IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Defence Sector Reforms: A Long Haul

Although the new measures announced to fast-track the defence sector are significant, they do not add up to a comprehensive and overarching reforms package.

Amit Cowshish |
May 20, 2020 |
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue and Post COVID-19 Green Recovery

An informed scenario would be to release the weight of unsustainable debts, allowing the developing countries to focus on domestic sustainable development aimed at achieving climate neutrality, instead of developed...

Anwesha Mohanty |
May 19, 2020 |
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India and GCC Countries Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic challenges for India emanating from the Gulf region are highly imminent and discernible.

Virus As Bio-Weapon: Contested Origins of Novel Coronavirus

It might be difficult to prove any weaponisation intent or man-made origins to the SARS-CoV-2. Yet, the mass deaths and disruption caused by the virus forebodes imminent exploitation of biological...

A. Vinod Kumar |
May 12, 2020 |
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RMB Goes Digital: Economic Imperatives or Ambitions?

Riding the technology wave, China eyes global dominance of RMB as a reserve currency and a favourable international monetary environment for its economic development.

Munish Sharma |
May 12, 2020 |
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Draft DPP 2020: Post-Contract Management

Redrafting the chapter on post-contract management, expatiating the concept of contract operating officers and clearly defining their role and responsibilities vis-à-vis the other agencies, could go a long way in...

Amit Cowshish |
May 08, 2020 |
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Time to Call Pakistan’s Bluff

In the last 20 months of his rule, Prime Minister Imran Khan has not only failed to solve his people’s problems but also has made the life of the common...

S.K. Sharma |
May 05, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and New Age Technology

Humanity is much better equipped today to mitigate the loss in life and collateral economic damage resulting from a pandemic, as demonstrated through the deployment of new-age tools such as...

Harish Pillai |
May 01, 2020 |
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Draft DPP 2020 – Legacy Issues in Offset Guidelines

It would be advisable to review the proposed offset guidelines keeping in view the feedback from the industry, especially the foreign vendors who carry the primary obligation to execute the...

Amit Cowshish |
April 30, 2020 |
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Individual Rights and Collective Good: A Historical Perspective

Any dichotomy between the individual rights of the people and the powers of the state has to be dealt with through a nuanced approach.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Africa

It is the need of the hour that India and the African countries collaborate to control the outbreak of the pandemic and to mitigate its long-term economic impact.

Ruchita Beri |
April 29, 2020 |
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COVID-19: Impact on Left Wing Extremism in India

Although initially the Maoists suffered some setbacks due to the lockdown, their indulgence in violent incidents over the past one month indicates that they are exploiting the situation to have...

COVID-19 and OPEC+ Deal

The prevailing environment has underlined the importance of a balanced market to the oil producers. India has been consistently reiterating the need for oil to be priced responsibly to ensure...

COVID-19 and India’s Defence Spending

The inevitable reprioritisation of the central government’s expenditure in the coming union budgets would affect the resource allocations particularly for big ministries like the MoD, which will be forced to...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
April 24, 2020 |
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Conflict in Yemen amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The abidance to ceasefire does not mean an end to the conflict, but it surely would work as a confidence-building measure, at least for now, to address the bigger challenge...

Hanging of Bangabandhu’s Killer Boosts India-Bangladesh Ties

The execution of Bangabandhu’s killer is likely to lift the morale of the pro-liberation forces while weakening that of the anti-liberation groups who were already in disarray.

Anand Kumar |
April 23, 2020 |
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COVID-19: Perfect Storm for Israel, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan

The COVID-19 crisis would severely impact the four countries at the social, political, economic and humanitarian levels, as these states were already facing multi-vector exigencies at the time of the...

Adil Rasheed , Jatin Kumar |
April 21, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and Religious Fanaticism in Pakistan

Pakistan’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak may get severely constrained due to the refusal of the ulema and religious leaders to ensure that their followers abide by the...

Yaqoob-ul-Hassan |
April 21, 2020 |
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Coronavirus in Pakistan’s Urdu Media: God’s Punishment to Conspiracy to Biological Warfare!

While scientists all over the world are working tirelessly to find an antidote to COVID-19, the narratives doing the rounds in Pakistan – pushed and peddled by the Urdu media,...

Nazir Ahmad Mir |
April 20, 2020 |
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A Case for Deferring Promulgation of DPP 2020

Considering the impending financial crunch due to the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty about allocations in the coming years, it is unlikely that the MoD will be able to launch many...

Amit Cowshish |
April 17, 2020 |
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