IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Crippling the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force

The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force officer corps has a challenging task at hand to preserve the operational capability of the force as well as address the genuine concerns being...

Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
April 09, 2018 |
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DefExpo 2018: Making India a Defence Manufacturing Hub and an Exporter of Arms

The challenge lies in demonstrating to potential importers that India, currently the world’s largest arms importer, has the capacity to manufacture and export the equipment required by their armed forces.

Amit Cowshish |
April 09, 2018 |
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Draft Defence Production Policy 2018: Challenges Galore

The Draft Defence Production Policy 2018, which aims to promote the Make in India initiative in the defence sector and create a world-class arms manufacturing base, faces a number of...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
April 04, 2018 |
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Promises Galore in the Draft Defence Production Policy 2018

The promises contained in the recently released draft are so intertwined that a comprehensive action plan would be required to implement all of them almost simultaneously for achieving the policy...

Amit Cowshish |
April 02, 2018 |
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Influencing Electoral Outcomes: The Ugly Face of Facebook

The Cambridge Analytica episode highlights the need to expedite the process of developing a data protection framework and probably amend the IT Act in accordance with the changing realities of...

Munish Sharma |
March 26, 2018 |
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Why wait for the elusive tipping point in cyber?

The UNGGE process is the least bad option to keep open channels and maintain continued focus on securing cyberspace.

Cherian Samuel |
March 21, 2018 |
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Xi Sets China on a New Long March

Xi rides the Dragon which is externally formidable but internally fragile. He is aware of the consequences of his policies going awry.

G.G. Dwivedi |
March 14, 2018 |
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Cabinet Decides to Redefine MSMEs – Defence Sector to Benefit

The new system of classifying enterprises based on annual turnover will be more reliable, transparent and objective as the qualifying criteria will be verifiable with reference to the data available...

Amit Cowshish |
March 13, 2018 |
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India-Jordan Relations: An Ascendant Partnership

King Abdullah II’s forthcoming visit to India represents an opportunity to catapult the relationship to the next higher level in strategic, security, political, energy, trade, investment and economic cooperation.

Ashok Sajjanhar |
February 26, 2018 |
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The Coming of the Petroyuan?

China’s launch of a yuan-denominated oil futures exchange will provide it with the opportunity to create an Asian crude oil benchmark and give it more clout in crude pricing and...

Shebonti Ray Dadwal |
February 22, 2018 |
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India and Iran Resolve to Focus on Connectivity and Economic Cooperation

Notwithstanding differences on some issues, chiefly, Afghanistan and India’s UNSC aspirations, India and Iran have decided to focus their energies on areas of concurrence such as connectivity and economic cooperation.

Ashok Sajjanhar |
February 20, 2018 |
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Can the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Overcome the Leadership Crisis?

Political instability in the wake of the arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a corruption case will not portend well for Bangladesh and the region.

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
February 15, 2018 |
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The Crypto Heist in Japan: Regulator’s Dilemma, Consumer’s Detriment

The dexterity with which Japan handles this case and the follow-up measures it adopts will strongly influence other countries to either liberalise the use of cryptocurrencies or strictly forbid them...

Munish Sharma |
February 13, 2018 |
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Jordan is more than a transit point

Indian assistance to the Palestinians could not be routed through Israel without political controversy both at home and abroad, and India cannot help the Palestinians constructively without coordinating with Jordan.

P. R. Kumaraswamy |
February 12, 2018 |
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Significance of India joining the Ashgabat Agreement

In the backdrop of joining the Ashgabat Agreement, India now must enlarge the strategic role of Chabahar port for evolving an integrated transportation network involving both the INSTC and the...

P. Stobdan |
February 12, 2018 |
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Maoists Deploying Pressure Mines

While the intended targets of the Maoists are security forces personnel, often civilians and animals become casualties in blasts triggered by pressure mines.

P. V. Ramana |
February 09, 2018 |
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Maldives Needs Help Now and India Alone Can Provide it

Not intervening at this stage would be viewed by the people of Maldives as an abdication of responsibility by India.

Rumel Dahiya |
February 09, 2018 |
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The Maldivian Crisis: What Can India do?

India will be able to help and support only to the extent that the demand for democracy and freedom from within Maldives continues to put pressure on Yameen and his...

Ashok Sajjanhar |
February 08, 2018 |
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South Africa Boosts Naval Capabilities: But can it afford an expansion?

The RSA may be forced to choose between significantly increasing the budgetary allocations for the SAN and adopting a rotational storage programme to preserve capability while reducing operational costs.

Sanjay Badri-Maharaj |
February 05, 2018 |
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ASEAN-India: Challenges in Economic Partnership

Reciprocity and mutual understanding on common concerns will help both ASEAN and India to overcome some of the challenges facing their relationship.

Sampa Kundu |
February 01, 2018 |
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