Rivlin’s Visit to India: Envisaging Expectations India-Israel Relations reach a new milestone with the forthcoming visit of President Reuven Rivlin to India. Amit Mukherjee | November 11, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Blacklisting Policy on the Anvil The proposed blacklisting policy of the Ministry of Defence must be comprehensive enough to ensure that no loose ends are left to be tied at time of implementation. Amit Cowshish | November 10, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Conundrum: No End in Sight Riyadh’s military intervention has neither forced the Houthis to the negotiating table nor has it restored the Hadi government in Sa’naa. Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 09, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Caribbean Air Arms Requirements Offer an Opportunity for India India can become a player of significance as its current MR/ LTA – the Dornier Do-228 – is admirably suited to meet the requirements of Caribbean Air Arms. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | November 07, 2016 | IDSA Comments
ICANN57: A Backgrounder This backgrounder examines the current structure of ICANN, the intricacies of the IANA transition, and the way it will impact the architecture of cyberspace in the future. Natallia Khaniejo | November 04, 2016 | Backgrounder
2017 Conference to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons: Time Ripe for a Stand-Alone Disarmament Instrument? The First Committee vote is a culmination of a long-drawn campaign and marks a dramatic shift in the affairs of the non-proliferation regime. A. Vinod Kumar | November 04, 2016 | Issue Brief
Can Stronger Regional Partnerships Help The UN Promote Global Stability Though no one questions the promise of regional partnerships, there are many impediments in practically achieving it as is evident from past partnership missions of the UN. Rajeesh Kumar | November 04, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Need for Persevering with the Dialogue Process in Jammu & Kashmir It is essential that the dialogue process continues and additional steps are taken to resolve the deep sense of alienation presently prevailing among the civil society in the Kashmir Valley. Gautam Sen | November 01, 2016 | IDSA Comments
FOCAC 2012 – Sino-African Ties Surge Ahead FOCAC 2012 went well beyond numbers and initiated the process of addressing serious concerns of a mature relationship by moving away from the narrow constraints of economic transactions. Sneha Bhura | November 2016 | Africa Trends
The Evolution of National Security Thinking in Post-Soviet Russia This article contributes to the rich body of literature on Russian security perceptions and analyses how Russian security thinking evolved over the last 20 years. The focus of the article is on how Russian security perspective shifted from the goal of assuring Russian security by integration and cooperation with the West to the idea of Russia’s own separate geo-economic project and the goal of reducing the country’s dependencies on the West. Security in this article is understood both as a military-political and as an economic phenomenon. Maxim Bratersky | November 2016 | Strategic Analysis