IDSA Comments

Draft DPP 2020 needs to cut out obfuscation, repetitions, and bring out core issues for the consideration of the decision-makers in a concise and clear manner.

• Kishore Kumar Khera |
• April 17, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The lack of international cooperation and trust deficit to tackle the COVID-19 crisis is stark. The pandemic of fear may deepen an ongoing shift towards increased anarchy reflected in ‘everyone for himself’ and could further energise the process of weakening international institutions and agreements.

• Prakash Menon |
• April 17, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the key priorities for the GCC countries are to contain the spread of the pandemic, maintain the flow of trade across their borders and preserve their economies from adverse impacts.

• Prasanta Kumar Pradhan |
• April 16, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

China is too important for Pakistan’s power elite, given that their stakes are tied firmly to the success of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects. Similarly, China would also need dependable and loyal allies like Pakistan willing to support and disseminate the emerging Chinese narrative on COVID-19.

• Priyanka Singh |
• April 15, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The political divisions and economic challenges facing the country have complicated the government’s response to the pandemic, putting the population at risk and threatening to undermine the popularity of President Erdogan.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar |
• April 14, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe.

• Amit Cowshish |
• April 13, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

Syria’s fragile health care system on account of the continuing conflict hinders the country’s effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Lakshmi Priya |
• April 13, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

With a new found celebrity status among the video conferencing applications, Zoom now faces a massive privacy and security threat as the platform’s default settings are not secure enough.

• Kritika Roy |
• April 11, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The Hasina Government is in overdrive to meet the Covid-19 challenge head on, and ensure that this unforeseen threat does not snowball into a major national crisis.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik |
• April 09, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in performance of contracts and instil confidence among the vendors.

• Amit Cowshish |
• April 06, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to the global new-age mega corporations to up their game and showcase their innovativeness and resourcefulness.

• Ashish Chhibbar |
• April 03, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy.

• Kritika Roy |
• March 30, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The SIPRI report on the volume of international arms transfers during 2015-19 highlights the strengths of key strategic partnerships such as Russia-India, US-Japan and China-Pakistan, reinforced by arms trade.

• Kanica Rakhra |
• March 25, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The European Union-3 and Iran are indeed up against formidable odds to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) alive going forward.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
• February 21, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The Indian Army is at the cusp of a huge change. It has to concurrently manage the matter of Women Officers as seamlessly as possible. Success in this venture is predicated squarely on the mindsets of the seniors in charge and the WO community

• Alok Deb |
• February 19, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The slowdown in economic growth not only seems to have cast its shadow on the allocation of the defence budget for 2020-21 but has also compounded the challenges for the country’s first CDS.

• Vinay Kaushal |
• February 12, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The laser-based aerospace defence assets, as and when they are fully developed and deployed, could prove to be a potent deterrent.

• Atul Pant |
• February 07, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave is a step towards engaging the African countries on peace and security. It is hoped that the conclave leads to a candid discussion on common security challenges and examines the ways and means to further enhance cooperation between India and the African countries.

• Ruchita Beri |
• February 06, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

Considering the loss of tactical advantage that would come about by not adopting automation and autonomous weapon systems in future, militaries would invariably be obligated to adopt the concept of full automation while keeping humans on the loop.

• Atul Pant |
• January 24, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

CAA is a humanitarian gesture. Efforts of the government to allay apprehensions regarding CAA by countering misinformation is a welcome step. A better understanding and appreciation of CAA by the people is expected to reduce opposition to the Act.

• Pushpita Das |
• January 21, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments