India-China Rivalry Best Explained by the Concept of “Security Dilemma””
Did India Successfully Managed Tensions of its Strategic Partnerships between the US, Iran and Russia?
By Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke *The following article was originally published by the author in “Research Papers on Defence and Strategic Studies Vol. 1” How successfully has India tried to manage the tensions between its strategic partnership with the United States on one hand and its strategic partnerships with Iran and Russia on the other? AsContinue reading “Did India Successfully Managed Tensions of its Strategic Partnerships between the US, Iran and Russia?”
Research Papers on Defence and Strategic Studies Vol. 1- Strategy, India-China Affairs, & Cross-Strait Relations
About the book Research Papers on Defence and Strategic Studies Volume 1 & 2 is the finest collection of research papers, Op-Eds, critical analysis report, and other essay formats written and compiled by the author. This volume includes a guest contribution by Binita Verma. This volume contains the following chapters; Chapter: 1- The Evolution ofContinue reading “Research Papers on Defence and Strategic Studies Vol. 1- Strategy, India-China Affairs, & Cross-Strait Relations”
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