Critical Analysis of India’s Safeguards Agreement INFCIRC/754 with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) India concluded a fresh safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/754) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2009. All aspects of safeguards measures including the items to be safeguarded were deliberated upon, to ensure that India’s safeguards agreement does not result in giving any flexibility to India to use safeguarded items for unsafeguarded activities. The safeguards agreement INFCIRC/754 came with many additional features. Some of them are a result of the IAEA’s efforts to bring uniformity to subsidiary arrangements and structure and format for reporting requirements. K. L. Ramakumar March 2019 Strategic Analysis
Decimating Democracy in 140 Characters or Less: Pakistan Army’s Subjugation of State Institutions through Twitter The Directorate General of Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR), or the Pakistan Army’s media wing has perfected the form of subverting democracy and showcasing the dominant position of the Army in the entire Pakistani polity. This article sets out to prove the same in a quantified manner. By analysing almost 25 tweets from the official account of DG-ISPR in the period 2016 ?18, the article tries to quantify, using the Merkel-Croissant model of embedded democracy, the priorities of the Pakistan Army. Akshat Upadhyay March 2019 Strategic Analysis
Mohammed bin Salman walks the India-Pakistan tightrope Visiting ‘brother’ Pakistan and ‘friend’ India at a time when tensions are running high both in West Asia and South Asia, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walked the India-Pakistan tightrope with extreme caution. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan February 25, 2019 IDSA Comments
Why Creating an Indigenous LTE Chipset is Such a Big Deal India, the second largest smartphone market in the world, needs to encourage and incentivise its ICT industry to not only boost ‘Skill India’ and ‘Make in India’ initiatives but also provide cyber autonomy to its critical cyber assets. Ashish Chhibbar February 25, 2019 IDSA Comments
A no-deal Brexit and its implications The implications of a no-deal Brexit, particularly on EU-UK trade relations, security and the rights of the citizens, would be grave and irreparable. Rajeesh Kumar February 22, 2019 Issue Brief
MMRCA Mess and the Need for Professionalism in the Defence Acquisition Process The CAG report relating to the Indian Air Force has highlighted various anomalies and the unprofessional manner in which defence acquisitions are handled. Vinay Kaushal February 22, 2019 Issue Brief
Pulwama Attack: Time to Get the Messaging Right Pakistan’s hybrid war is a reality. India’s efforts need to be oriented towards countering such a war. Vivek Chadha February 20, 2019 Policy Brief
US-Venezuela Stand-off: Impact on Global Oil Prices With US sanctions in place on the Venezuelan oil industry, global oil prices are set to rise once again, which may have major geopolitical and geo-economic consequences. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Chithra Purushothaman February 20, 2019 IDSA Comments
Consolidating India-Iran Cooperation While Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s visit has created a better environment, the challenge lies in sustaining the current momentum Nagapushpa Devendra February 14, 2019 IDSA Comments
Interim Defence Budget 2019-20 The eight per cent hike in the interim defence budget 2019-20 is bound to further intensify the resource problem of the MoD, which is already battling a massive shortage of funds. Laxman Kumar Behera February 04, 2019 Issue Brief
