Bhutan’s Graduation from LDC: Opportunities and Challenges While Bhutan's transition from a least developed country (LDC) to a middle-income country is undeniably optimistic, its journey beyond LDC status lies in mindful governance and strategic planning. Sneha M January 11, 2024 IDSA Comments
Beyond Borders: The Urgent Case for Global Cooperation in Cyber Defence Like-minded countries need to cooperate more closely to shield critical infrastructure and prevent systemic disruptions. Cherian Samuel January 04, 2024 IDSA Comments
MONUSCO’s Early Withdrawal and the Future of UN Peacekeeping in Africa The UN should shift towards more traditional and narrowly focused peacekeeping missions and maintain a clearer and more distinct role as a neutral mediator in conflicts. Rajeesh Kumar January 02, 2024 IDSA Comments
IDF’s Subterranean Challenge: Profiling Gaza Metro, Hamas’s Centre of Gravity The subterranean infrastructure is the pivot of Hamas’s irregular warfare strategy and allows it to undertake both offensive and defensive operations and has been assessed as one of its centres of gravity. Rajneesh Singh December 28, 2023 Issue Brief
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Implications for Regional Security The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reignited in 2020, continues to undermine regional security. Jason Wahlang December 22, 2023 Issue Brief
Assessing Japan’s Diplomacy in 2023 Japan made great strides towards developing an independent foreign policy, even as it hewed closer to the Global North’s positions on the burning issues of 2023. Arnab Dasgupta December 21, 2023 IDSA Comments
Prospects of Maritime Cooperation between India and Russia in Indian Ocean Region, Arctic and Russian Far East The India-Russia partnership is longstanding and time-tested, one of steadiest of the major relationships in the world. Although the relations between the two countries have remained exceptionally warm and cordial, their full potential has not been realised. Anurag Bisen IDSA Occasional Papers
Mahan and Mackinder: Addressing the False Dichotomy in the Eurasian Pivot theory Halford Mackinder’s 1904 paper: The Geographical Pivot of History, has been an object of scholarly contention for more than eight decades. Endlessly regurgitated, the process of the Mackinder review has become a niche within International Relations theory that has evolved over time but retained a number of core themes. Philip Reid IDSA Occasional Papers
Aerial Drones in Future Wars: A Conceptual Perspective Aerial drones are fast making way into military operations. With further advancement of technology, their role in warfare is set to increase exponentially. The new generation aerial drones promise to be at the centre stage of military operations in future warfare, in both lethal and non-lethal roles. Atul Pant IDSA Occasional Papers
Makran Gateways: A Strategic Reference for Gwadar and Chabahar The spirit of 'Connectivity', a salient motif in early-twenty first century international relations (IR), has provided an amenable context for a review of geo-determinism in IR theory and the defence of classical geopolitical models as analytical frameworks. No contemporary case study is perhaps more admissible in this regard than the scramble for connectivity leadership in Central and South Asia. Philip Reid IDSA Occasional Papers
