India’s Defence Trade with Russia It will take just a few deals to be sealed, especially of the co-development/co-production variety, for the present drift in relations being arrested and brought back on an even keel. Amit Cowshish | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
PSLV-C29: Demonstrating India’s Growing Space Capabilities On December 16, ISRO demonstrated its growing capabilities with multiple burn fuel stage/rocket engine. In few years, ISRO is expected to put big primary payloads into different orbits by using a single rocket launcher. Ajey Lele | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Resuming the India-Pakistan Dialogue Even faced with the improbability of making much headway on terrorism and Kashmir in the resumed dialogue, it is still important for India to engage with Pakistan. Sumita Kumar | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Fallout of Turkey’s Shooting Down of the Russian Aircraft Turkey’s unprecedented military action raises two questions: What is the likely impact on its ties with Russia? And, what are the dynamics of a ‘Russia-West’ collaboration over Syria? Rajorshi Roy | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
India’s New Maritime Security Strategy: ‘Brand-building’ in an Era of ‘Geopolitical Discord’ The inability to portray greater strategic ambition for the Indian Navy renders this document an exercise in smart profile-building rather than one of purposeful image-projection. Abhijit Singh | December 21, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Defence Research and Development: International Approaches for Analysing the Indian Programme The Occasional Paper attempts to analyse the performance of India's defence research and development machinery and especially that of the DRDO. The Paper concludes by bringing out the lessons and concurrently suggesting the way ahead for India. Ranjit Ghosh | | Occasional Papers
The Naga Peace Accord: Manipur Connections The Naga Peace Accord has implications for Manipur and it is important that these are understood and necessary policy interventions are considered. Sushil Kumar Sharma | December 18, 2015 | Policy Brief
COP21: The Toothless Paris Agreement The fact that the developed countries succeeded in making all commitments non-binding makes the Paris Agreement almost toothless. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Satyam Malaviya | December 18, 2015 | IDSA Comments
“I was born in the party”: Women in Maoist Ranks Women join Maoist ranks for a variety of reasons: impressionable age, social milieu and circumstances, personal reasons, influence of kin or family and the inspiration of ideology. P. V. Ramana | December 15, 2015 | IDSA Comments
FOCAC- China’s Deepening Engagement with Africa and Its Implications The FOCAC process began in 2000 under the Presidency of Jiang Zemin when the first ministerial meeting was held in Beijing and has come a long way since then as a show of evolving Chinese interests in the African continent. Africa in many ways has been a learning ground for China's international role. What China has been doing in the continent must be watched closely as it showcases the future of Chinese power. Avinash Godbole | October-December 2015 | Africa Trends
