| The lost rebellion: Kashmir in the nineties M Joshi Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 2019 | 105 | 2019 |
| On the razor's edge: the liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam M Joshi Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 19 (1), 19-42, 1996 | 91 | 1996 |
| Combating Terrorism in Punjab: Indian Democracy in Crisis M Joshi Conflict Studies, 1-32, 1993 | 41* | 1993 |
| Doklam: To start at the very beginning M Joshi ORF Special Report 40, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
| To Come Forward and Aid in Putting Down This Unholy Rebellion: The Officers of Louisiana's Free Black Native Guard During the Civil War Era MK Joshi, JP Reidy Southern Studies 21 (3), 236-242, 1982 | 20 | 1982 |
| Nuclear shock wave M Joshi India Today 25, 1998 | 19 | 1998 |
| China and Europe: Trade, Technology and Competition M Joshi ORF Occasional Paper, 42, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| The Wuhan summit and the India–China border dispute M Joshi ORF Special Report 62, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| George in the China shop M Joshi India Today 18, 1998 | 15 | 1998 |
| Making sense of the Depsang incursion M Joshi The Hindu 7, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| India and emerging Asia RR Sharma Sage, 2005 | 14 | 2005 |
| Kargil and after: challenges for Indian policy KP Bajpai, A Karim, A Mattoo (No Title), 2001 | 14 | 2001 |
| From Technology Demonstration to Assured Retaliation:The making of an Indian nuclear doctrine M Joshi Strategic Analysis 22 (10), 1467-1481, 1999 | 13 | 1999 |
| Hawkish India R Chengappa, M Joshi India Today 25, 1998 | 13 | 1998 |
| The media in the making of Indian foreign policy M Joshi The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy, 259-170, 2015 | 12 | 2015 |
| Scraping the bottom of the barrel: Budgets, organisation and leadership in the Indian defence system M Joshi ORF Special Report 74, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| The South China Sea Disputes: Territorial Claims, Geopolitics, and International Law M Joshi ORF Occasional Papers 97 (August 2016), 35, 2016 | 11 | 2016 |
| The Unending Quest to Reform India's National Security System M Joshi Policy Report, 1-11, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| Hitler as hero: Society without a moral compass M Joshi The Times of India 26, 2002 | 10 | 2002 |
| India helped FBI trace ISI-terrorist links M Joshi Times of India 9, 235, 2001 | 9 | 2001 |
