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Lone Wolf Attacks: An Assessment in the Indian Context

Lone Wolf Attacks: An Assessment in the Indian Context

If the IS has been able to successfully recruit Indians for the war in Syria and provide technical support for their travel, it is a matter of time before they find recruits willing to employ violence in India itself.

Vivek Chadha
December 10, 2015

North Korea: An Advance Frontier of India’s “Act East”?

North Korea: An Advance Frontier of India’s “Act East”?

Recent developments in India-North Korea relations make it an opportune time for India to devise a new approach for its engagement with the Korean Peninsula that will help redefine its Act East policy.

Prashant Kumar Singh
December 01, 2015

The Need to Support Bangladesh in its Fight against Extremism

The international community should strengthen the hands of the Sheikh Hasina government. It has a proven track record of working against extremists and terrorists.

Anand Kumar
November 30, 2015

Nature, Quantum & Components of Defence Expenditure and Defence Pensions

Nature, Quantum & Components of Defence Expenditure and Defence Pensions

IDSA was tasked by the 7th Central Pay Commission in July 2014 to conduct a study on the “Nature, Quantum & Components of Defence Expenditure and Defence Pensions”. The study was carried out in accordance with the terms of reference provided by the Commission.

IDSA Team
November 30, 2015

Paris 13/11: What Next?

Paris 13/11: What Next?

To argue that the IS carried out the attacks because it has visceral hatred for Western values is to miss the central point. IS has that hatred, but essentially 13/11 was an act of vengeance against France and others who have been bombing the IS.

K. P. Fabian
November 24, 2015

Fighting the Islamic State: Role of the P-5 Nations and India

Fighting the Islamic State: Role of the P-5 Nations and India

Direct Indian military intervention against ISIS would depend on how the situation unfolds over the next year. As an emerging power sharing a littoral with the region, India has an important role to play in acting as a catalyst for West Asian stability.

Gurmeet Kanwal
November 23, 2015

Paris Exposes the Limitations of the West’s Approach to Counter Terrorism

Paris Exposes the Limitations of the West’s Approach to Counter Terrorism

Against the backdrop of the Paris attacks, there is a need to introspect about the effectiveness of the approaches adopted by major states to counter terrorism.

Ajey Lele
November 18, 2015

Meghalaya High Court Calls for Invoking Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Garo Hills

Meghalaya High Court Calls for Invoking Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Garo Hills

The Meghalaya High Court’s order directing the central government to consider invoking AFSPA in the Garo Hills is more like an advisory premised on a number of High Court and Supreme Court judgments.

Gautam Sen
November 17, 2015

The Crash of Metrojet 9268 in Sinai

The air crash might prod the US and its allies to seek a political accommodation with Russia on Syria, and a grand coalition might emerge against the IS. But, even such a coalition will take long to dismantle the IS, assuming it were doable.

K. P. Fabian
November 13, 2015

Restoration of Inherent Financial Powers of Defence Services

Restoration of Inherent Financial Powers of Defence Services

The MoD Order mentions that the IFAs are expected to give due attention to macro- management issues, highlighting the need for them to be involved in the planning and plan-review process. These are laudable objectives, but a well-knit mechanism for their implementation does not seem to exist at present.

Gautam Sen
November 12, 2015

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