St. Petersburg Metro Bombing: Al Qaeda Redux The Imam Shamil Battalion has claimed responsibility for the April 3 metro bombing in St. Petersburg and conveyed that the attack was retaliation against Russia’s targeting of jihadis in Syria, Libya and Chechnya. Prabha Rao May 25, 2017 Issue Brief
Portents of France’s International Posture under Emanuel Macron Emanuel Macron is likely to set different trends with regard to policy towards the EU, the Francophone region of Africa, the UN, major powers as well as medium and pivotal countries like India and Japan. Gautam Sen May 24, 2017 IDSA Comments
Voter’s Dilemma: Data Leaks and Electoral Interventions The DNC and En Marche hacking instances offer a peek into the future: data leaks and cyber means of electoral intervention are likely to become an unfortunate and inevitable part of the electoral process. Munish Sharma May 22, 2017 Issue Brief
Strategic Partnership Model – formulation of the scheme a big challenge The objective of promoting Indian industry can be achieved in a simpler manner if after selecting the platform to be inducted MoD leaves it to the foreign OEM to tie up with the Indian company of its choice. Amit Cowshish May 22, 2017 IDSA Comments
Preference for Local Industry in Defence Contracts: What India Can Do The new enabling provision in GFR-2017 provides the MoD a chance to amend its own procurement document and include a provision of production reservation and price preference for domestic industry. Laxman Kumar Behera May 22, 2017 IDSA Comments
Modi Redefines India’s Palestine Policy Behind the media hype about India's ‘unwavering support' for the Palestinian cause, there is a subtle but unmistakable shift in its policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. P. R. Kumaraswamy May 18, 2017 Issue Brief
Need for incorporating a limitation of liability clause in defence contracts It would be both graceful and fair to pay a reasonable amount that is seen as equitable compensation for infringement of the fundamental right to life or damages arising from tortious liability of the government. Amit Cowshish May 17, 2017 IDSA Comments
Salafi-Jihad in Kashmir: New Cat among the Pigeons The growing vilification of the Kashmiri movement by Salafi-Jihadi terror groups is a part of their overt radicalization attempts aimed at hijacking the sub-nationalist insurgency. Adil Rasheed May 15, 2017 IDSA Comments
Furthering India-Japan Defence Cooperation: Arun Jaitley indicates a new approach While there is no doubt that India could do with help from Japanese defence firms, the modality of acquiring technologies from foreign companies in general requires to be clearly articulated. Amit Cowshish May 15, 2017 IDSA Comments
Pakistan, Masood Azhar and Terrorism The revival of Jaish indicates that Pakistan will continue to utilise terrorism as an instrument to advance its geo-strategic agenda in South Asia. Raj Verma May 15, 2017 IDSA Comments
