India’s New Initiative in Africa: The Asia–Africa Growth Corridor The Corridor marries India’s brand of human resources development and capacity building with Japan’s objective of delivering quality infrastructure in the region. Ruchita Beri | June 13, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The GCC in Troubled Waters It is unlikely that Qatar will agree to align its foreign policy with that of Riyadh and to rein in Al Jazeera. K. P. Fabian | June 13, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Paraguay’s Military: Internal Security Challenges vs Bloc Obsolescence Paraguay’s military faces the twin challenges of maintaining internal and external security, and fighting narco-trafficking while facing bloc obsolescence of its existing assets. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | June 12, 2017 | Issue Brief
Harnessing Wind Power through Kites India’s record in wind energy development is good. But the existing technology is fast becoming outdated. Evolving technologies like kite wind should therefore be considered. Shebonti Ray Dadwal | June 09, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Changes in the SCOMET List: What it means for the Indian Defence Industry The formal inclusion of the Munitions List within the SCOMET framework explicitly brings the defence industry under the purview of India’s global commitment to non-proliferation. Laxman Kumar Behera , G. Balachandran | June 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Qatar Crisis Sharpens Regional Faultlines The decision to target Qatar clearly indicates that the region is now divided into two camps and that the Arab Gulf countries are in no mood to accept neutral players. Md. Muddassir Quamar | June 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Do India-Oman relations need a Push? A high level political engagement between Oman and India will push the relations in the positive direction and also provide a fresh fillip to the economic relations. Jatin Kumar | June 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
India Gears Up to Enter the Eurasian Integration Path As India enters the Eurasian integration path, it needs to be aware that there is an emerging trend in favour of intra-regional cooperation in Central Asia. P. Stobdan | June 07, 2017 | Issue Brief
Possible Outcomes after the US Exit from the Paris Climate Agreement China may emerge as the sole leader of global climate negotiations by supporting the Green Climate Fund, which faces a budget crisis with the US exit. This will also provide an opportunity for China to reshape its current global image. Rajeesh Kumar | June 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
What Can India Expect from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? India should use SCO for building convergences with China and Russia as well as minimise the intensity of China-Pakistan alignment which undercuts India’s direct access to Eurasia. P. Stobdan | June 05, 2017 | IDSA Comments
