China Fortnightly Newsletter I February 16 – 28 2026

byAshu MaanandDokku Nagamalleswara Rao

March 1, 2026

in Newsletter

Global Conflicts & Restructuring of Power: Implications For Future Warfare

Ashu Maan

Ashu Maan is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies. He was awarded the VCOAS Commendation card on Army Day 2025. He is currently pursuing his PhD from Amity University, Noida in Defence and Strategic Studies. He has previously worked with Institute of Chinese Studies. He has also contributed a chapter on “Denuclearization of North Korea” in the book titled Drifts and Dynamics: Russia’s Ukraine War and Northeast Asia. His research includes India-China territorial dispute, the Great Power Rivalry between the United States and China, and China’s Foreign Policy.

Dokku Nagamalleswara Rao

Dokku Nagamalleswara Rao was as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS). Rao's research primarily focuses on China, East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. Rao pursued his doctoral studies at Shandong University, P.R. China, specialising in the influence of ancient Chinese strategic culture on its approaches to international security. Prior to joining CLAWS, he obtained an M.Phil. in Chinese Studies from the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and holds a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Studies (DPIS), Pondicherry University.