Geo-economic Significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank India needs to shape the nature and scope of the projects the bank will finance to support the Asian Century and its own re-emergence as one of the two centres of gravity in Asia. Mukul Sanwal March 30, 2015 IDSA Comments
Why has the Iraqi Offensive against ISIS Stalled? US authorities seem to be unusually reluctant to use air power to help the Iraqi authorities and their Iranian allies in the conduct of the Tikrit offensive. Why? R. S. Kalha March 24, 2015 IDSA Comments
Out of Afghanistan: US Needs to Rethink its Afghan Policy The US and other countries, including India, should open the floodgates of military and economic assistance to the Afghan state and help build the capacity and capability of its security forces and administrative machinery. Sushant Sareen March 24, 2015 IDSA Comments
Political Turmoil in Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, in alliance with the Jumhooree Party, poses a formidable challenge to the Abdullah Yameen government. Yameen is using the judiciary as a tool to crush this challenge and further his own political objectives. Anand Kumar March 19, 2015 IDSA Comments
Modi’s Visit will Herald a New Chapter in India-Sri Lanka Relations Prime Minister Modi’s visit is likely to improve the atmospherics to a significant extent, introduce a positive vibe into the process of engagement and serve as a stepping stone for deepening the relationship further. Smruti S. Pattanaik March 12, 2015 IDSA Comments
Diamer Bhasha Dam Stuck in the Funding Trap ADB’s yet another deferment of the decision on funding the DBD is a serious setback to Pakistan’s relentless efforts to obtain funds for constructing this mega hydro-power project on River Indus. Priyanka Singh March 03, 2015 IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2015-16 One area where the 2015-16 defence budget is likely to hurt the most is in capital acquisition, which has already been under acute pressure in recent years due to the overwhelming share of the ‘committed liabilities’ arising out of contracts already signed Laxman Kumar Behera March 02, 2015 Issue Brief
The discreet silence on the NPT The collective silence of the guardians and the state-parties by no means signifies the NPT’s good health, especially when they continue to emphasise upon the slow pace of disarmament and enduring pressures on the non-proliferation regime. A. Vinod Kumar March 02, 2015 IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2015-16: The Bad, the Worse and the Good The bad news in this year’s defence budget is that it does not recognise that things are not going in the right direction but only the beaten track. And the poor track record in fully utilising the resources allocated for ‘Modernisation’ is the worse news. Vinay Kaushal March 02, 2015 IDSA Comments
Difficulties of Regional Cooperation for Afghanistan: An Alternative Interpretation This article addresses the question of why regional cooperation among Afghanistan’s neighbours has been so difficult despite these countries’ common concerns. To answer this question, Afghanistan is conceptualised as placed at the core of overlapping regions: South Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and, through China’s influence, East Asia. Over the past decade, interactions among different regions ‘through’ Afghanistan have increased, and overlap has intensified. Sandra Destradi March 2015 Strategic Analysis
