Conceptualizing China Within the Kantian Peace
Harvard International Law Journal | Volume 54, Issue 1: Winter 2013 | By Manik Suri Immanuel Kant’s 1795 essay, “Toward Perpetual Peace,” established a concept of cosmopolitan law as the nemesis of war, instilling in generations of liberal thinkers and practitioners a vision of a world without conflict. Kant’s paradigm posited that “republican constitutions, a […]
Why We Need a U.S.-India Bilateral Investment Treaty Now
RealClearMarkets | August 30, 2012 | By Manik Suri The United States urgently needs an ambitious trade strategy for the world’s fastest growing region: Asia. An obvious place to begin would be India — one of its largest emerging markets. While newly launched talks on an investment agreement with New Delhi couldn’t be more propitious, […]
Geoeconomics vs. Geopolitics: Implications for Asia and the U.S.-Australia Alliance
The U.S. Studies Center at the University of Sydney | August 21, 2012 | By Devesh Kapur and Manik Suri Asia is witnessing a growing divergence between “geoeconomics” and “geopolitics,” centered around China. While China offers unparalleled near-term economic opportunities, cumulative decisions taken by thousands of American, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean firms are ironically helping […]
Blurring the Civilian-Combatant Line: Legal Implications of Deploying U.S. Civilian Mariners in the Libyan Theater
Harvard National Security Journal | August 16, 2012 | By LT Elan Ghazal and Manik Suri The Pentagon’s growing use of civilian manpower to augment force projection — including the deployment of civilian mariners aboard U.S. warships during contingency operations against Libya in 2011 — raises serious questions at the intersection of law and war. […]
India’s Tightrope Walk on Afghanistan
The Hindu: Business Line | August 15, 2012 | By Manik Suri India’s efforts at strategic autonomy — being part of both Chinese and American plans in Afghanistan — may not prove workable. Read the full piece here.
U.S.-India Cooperation in Afghanistan: Is India’s “Strategic Autonomy” Sustainable?
India in Transition | August 13, 2012 | By Manik Suri The United States and India face an opportunity to expand their strategic partnership in Afghanistan — but only if New Delhi accepts that maintaining its “strategy autonomy” will likely prove increasingly costly. Read the full piece here.
How Darkness Sheds Light: India’s Democratic Dysfunction
The Diplomat | August 4, 2012 | By Manik Suri India is a nation of superlatives. So it should seem unsurprising that its massive power failure earlier this week was the largest in history, affecting nearly 10 percent of humanity. As photographs depicting Indians huddled around candlelight spread worldwide, India’s blackout has ironically cast a bright […]
A Revamped U.S. Export Control System for the 21st Century
Harvard National Security Journal | November 13, 2011 | By Manik Suri While the United States has built one of the most sophisticated export control regimes in the world, its Cold War era architecture must be transformed to reflect today’s realities and meet tomorrow’s challenges. In 2010, President Obama launched a comprehensive Export Control Reform […]
A New Alliance
Foreign Policy | November 24, 2009 | By Manik Suri The anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks serves as a reminder that the front lines in the “war on terror” lie not only in New York and Washington, DC, but as far afield as Karachi and Mumbai. The attacks were planned and directed by […]
A River in Peril: The Waters Rise at Three Gorges
Harvard International Review | Fall 2003 | By Manik Suri Along the banks of China’s longest river, the water is rising — forcing over a million villagers settled in the surrounding valley to relocate their homes hundreds of miles away. Yet this is not a natural occurrence, like the great floods of 1931 and 1954. […]