IDSA Comments

The BEML model of disinvestment needs to be applied to the rest of the Defence Public Sector Undertakings as well as Ordnance Factories.

• Laxman Kumar Behera |
• January 20, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

While the Cuban armed forces are but a shadow of their former self with unserviceable equipment and massive reductions in personnel strength, the country still retains combat capabilities far in excess of any of its Caribbean neighbours.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
• January 18, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

With some innovative thinking, on-line arrangements with suppliers, including the Canteen Stores Department, could reduce the cost of storage and distribution and, more importantly, help in maintaining a high satisfaction level among troops.

• Amit Cowshish |
• January 18, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

Decommissioned Military Hardware can be gainfully be used as “gifts” in order to forge greater ties with recipient countries and potentially, make way for possible purchases of military hardware from India in the future.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
• January 10, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

The Security Council resolution on international judicial cooperation, adopted in December 2016, is a significant development in countering the scourge of terrorism.

• Rajeesh Kumar |
• January 06, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

Abbas needs to take steps for a gradual change of guard in the Fatah within a specified time-frame to keep the cause of Palestinian statehood alive.

• Gautam Sen |
• January 04, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

The partial cease-fire brokered and imposed by Russia and Turkey, with Iran’s concurrence, on Assad and the ‘moderates’, might mark a turning point in Syria’s tortuous journey since 2011.

• K. P. Fabian |
• January 02, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

A standalone visit to Israel will not only be in line with Modi’s engagement with the Middle East but would also send a powerful message to the international community that India is no longer apologetic about befriending Israel.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy |
• January 02, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

Higher Defence Management, Civil-military relations and force modernisation were three critical areas in which there was little or no movement in the year gone by.

• Amit Cowshish |
• January 02, 2017 |
• IDSA Comments

It is highly recommended that a range of nano and pico satellites be manufactured and their employment integrated with the border management system.

• Amit Mukherjee |
• December 30, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

The voting booth was a good metre high with glass on one side, so that one can see that the voting papers are not tampered with.

• Shriniwas Kelkar |
• December 28, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

While it was difficult to delve into the depth of the country’s internal dynamics, the overall impression one got was that the democratic process is making marked progress, albeit as per Uzbekistan’s own political ethos and traditions.

• P. Stobdan |
• December 26, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

While the Manipur government’s decision to create seven new districts has come in the wake of popular demands for improved administrative efficiency, there has been fierce opposition from Naga bodies which view it as an attempt to divide the Naga people

• Pradeep Singh Chhonkar |
• December 23, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

While the larger air forces are capable of sustaining their existing and future inventories for some time to come, the combat assets available to the region’s smaller air forces are facing a problem of pending obsolescence.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
• December 22, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, Japan is weighing the geopolitical and geo-economic implications of the new economic and security policies that his administration may adopt.

• Titli Basu |
• December 20, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

While the creation of seven new smaller districts has led to agitations by the United Naga Council, efficiencies in administrative tasks should be obtainable with district headquarters closer to the respective inhabitants.

• Gautam Sen |
• December 16, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

Given that both India and Indonesia have a common interest in preserving their respective democratic, multi-ethnic and multi-religious polities, they need to work together to induce Myanmar to control the violence against the Rohingyas.

• Gautam Sen |
• December 15, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

The Jamaican Defence Forces have retained their cutting edge due to a skillful balancing of priorities with resources, the weak economy notwithstanding.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
• December 09, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

Brexit, the results of the elections held in Italy and Austria on December 4, 2016, and certain related recent developments in Europe raise questions about the future of the Union.

• K. P. Fabian |
• December 08, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments

A careful reading of the report of the deliberations of the UNGA on November 7, 2016 would suggest that nothing has changed at the ground level; only the rhetoric of member states has been amplified.

• Rajeesh Kumar |
• December 08, 2016 |
• IDSA Comments