Erdogan’s Nuclear Rhetoric While Turkey’s nuclear ambitions are not new, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's nuclear rhetoric is in the backdrop of Turkey's deteriorating regional security situation. Kushal Agrawal June 01, 2022 Issue Brief
Prime Minister Modi’s Europe Visit: An Analysis While the Russia–Ukraine crisis has given India the impetus to engage more proactively with European states, the need is to maintain and build on the momentum, in the pursuit of mutual benefit and prosperity. Anandita Bhada May 30, 2022 Issue Brief
India–Bhutan Hydropower Cooperation and Bhutanese Economy Hydropower cooperation between India and Bhutan should not only help achieve the larger aspirations of the Bhutanese people for peace, prosperity and happiness but also further strengthen bilateral bonds. Opangmeren Jamir May 26, 2022 IDSA Comments
NATO’s AI Push and Military Implications NATO countries are adopting Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs) to maintain their strategic advantage and to mitigate transnational threats. Sanur Sharma May 24, 2022 Issue Brief
Spain’s Policy Shift on Western Sahara Spain extending support to the 2007 Moroccan plan of granting an autonomous status to Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty is a significant foreign policy shift. Anandita Bhada May 19, 2022 IDSA Comments
India’s Maritime Security: Five Concerns There are five fundamental deficiencies in India’s maritime security mechanism that will need to be addressed by the newly appointed National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC), to prevent a recurrence of a 26/11 scenario. Anurag Bisen May 18, 2022 Issue Brief
Chinese News Media Narratives on the Ukraine Crisis The Chinese news media has peddled dual narrative of vilifying the West and glorifying China’s supposed mediatory role in the Russia–Ukraine crisis. Mayuri Banerjee May 17, 2022 IDSA Comments
All Roads Lead to North: Nepal’s Turn to China Amish Raj Mulmi’s All Roads Lead to North vividly and eloquently captures the growing Chinese inroads into Nepal. Growing Chinese influence is visible not just in the northern-most border villages and transit checkposts of the Sino-Nepalese border at Tatopani, Rasuwagadhi or Humala in the rugged Himalayas, but also in the palace, parliament and the lives of people on the streets of Kathmandu. The author has diligently and skilfully recorded this enormous yet invisible process in its minutest detail, exposing how it is exerting pressure on the tranquillity of Nepali life. Rajshekhar Mehta May 2022 Strategic Analysis
Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India In a discipline struggling to define even fundamental concepts like cyberspace and cyber threats, Ramnath Reghunadhan’s Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India is a remarkable work to make sense of India’s efforts and challenges in cyberspace. The book by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras scholar is explanatory in nature and provides rich, collated, and specific information for cyber researchers working on India’s cyber policy. Krutika Patil May 2022 Strategic Analysis
China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play China and South Asia is a collection of essays on Chinese foreign policy in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region. It covers China’s diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural interactions with the South Asian states, the regional balance of power and power asymmetries, and cooperation, competition and conflicts in the region. China’s rise as an economic power has led to increasing interactions in infrastructure development and connectivity as well as trade and investments with the regional countries. Sudeep Kumar May 2022 Strategic Analysis
