Namibia: Controversy over Amendment in Labour Act A recent amendment in the Namibian labour law has caused friction amongst various stakeholders. Ahana Banerjee October 2016 Africa Trends
Post-Uri Response by India What has emerged over the past two weeks is a well calibrated strategy meant to increase the costs for Pakistan of continuing its policy of supporting cross border terrorism as an instrument of state policy. Sumita Kumar September 30, 2016 IDSA Comments
China’s One-Road-One Belt Initiative: A New Model of Global Governance India should seek to ‘redefine’ OROB to add a strong component for a ‘Digital Asia’, as that is where our comparative advantage lies, and for Asian connectivity to have two nodes, in China and in India, as has been the case throughout history. Mukul Sanwal September 29, 2016 IDSA Comments
Cancellation of the SAARC Summit: Has India Succeeded in Isolating Pakistan Regionally? The reactions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India indicate a new regional consensus that state sponsored terrorism cannot be dealt with only at the bilateral level. Smruti S. Pattanaik September 29, 2016 IDSA Comments
Significance of the Jordanian Parliamentary Election The most significant outcome of the Jordanian parliamentary election has been the participation of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood. In many ways, this election is a test of King Abdullah’s commitment to electoral reforms. Manjari Singh September 28, 2016 IDSA Comments
Coast Guards in the Western Hemisphere – The Dutch Connection The Dutch Shipbuilding Company Damen’s success in the Western Hemisphere has important lessons for ship manufacturers who wish to export small and medium sized patrol vessels to the region and elsewhere. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj September 27, 2016 IDSA Comments
DPRK’s Nuclear Provocations and the Indian Response India needs to engage more pointedly with South Korea, Japan, the United States and even bilaterally with DPRK to convey its concerns regarding the latter’s strategic cooperation with Pakistan. Jagannath P. Panda September 27, 2016 IDSA Comments
The End of an Era in Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov’s foremost contribution to the region and the world is to shield Uzbekistan from the onslaught of radical Islam. Skand Tayal September 26, 2016 IDSA Comments
Syria: The Cease-Fire that was and wasn’t The Kerry-Lavrov agreement did not work because those who had to cease fire were not willing to abide by it. K. P. Fabian September 23, 2016 IDSA Comments
Calibrated Responses: The Way Forward for Defeating Proxy War Through a pragmatic strategy coupled with national will, India should undertake calibrated responses to defeat Pakistan’s proxy war game plan with a view to making its misadventures prohibitively costly and unsustainable. G.G. Dwivedi September 23, 2016 IDSA Comments
