Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries: Nepal’s Transit Route Negotiations with India There are multiple levels of relationship between India and Nepal. This article deals exclusively with their bilateral transit relations, focusing on their negotiations in the context of Nepal as a landlocked developing country (LLDC). While LLDCs consider their free access to the nearest seaport through a transit country as a natural right, the transit countries often bargain with them from a position of strength. Nihar R. Nayak March 2016 Strategic Analysis
Modelling Multi-actor Security Dilemma Regardless of the everlasting debate whether the nature of the international system is anarchic or cooperative, ‘security dilemma’ remains a well-known and oft-cited concept. Intimately connected to it is the phenomenon of the arms race, which continues to play a significant role in global affairs and in determining relationships among countries. The first part of the article follows a dynamic model which reproduces the behaviour of the Cold War bipolar arms race. Jakub Drmola March 2016 Strategic Analysis
Significance of the November 2015 Myanmar Elections Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won by a landslide majority in the openly contested elections Myanmar held on Sunday, November 8, 2015.The NLD won a convincing majority with 255 seats in the lower house, 135 in the upper house and 496 seats in the state and regional legislatures. This paves the way for election of President of its choice and forming a government. The election had 33.5 million eligible voters (over 18 years) of Myanmar’s 52 million population. Udai Bhanu Singh March 2016 Strategic Analysis
Asian-African Century with Two Centres of Gravity: Reconciling the Potential of India with China, Already a Peer of the US While China and the United States (US) have recognised the strategic significance of the re-emergence of Asia, India has yet to see itself as one of the two centres of gravity in Asia, as has been the case throughout civilisation, having close trade links with Africa. Mukul Sanwal March 2016 Strategic Analysis
Nurturing Capital Acquisitions While taking stock of the acquisition proposals and projects is critical for bringing in efficiency in defence procurements, the focus on statistics dissembles some important issues. Amit Cowshish February 25, 2016 IDSA Comments
Time to Expose Youth to National Security It is important to generate understanding among the youth about the basic concept of national security and the impact it has on human security and economic growth. V.K. Ahluwalia February 24, 2016 IDSA Comments
Analysis Based Forecast of Revised Estimates of Defence Budget 2015-16: Who Bails Out Whom? Sustaining and building defence capabilty is a continuous process. It requires both adequate budget allocations and full, efficient and judicous utilisation of the allocated budget. This does not appear to have happened in the immediate past and the trend appears to continue in the current year. Vinay Kaushal February 23, 2016 Issue Brief
Educated Unemployment and Insurgency in Manipur: Issues and Recommendations The problem of educated unemployment is mainly two fold, firstly, scarcity of government jobs, and secondly, the, virtual lack of any other employer in Manipur other than the government. Sushil Kumar Sharma February 23, 2016 Policy Brief
Port de Djibouti: China’s First Permanent Naval Base in the Indian Ocean Hitherto, the India-China border dispute was largely a land-air contingency. Now, the PLA Navy’s presence in the IOR adds the third dimension and needs to be factored in future planning and preparations. Mandip Singh February 22, 2016 Issue Brief
Asia’s Buddhist Connectivity and India’s Role India needs to start thinking about seeking a greater transformation in China from authoritarianism to embrace the culture of Buddhism and the impact such a change may entail for enduring relations between India and China. P. Stobdan February 19, 2016 Issue Brief
