Walter Ladwig

King's College London | KCL · Department of War Studies

Political leaders and analysts have described U.S.-India relations as a globalpartnership with the potential to shape the future security architecture of theIndo-Pacific. As is widely acknowledged, the two countries’ extraregional interestsalign most closely in Southeast Asia. Accordingly, this article examines thepotential for and limitations of U...

This special issue of Asia Policy scrutinizes the Indo-U.S. strategic partnership byexamining the prospects for bilateral cooperation in Asia. Although peacetimeforeign policy collaboration between major powers is a rarity, China’s rapid rise inthe international system appears to have forced the United States and India intounprecedentedly close con...

Why do political parties in parliamentary systems undertake actions, such as joining a coalition government, that will entail significant costs for their members in subsequent elections? Recent research points to the incentive structures faced by differentially positioned members of a parliamentary party: unlike backbenchers, MPs who hold a ministe...

Why do political parties in parliamentary systems undertake actions, such as joining a coalition government, that will entail significant costs for their members in subsequent elections? Recent research points to the incentive structures faced by differentially positioned members of a parliamentary party: unlike backbenchers, MPs who hold a ministe...

This article examines the significant congruence of U.S. and Indian interests in Southeast Asia and assesses both the prospects and constraints that New Delhi and Washington face in coordinating their policies toward the region. main argument Political leaders and analysts have described U.S.-India relations as a global partnership with the potenti...

This essay explains the rationale and assumptions underlying this special issue by examining the concepts of strategic partnership and foreign policy cooperation and situating them within the historical context of Indo-U.S. cooperation in Asia. main argument This special issue of Asia Policy scrutinizes the Indo-U.S. strategic partnership by examin...

Political leaders and analysts have described U.S.-India relations as a “global partnership” with the potential to shape the future security architecture of the Indo-Pacific. As is widely acknowledged, the two countries’ interests align most closely in Southeast Asia. Accordingly, this essay examines the potential and limitations, for the U.S. and...

Although peacetime foreign policy collaboration between major powers is a rarity, China’s rapid rise in the international system appears to have forced the United States and India into unprecedentedly close consultation on regional security issues. Will this consultation mature into active cooperation? To answer this question, this essay first exam...

Max Boot has put forth CIA operative Edward Lansdale as a template for influencing local governments in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. This article assesses Boot's claims about the utility of Lansdale's model of "friendly persuasion" as employed in the Philippines in the 1940s & early 1950s. A broader reading of U.S. involvement...

Max Boot has put forth CIA operative Edward Lansdale as a template for influencing local governments in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. This article assesses Boot's claims about the utility of Lansdale's model of "friendly persuasion" as employed in the Philippines in the 1940s & early 1950s. A broader reading of U.S. involvement...

After a decade and a half of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. policymakers are seeking to provide aid and advice to local governments’ counterinsurgency campaigns rather than directly intervening with U.S. American forces. This strategy and U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine in general fail to recognize that, despite a shared aim of defeating an insu...

After a decade and a half of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. policymakers want to change their approach to COIN by providing aid and advice to local governments rather than directly intervening with U.S. forces. Both this strategy and U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine in general, however, do not acknowledge the difficulty o...

In recent years, headline grabbing increases in the Indian defense budget have raised concerns that India’s on-going military modernization threatens to upset the delicate conventional military balance vis-à-vis Pakistan. Such an eventuality is taken as justification for Islamabad’s pursuit of tactical-nuclear weapons and other actions that have wo...

The issue of policing lies at the heart of the Hukbalahap Rebellion (1948–1954), in large part because the indiscriminate and heavy-handed tactics employed by the country's national police force, the Philippine Constabulary (PC), was a leading factor driving support for the Huk movement. A key turning point in the campaign came with the reform and...

In recent years the Indian Ocean has received significant attention from the defence intellectual community in the United States. However, the actual strategic importance of the region to US interests is less clear. In an environment of fiscal austerity, if commitments abroad are not firmly linked to interests, any significant involvement in a regi...

All three branches of the Indian armed forces have recently articulated the need to operate beyond the country's immediate borders. While the Indian military is highly unlikely to achieve its more ambitious power projection objectives in the medium term, the conventional wisdom that India's traditional foreign-policy orientation precludes military...

As the world's economic and strategic “center of gravity” shifts from the Euro-Atlantic area to the Asia-Pacific, the Indian Ocean is emerging as an increasingly critical trade and energy conduit. This region has long been a strategic backwater for the United States. Moreover, unlike in other critical subregions of Asia, the United States lacks sig...

This chapter reviews scholarship on the Indian counterinsurgency experiences in Nagaland and Mizoram to identify lessons on strategy, tactics and doctrine that can be learned.

While India may not traditionally be considered to be a significant actor in the Asia-Pacific region, over the past 18 years, New Delhi has undertaken a concerted effort to direct its foreign, economic, and military policies eastward. What began as economic cooperation with the nations of Southeast Asia has expanded into full-spectrum engagement wi...

From 1964 to 1975 a small group of British officers, advisors, and trainers guided the forces of the Sultanate of Oman to victory in their conflict with the Marxist insurgents of the People's Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG). This campaign provides a clear example of how to effectively support an ally's counterinsurgen...

In response to the perceived inability of the Indian military to leverage its conventional superiority to end Pakistan's proxy war in Kashmir, the Indian Army announced a new offensive doctrine in 2004 intended to allow it to mobilize quickly and undertake limited retaliatory attacks on its neighbor, without crossing Pakistan's nuclear threshold. T...

The lack of an institutional capacity and a legal authority to train foreign police forces is undercutting U.S. security assistance in the war on terror. From Iraq to Afghanistan to the Philippines, effective police forces are a key component of efforts to combat insurgency. This article discusses the importance of effective policing to counterinsu...

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In response to the perceived inability of the Indian military to leverage its conventional superiority to end Pakistan's "proxy war" in Kashmir, the Indian Army announced a new offensive doctrine in 2004 intended to allow it to mobilize quickly and undertake limited retaliatory attacks on its neighbor, without crossing Pakistan's nuclear threshold....

Thesis (M.R.P.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1967. Includes bibliographical references.