Comments & Briefs

The Second Trump Administration and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia remains a key partner for the US given that both sides have multiple shared interests.

March 24, 2025

Temjenmeren Ao

Issue Brief

China’s Road to Great Rejuvenation: From Opening Up to New Quality Productive Forces

Beijing sees New Quality Productive Forces (NQPF) (comprising big data, AI and other disruptive technologies) as key to national rejuvenation.

March 20, 2025

Mayuri Banerjee

Issue Brief

The Jaffar Express Hijack and Shrinking State Writ in Balochistan

The Jaffar Express hijack has exposed the fact that as far as Balochistan is concerned, the writ of the Pakistani State has shrunk.

March 19, 2025

Ashish Shukla

IDSA Comments

Japan–India–Africa Business Forum: A Collaborative Path to Sustainable Growth

The Japan–India–Africa Business Forum focuses on infrastructure development, industrial cooperation and capacity-building in Africa.

March 18, 2025

Abhishek Mishra , Simran Walia

IDSA Comments

Egypt’s Gaza Reconstruction Plan

While the Egyptian Gaza reconstruction plan is perceived as more realistic than Trump’s ‘Riviera in the Middle East’ proposal, it does not sufficiently address Israel’s concerns.

March 13, 2025

Hirak Jyoti Das

IDSA Comments

PM Modi at AI Summit 2025: Shaping India’s AI Vision for the Future

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation at the AI Summit 2025 highlighted India's commitment to promote responsible innovation.

March 12, 2025

Rahul Panwar

IDSA Comments

The P-75I Saga and India’s Submarine-Building Journey

The P-75I programme can be regarded as an inflection point for strengthening India’s defence industrial ecosystem for achieving ‘atmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) in submarine technology.

March 12, 2025

R. Vignesh , Abhay Kumar Singh

Issue Brief

Japan’s Territorial Disputes and their Management

Japan’s territorial disputes and the strategies it employs to manage them offer valuable insights into the practice of its security policy.

March 11, 2025

Arnab Dasgupta

Issue Brief

Trump’s Outreach to Putin has Implications for the Baltics

President Trump’s style of handling the Ukraine crisis has security implications for the Baltics.

March 10, 2025

Anshu Kumar

Issue Brief

Russia’s Central Asian Gas Gambit

The Trilateral Gas Union, involving Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has gained traction due to gas shortages which exposed the limitations of existing energy infrastructure.

March 07, 2025

Dalvi Sethi

IDSA Comments