The Turkish Military Base in Doha: A Step towards Gaining “Strategic Depth” in the Middle East? The nostalgia among a section of the AKP to recreate the Ottoman past through economic and geopolitical integration has been the driving force behind Turkey’s recent assertive postures in regional matters including the Qatar crisis. Md. Muddassir Quamar September 26, 2017 IDSA Comments
Now The Right in Berlin: The German Elections of 2017 The CDU’s likely coalition partners are the Green Party and the Free Democrats. Such a coalition can work because all partners share a common design on European Unity and socio-economic policies at home. Bharat Wariavwalla September 26, 2017 IDSA Comments
Does India Need Thermonuclear Weapons While thermonuclear weapons are not necessary for maintaining a credible deterrent, they serve the purpose of enabling India to make effective use of its relatively limited fissile material stockpile. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj September 22, 2017 IDSA Comments
India-Japan and ‘Confluence of the Two Seas’: Ten years on The India-Japan ‘action-oriented partnership’ is founded on the pillars of mutuality of interests, shared universal values and commonality of vision in the Indo-Pacific. Titli Basu September 13, 2017 Issue Brief
Barcelona Attacks: India has Cause for Disquiet It is perhaps time to regulate incendiary sermons which radicalise vulnerable sections of society. Prabha Rao September 12, 2017 Issue Brief
The March of Folly Jointly Led By Kim Jong-Un And Donald Trump The crisis over North Korea’s reckless but successful pursuit of nuclear- weapon capability and the misguided response thereto by the United States is taking the world nearer to an unnecessary and perfectly avoidable catastrophe. K. P. Fabian September 12, 2017 IDSA Comments
Defence Reforms: Why is it Critical to Bite the Proverbial Bullet? This policy brief attempts to suggest six critical policy imperatives that must act as guidelines for the ongoing attempt at defence reforms. Vivek Chadha September 11, 2017 Policy Brief
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Nuclear Doctrine The nuclear escalation risk cannot be contained by the revision of India’s minimum deterrence policy but with a change in Pakistan’s behaviour. Sanjana Gogna September 11, 2017 IDSA Comments
US-Pakistan ties at a crossroads Pakistan’s responses with reference to the US encouraging India to play a greater role in Afghanistan raise an intriguing question: were Trump’s statements on India part of a gambit to extract cooperation from Pakistan? Priyanka Singh September 11, 2017 IDSA Comments
Rohingya Crisis Needs a Regional Solution The Rohingya crisis is not just Myanmar’s domestic problem but a regional issue and it needs to be tackled at the regional level in a more comprehensive way. Sampa Kundu September 08, 2017 IDSA Comments
