Jagannath P. Panda

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article titled ‘The Abe doctrine on Quad Plus’ has been published by The Japan Times on July 17, 2020.

The article argues that Japan's search for security will continue to draw its analogy from Abe's decade-old Quad doctrine even after he leaves office in 2021. How the post-Abe leadership translates the framework of ‘democratic diamond’ to a cohesive security platform that Japan has been searching for under its Quad to Quad plus process remains to be seen.

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• Published: 17 July, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article titled, 'India in Japan's Post-Covid Defence Posture' has been published by 'The Asia Times' on July 16, 2020.

The article notes that while mention of India is minimal in Japan's 2020 Defense White Paper, it is considerable in substance.

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• Published: 16 July, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece titled ‘Modi’s ‘self-reliant India’ has key foreign policy aspects’, has been published by Asia Times on July 13, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that in the near future, India’s international outlook for economic engagement might transcend from multi-alignment to pointed-alignment with a set of countries that are critical to India’s economic and strategic interests in promoting an alternative supply-chain network, allowing it to move away from China.

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• Published: 13 July, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article titled ‘Australia in Malabar would strengthen the Indo-Pacific Narrative’ has been published by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the CSIS, Washington DC.

The piece essentially argues that the inclusion of Australia in Malabar would allow the Quad process to emerge as a coalition of structured maritime partnerships, strengthen threat assessment capabilities, and enhance the maritime roles and missions of the four naval powers - Australia, Japan, India, and the United States. In other words, an expanded Malabar would point to the emergence of a structured maritime coalition in the Indo-Pacific, amounting to an emergent defense maritime architecture vis-à-vis a revisionist China.

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• Published: 13 July, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Op-Ed titled, ‘Japan's aim for first-strike capability’ has been published in Asia Times on June 30, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that Japan's aim for first-strike capability implies that East Asia’s arms race is moving to a new direction now, and Tokyo is in no mood to lose this race.

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• Published: 30 June, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article on Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) titled ‘For Stronger Defense Ties, Japan and India Should Quickly Finalize ACSA’ has been published in ‘Japan Forward’ on June 29, 2020.

The piece argues that in a post-COVID world order, ACSA can indeed provide credence to the India-Japan partnership, as well as strengthen the regional footprints of both the countries. Resolve for a quick conclusion of the agreement is hence needed to fortify the bilateral relations, particularly at a time of global geopolitical flux and balance the power conundrums in Asia.

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• Published: 29 June, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's article on India’s China policy titled, ‘India’s China policy signals a shift post-Galwan’ has been published in India Inc on June 29, 2020.

India-China ties will undergo rapid transformation with the narrative of China as a partner taking a backseat in India’s official parlance in the post-Galwan period, writes Dr. Panda.

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• Published: 29 June, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece on US-India military alliance after Galwan, titled ‘Will India Pivot Towards the US After Galwan’ has been published in 9DASHLINE on June 19, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that a stronger US-India military alliance can indeed give credence to the Chinese fear of the revived Quad emerging as an ‘Asian NATO’. Hence, a common alarm over increased Chinese aggressiveness in a post-COVID order can end up serving as the main factor behind a restructuring of the Quad framework as well as bilateral China-containment alliances.

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• Published: 19 June, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's commentary titled ‘New Momentum in India-Australia Ties and Japan’ has been published by the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies in Tokyo.

The commentary essentially argues that the post-COVID global economic and connectivity frameworks will change inordinately. In such a scenario, the Indo-Pacific region and its littoral states, particularly India, Australia and Japan, must rethink their foreign policy strategies and reframe their economic, political and diplomatic ties to co-create a new synergy in an evolving regional order.

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• Published: 18 June, 2020

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece titled "India and the 'Quad Plus' Dialogue" has been published at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London on June 12, 2020.

The piece essentially argues that Quad Plus supplements a ‘Corridor of Communication’ for India beyond the Quad countries, mainly with Brazil, Israel, Vietnam and South Korea, and allows it to expedite a ‘Continental Connect’ notion that its inclusive Indo-Pacific outlook has been pitching for some time now.

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• Published: 12 June, 2020