The Euro-Greece-Crisis: What Next? Will Europe sleepwalk into a Grexit and the attendant collapse of Euro and the European Union as it did in World War I about a hundred years ago? The answer depends mainly on Chancellor Merkel. K. P. Fabian July 09, 2015 IDSA Comments
Deciphering China’s Submarine Deployments in the Indian Ocean Region Indian Navy must focus fresh attention on the challenge posed by the Pakistan-China maritime nexus in the Western Indian Ocean. Abhijit Singh July 08, 2015 IDSA Comments
Talking Heads: Modi in Ufa Modi would find the Eurasian dynamics at odds with his vision of containing China along with the United States. He will have to display pragmatism for building greater convergence with China and Russia. P. Stobdan July 08, 2015 IDSA Comments
Modi’s Visit to Central Asia To reconnect with the Eurasian market, India needs to explore the option of a direct land-link through China, i.e., reviving the traditional Ladakh-Xinjiang axis as the natural gateway to Eurasia. P. Stobdan July 06, 2015 IDSA Comments
How Workable will Consultants be in the Existing Framework of the Ministry of External Affairs? There are also grey areas to the extent that the professional and hierarchical relationship which the Consultants will have with regular IFS officers is yet to be clearly outlined. Gautam Sen July 06, 2015 IDSA Comments
MERS: A New Virus Challenge East and Southeast Asia are known to get affected by various diseases routinely. Particularly, various waterborne and other diseases likely malaria and dengue fever commonly affect the regions. There is a concern that global warming may translate into explosive growth of mosquito-borne diseases. In addition to this, growing number of natural disasters are found escalating the health related challenges. All this eventually poses a threat to health, economic and human security. Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh July 01, 2015 IDSA Comments
India and Pakistan: An Eternal Conflict! Shooting for a Century: Finding Answers to the India–Pakistan Conundrum, by Stephen P. Cohen S. Kalyanaraman July 2015 Journal of Defence Studies
Northeastern India and its neighbours: negotiating security and development by Rakhee Bhattacharya The insurgency movement in Northeast India, demanding various forms of autonomy including independence, is a constant concern for the maintenance of the country’s unity. It is further complicated due to the region’s strategic location, being almost entirely surrounded by several countries, and hence any development in these countries will certainly have implications for Northeast India. M. Amarjeet Singh July 2015 Strategic Analysis
India’s ocean: the story of India’s bid for regional leadership by David Brewster Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan once stated: ‘Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene. Whoever controls the Indian Ocean dominates Asia. This Ocean is the key to the seven seas in the 21st century, the destiny of the world will be decided in these waters’.1 It is these prophetic words that are the pivot for the book under review, India’s Ocean: The Story of India’s Bid for Regional Leadership. Amrita Jash July 2015 Strategic Analysis
Sri-Yantra and the geophilosophy of India by Niraj Kumar The book, as the title suggests, has Sri-Yantra and geophilosophy as its central themes. Sri-Yantra is a powerful positive energy symbol that is known for bringing peace, prosperity, harmony and good fortune. This powerful Yantra is a diagram based on nine interlocking triangular formulations. It is also known as Srichakra and Indian mystics and gurus have known about it for a long time. Ruchi Shree July 2015 Strategic Analysis
