Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece “Israel war on Gaza has gone beyond ‘right to self-defence’ to ‘responsibility to protect’” has been published in The Print on 28 December 2023.

Israel cannot keep killing innocents on the pretext of self-defence; the world cannot keep watching helplessly, says Col Agarwal.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col D.P.K. Pillay’ article ‘Creation of Bangladesh is enduring reminder of how the UN fails’ has been published in The Sunday Guardian on 24 December 2023. The article is about the use of Article 99 of the UN Charter by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Gaza. India's experience as the world turned a blind eye on the genocide in Bangladesh shows how the world operates—it is not on 'Just or Unjust' or 'Moral or Immoral' terms, says Col Pillay.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s chapter titled ‘Choke Points in the Baltic Sea Region: An Unfinished Project of Nordic NATO-isation’ has been published in the edited volume "Geopolitics Redefined: Punctured Truths and Glamourised Lies-II" (edited by K. Siddhartha), published by Kitab Mahal Publishers, New Delhi.

Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s Op-Ed ‘Oman seeks closer security pact with India’ has been published in The Tribune on 21 December 2023.

The visit of Oman's Sultan to Delhi rekindled deep family ties in India while seeking closer security partnership, says Col Agarwal.

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Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s review of the book ‘Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation’, by Paul Staniland, has been published by The International Spectator, a peer-reviewed journal (Italy).

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘India’s G20 Presidency: A Bright Spot in an Otherwise Turbulent Year’ has been published in the annual edition 2023 of ‘The Diplomatist’ (P43-45).

Associate Fellow, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘COP28 climate deal is a win for India. It got semantics right for developing economies’ has been published in The Print on 16 December 2023.

In a victory for India and other developing economies, the agreement avoids the term ‘phase out’ for fossil fuels, using “phase down of unabated coal power” instead, says Dr Rao.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece ‘A time-honoured connect that will help bridge the Gulf’ has been published in The Hindu on 16 December 2023. Oman is India's oldest strategic partner in the Gulf region. It is India's Gateway to West Asia. The visit of Sultan is crucial at a time when the region is at the brink of a major conflict, says Col Agarwal.

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Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Afroz Khan’s article ‘Expulsion of Afghan Refugees from Pakistan: A Man-Made Humanitarian Crisis in the Making’ has been published by the International Centre for Peace Studies on 15 December 2023.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Issue Brief ‘The Taiwan Factor in the US’s Regional Posture’, has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 15 December 2023. The Issue Brief talks about the US’s historical grapple with the Taiwan issue and the need to inject clarity in its positions, particularly whether it would militarily defend Taiwan.

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