IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

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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Draft DPP 2020 – Keep it Simple

Draft DPP 2020 needs to cut out obfuscation, repetitions, and bring out core issues for the consideration of the decision-makers in a concise and clear manner.

Kishore Kumar Khera |
April 17, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and Geo-political Implications

The lack of international cooperation and trust deficit to tackle the COVID-19 crisis is stark. The pandemic of fear may deepen an ongoing shift towards increased anarchy reflected in ‘everyone...

Prakash Menon |
April 17, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and GCC Countries

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the key priorities for the GCC countries are to contain the spread of the pandemic, maintain the flow of trade across their borders...

COVID-19 Crisis and Pakistan-China Equation

China is too important for Pakistan’s power elite, given that their stakes are tied firmly to the success of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects. Similarly, China would also need dependable and loyal...

Priyanka Singh |
April 15, 2020 |
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Turkey Struggles to Tackle COVID-19

The political divisions and economic challenges facing the country have complicated the government’s response to the pandemic, putting the population at risk and threatening to undermine the popularity of President...

Md. Muddassir Quamar |
April 14, 2020 |
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Coping with New Guidelines on Expenditure Management

The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe.

Amit Cowshish |
April 13, 2020 |
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Civil War Complicates Fight Against COVID-19 in Syria

Syria’s fragile health care system on account of the continuing conflict hinders the country’s effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lakshmi Priya |
April 13, 2020 |
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Video Conferencing Apps: A New Playground for Cyber Criminals

With a new found celebrity status among the video conferencing applications, Zoom now faces a massive privacy and security threat as the platform’s default settings are not secure enough.

Kritika Roy |
April 11, 2020 |
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Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Looming Crisis in the Horizon

The Hasina Government is in overdrive to meet the Covid-19 challenge head on, and ensure that this unforeseen threat does not snowball into a major national crisis.

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
April 09, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Should Qualify as Force Majeure in Defence Contracts

There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in...

Amit Cowshish |
April 06, 2020 |
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