Security Council Resolution 2322: Will it Strengthen Multilateral cooperation in Counter-terrorism? The Security Council resolution on international judicial cooperation, adopted in December 2016, is a significant development in countering the scourge of terrorism. Rajeesh Kumar | January 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Data Theft: Implications for Economic and National Security With the digitisation of services, such as in the case of governance and banking, or the electronic means of conducting commerce or trade, a large amount of data is generated, stored, processed; this also traverses, over digital devices and networks. The incidents of data theft compromise the integrity of this data. Data is at continuous risk from a myriad of threat actors varying from hacktivists to nation states. Munish Sharma | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Military Robots: Mapping the Moral Landscape, by Jai Galliott The ethical use of the military robots is a serious concern and in the last few years this debate has gained significant momentum on various human rights as well as military forums. The book under review deals with the same debate. The author’s idea is to thoughtfully bring forth the relevant arguments that have surfaced over last few years and examine them under the broad lens of ‘just war theory’. Tushar Shrivastav | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross- Border Terrorism, by George Perkovich and Toby Dalton The book—Not War, Not Peace? Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism—seems well-timed as it was released just few months before the surgical strikes conducted by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC), and appears to reflect the intentions of the Government of India. The central theme of the book is how to motivate Pakistan to dismantle anti-Indian organisations originating in and operating from its territory. Soumya Awasthi | January 2017 | Journal of Defence Studies
Fatah at the Crossroads Abbas needs to take steps for a gradual change of guard in the Fatah within a specified time-frame to keep the cause of Palestinian statehood alive. Gautam Sen | January 04, 2017 | IDSA Comments
China’s Creeping Maritime Assertiveness The Chinese stance towards the December 15, 2016 incident relating to the seizure of USN UUV by PLA Navy has been extraordinarily ambiguous. Abhay Kumar Singh | January 03, 2017 | Issue Brief
The State of the State of Syria The partial cease-fire brokered and imposed by Russia and Turkey, with Iran’s concurrence, on Assad and the ‘moderates’, might mark a turning point in Syria’s tortuous journey since 2011. K. P. Fabian | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Modi’s stand-alone visit to Israel? A standalone visit to Israel will not only be in line with Modi’s engagement with the Middle East but would also send a powerful message to the international community that India is no longer apologetic about befriending Israel. P. R. Kumaraswamy | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
A Requiem for 2016 Higher Defence Management, Civil-military relations and force modernisation were three critical areas in which there was little or no movement in the year gone by. Amit Cowshish | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Smart diplomacy: exploring China-India synergy, by P.S. Suryanarayana In Smart Diplomacy: Exploring China-India Synergy, P.S. Suryanarayana has sought to answer the questions: ‘Will China and India live at peace with each other? Will they be able to overcome the deficit of trust between them? Will they be able to find amicable solutions to their disputes over their borders, Pakistan, Tibet, rivers, and trade, etc.?’ (p. iv). These questions, raised by Ambassador Tommy Koh in his foreword to the book, concern all those who want a stable and productive future for the two countries that Suryanarayana characterizes as the sunrise powers of the 21st century. Prashant Kumar Singh | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
