Anushka Saxena is a student of Master's in International Relations at the O.P Jindal Global University. She completed her undergraduate in History at the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief for the History department. Her research interests include maritime geopolitics, East Asia studies, Global South studies, international humanitarian law and cybersecurity. She has previously worked with think tanks based out of Delhi, Nepal and Australia.

Contributions 
The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China Part II Return to Mao-era Politics: Death of Collective Leadership under Xi? Loyalty, personal connections and familial ties (guanxi, 关系) are perhaps the defining element of Chinese elite politics. Some analysts...

The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China Right before the third plenum of the fifth National People’s Congress in 1980, Deng Xiaoping, former Chinese leader-in-charge made a speech ‘On the Reform of the System of Party and State Leadership’....

How China's Past Actively Shapes its Foreign Policy China’s perceived image of its past actively shapes its policy in the present. For a China determined to restore its past glory, it is significant to utilize narratives from history to effectively shape and justify a fervent and yet aggressive fore...

Maritime Security in the IOR : Counterpiracy and the India-Australia Maritime Cooperation The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is significant for a number of reasons. To begin with, it serves as the global hotspot for naval trade and for maintaining sea-based lines of communications. It houses chokepoints like the Bab-el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz...

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