Stopping Illegal Migration from Bangladesh: Need for a Comprehensive Approach A comprehensive approach is needed to deal with the problem of illegal migration from Bangladesh. All the affected states would have to adopt a uniform policy, in the absence of which any amount of effort is bound to deliver only partial results. Anand Kumar June 24, 2016 IDSA Comments
Membership Expansion in the Nuclear Suppliers Group The outcome of the NSG plenary in Seoul is most likely to be the admission of India to the NSG, denial or postponement of a decision on Pakistan’s application, but deferment of both announcements to a later date. G. Balachandran , Reshmi Kazi , Kapil Patil June 22, 2016 Special Feature
Indian Naval Sales – The Cautious Emergence of a New Supplier Should GRSE and GSL deliver satisfactory services to their export customers, there is considerable potential for India to position itself as a competitive supplier of small and medium warships and patrol crafts. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj June 22, 2016 IDSA Comments
Making FDI Count in Defence It is rare that a foreign company makes a huge investment to produce major platforms in a third country with a view to make that country an export hub. Laxman Kumar Behera June 22, 2016 IDSA Comments
Why a Central Marine Police Force is not required for Coastal Security Raising a Central Marine Police Force and wasting resources on their training and equipment is neither necessary nor advisable given that the country already has a central organisation to protect the coast – the Indian Coast Guard. Pushpita Das June 21, 2016 IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s NSG Application There is no documentary evidence to substantiate the Pakistani claim that Pakistan had entered into any voluntary safeguards agreement with the IAEA in respect of KANUPP. G. Balachandran June 21, 2016 IDSA Comments
Why is NSG Membership important for India? India is keen to become a member of the NSG and other export control regimes so as to expand its nuclear power generation and enter the export market. Ashok Sajjanhar June 21, 2016 IDSA Comments
Karbi Insurgency in Assam: The Way Forward Over the years, endless corruption, mismanagement of funds, and failure to devolve power to the people has completely jeopardised the unique Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), leading to the rise of Karbi insurgency. Sushil Kumar Sharma June 20, 2016 Policy Brief
China’s Growing Arms Sales to Latin America The United States, once the dominant influence over the armed forces of the region, is now in danger of losing that position to China and has already lost it in countries like Bolivia and Venezuela. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj June 20, 2016 IDSA Comments
The Impact of World War I on the Arab World Today The military campaigns waged during the war and the political arrangements entered into immediately thereafter created the Arab world as it exists today as well as the problems it continues to confront. K. P. Fabian June 17, 2016 IDSA Comments
