Draft DPP 2020: Post-Contract Management Redrafting the chapter on post-contract management, expatiating the concept of contract operating officers and clearly defining their role and responsibilities vis-à-vis the other agencies, could go a long way in serving its purpose. Amit Cowshish May 08, 2020 IDSA Comments
Climate Change and State Responses The spectre of climate change and increased global warming has spurred more action in recent years. However, with the global economic outlook not likely to pick up any time soon, the temptation to opt for cheaper but dirtier fuels could further complicate the climate change negotiations. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Nihar R. Nayak May 06, 2020 Issue Brief
Time to Call Pakistan’s Bluff In the last 20 months of his rule, Prime Minister Imran Khan has not only failed to solve his people’s problems but also has made the life of the common man miserable. S.K. Sharma May 05, 2020 IDSA Comments
Reimagining Think Tanks in Times of Pandemic It is time that the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are converted into an opportunity to upgrade and evolve the present method of human interaction prevalent in think tanks across the world. Vivek Chadha May 04, 2020 Issue Brief
COVID-19 and New Age Technology Humanity is much better equipped today to mitigate the loss in life and collateral economic damage resulting from a pandemic, as demonstrated through the deployment of new-age tools such as artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, neural networks and internet of things. Harish Pillai May 01, 2020 IDSA Comments
Has the West Lost It? A Provocation Kishore Mahbubani, Allen Lane, New Delhi, 2018, 105 pp., INR 499 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-241-31286-5 Syed Eesar Mehdi May 2020 Strategic Analysis
Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century Andrew Yeo, Stanford University Press, Redwood, CA, 2019, US$ 70.00, (Hardcover) $58.99, ISBN-10: 1503608441 Atmaja Gohain Baruah May 2020 Strategic Analysis
India in South Asia: Challenges and Management Amit Ranjan (Ed.), Springer, Singapore, 2019, 289 + xxxiii pp., €103.99 (Hardback), ISBN 978-981-13-2019-4 Saleh Shahriar May 2020 Strategic Analysis
Politics and Government in China Guoli Liu, ABC-CLIO, California, 2011, 160 + xxxi pp., US$ 35.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-313-35730-5 Rajiv Ranjan May 2020 Strategic Analysis
Strait Rituals: China, Taiwan, and the United States in the Taiwan Strait Crises, 1954-1958 Pang Yang Huei, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 2019, 336 pp., US$55.00 (hardcover). ISBN 978-988-8208-30-2 Priyanka Pandit May 2020 Strategic Analysis