IDSA Comments

European imports of Russian gas have steadily declined either voluntarily or on account of Russia weaponising energy, propelling the push towards LNG imports.

• Anandita Bhada |
• August 30, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Given that the Department of Expenditure will henceforth be the nodal department for issuing procurement related instructions in future, the Ministry of Defence must institute a system to promptly incorporate them in the MoD procurement manuals.

• Amit Cowshish |
• August 29, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Namibian Foreign Minister’s visit to India saw the signing of a critical wildlife pact relating to relocation of African Cheetahs, and provided a boost to bilateral ties.

• Bulbul Prakash |
• August 22, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The success of the co-development-cum-production push in Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 would depend on the commercial viability of the co-developed product, apart from overcoming a host of conceptual and procedural challenges.

• Amit Cowshish |
• August 17, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The challenges associated with facial recognition technology (FRT) need to be studied in detail before deploying them in counter-insurgency/counter-terror operations.

• Akshat Upadhyay |
• August 05, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Micro and macro-level budgetary reforms are required to ensure optimum utilisation of the allocated resources for executing financially viable plans.

• Amit Cowshish |
• August 02, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Iran is focussing its diplomatic energies on advancing its ‘neighbourhood policy’ and long-term cooperation with China and Russia.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• July 29, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Hospital ships play a critical role in supplementing a navy’s combat potential and enhance its soft power capability.

• R. Vignesh |
• July 29, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Lebanon is yet to witness the formation of a new stable government, two months after parliamentary elections.

• Jatin Kumar |
• July 18, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Women play active roles in sustaining and facilitating extremist activities on the African continent.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai , Sindhu Dinesh |
• July 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The opportunities for digital vaccines as tools to address modern-day chronic health problems are immense.

• Krutika Patil |
• June 30, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The French withdrawal from Mali exacerbates the regional security situation.

• Sindhu Dinesh |
• June 24, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) Initiative aims to enhance regional maritime security via technology and training support.

• Shruti Pandalai , Abhay Kumar Singh |
• June 24, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Quad has cautiously carved out a practical and cooperative agenda on issues of cybersecurity.

• Krutika Patil |
• June 22, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The exit of Western oil companies from energy projects in the Russian Far East provides opportunities for India to enhance its stakes in these projects.

• Bipandeep Sharma |
• June 21, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Agnipath scheme provides an opportunity for the armed forces to leap into the next generation of warfare with a manpower that can embrace technological challenges.

• D. Padma Kumar Pillay |
• June 21, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The new Labor Party government in Australia is likely to show continuity on AUKUS and Quad initiatives in the Indo-Pacific, while policy approaches on Pacific Islands and China, as also on climate change, may get a re-look.

• R.P. Singh |
• June 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Beijing’s pushback against the Washington-backed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is likely to result in an intense regional geo-economic competition.

• Mayuri Banerjee |
• June 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The change in Turkey’s foreign policy approach in West Asia underlines a desire on part of Ankara to eschew confrontationist politics.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar |
• June 14, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Ukraine’s security predicament in the face of the Russian military onslaught brings into focus the vacuity of big power security assurances in the absence of legally binding security guarantees and treaty commitments.

• Mukesh Kumar |
• June 10, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments