Many UN member states are of the view that text-based negotiation is the best way to take the process forward. But the US, Russia and China have refused to commit themselves to this process.

• Yeshi Choedon |
• August 17, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

There is a sudden and dramatic change in Turkey’s policy towards the Islamic State. What explains this change and what might be Turkey’s calculations?

• K. P. Fabian |
• August 14, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

A resolution of one of the oldest armed ethnic conflicts in the Northeast offers a way forward to resolving many other ethnic conflicts in the region such as those involving Kukis, Meiteis, Bodos, Dimasas, Hmars, and Karbis.

• Namrata Goswami |
• August 07, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

At one point there were an estimated 800 children in the ranks of the Maoists. Variously known as Bal Dasta, Bal Sangh and Bal Sangham, they are used for intelligence gathering, carrying food and arms, and serving extortion notes.

• P. V. Ramana |
• August 06, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

How did the Chinese media portray Prime Minister Modi’s May 2015 visit? And what does that indicate about official China’s perceptions of India given that the coverage of India in the Chinese media is overwhelmingly State-controlled?

• Saurabh Kumar |
• August 04, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

There are distressing signals that the EU led by Germany is going in the wrong direction, moving away from the vision of its founders who aspired to build a Europe of democracies based on solidarity among Europeans.

• K. P. Fabian |
• August 04, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

For the 70th commemoration anniversary of the end of World War II to be meaningful, Japan, China and South Korea need to jointly address the issues involved through a combination of moral responsibility and political maturity.

• Preeti Nalwa |
• August 03, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

Instead of exhibiting eagerness to take a leading part in every internal security task, it would be prudent for the Army to remain alert and be prepared and willing to back up the police.

• Shashank Ranjan |
• August 03, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

Recommendations that defence procurement be handled by the military brass, ministers stay out of defence deals, and an external procurement agency be set up to handle procurement and focus on indigenization are indeed extraordinary.

• Amit Cowshish |
• July 23, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments

While the first watt of power from foreign-aided projects may take many years to come, the 10th anniversary coincides with major transformations in India’s indigenous nuclear energy programme.

• A. Vinod Kumar |
• July 21, 2015 |
• IDSA Comments