IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Nuclear Doctrine

The nuclear escalation risk cannot be contained by the revision of India’s minimum deterrence policy but with a change in Pakistan’s behaviour.

Sanjana Gogna |
September 11, 2017 |
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US-Pakistan ties at a crossroads

Pakistan’s responses with reference to the US encouraging India to play a greater role in Afghanistan raise an intriguing question: were Trump’s statements on India part of a gambit to...

Priyanka Singh |
September 11, 2017 |
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Rohingya Crisis Needs a Regional Solution

The Rohingya crisis is not just Myanmar’s domestic problem but a regional issue and it needs to be tackled at the regional level in a more comprehensive way.

Sampa Kundu |
September 08, 2017 |
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US ups the ante in Cyberspace

The US decision to elevate its Cyber Command to that of a Unified Combatant Command sends a strong signal to entities and countries inimical to its interests to recalibrate their...

Munish Sharma |
August 25, 2017 |
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A New Equilibrium with China: Near simultaneous rise of neighbours is not unprecedented in Asia

Will the next meeting between PM Modi and President Xi at the Xiamen BRICS Summit lead to what Foreign Secretary Jaishankar has described as a new equilibrium?

Mukul Sanwal |
August 25, 2017 |
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Decoding Russia’s 2017 Naval Doctrine

Russia’s new naval doctrine seeks to defend Russia’s core security interests in the neighbourhood and project power judiciously beyond its periphery.

Rajorshi Roy |
August 24, 2017 |
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Making the Right to Information (RTI) work in Defence

Adhering to the RTI Act in letter and spirit will lead to more responsible decision-making, greater accountability, and more credibility to the actions of the MoD.

Amit Cowshish |
August 21, 2017 |
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Panchsheel Was Noble, But Did China Embrace it Ever?

Before selectively invoking historical contexts and postulates such as Panchsheel, Chinese officials need to ask themselves “do we have the right to say this.”

Rajeesh Kumar |
August 18, 2017 |
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From Doklam Standoff to a Trade War? India initiates review of IT imports from China

India’s decision to review the imports of IT products from China could turn out to be its Achilles Heel, given that they constitute a key constituent of Chinese exports to...

Munish Sharma |
August 18, 2017 |
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India must step up diplomatic efforts on the Rohingya issue

The success of India's diplomacy will lie in the extent to which it can induce Naypyitaw to take a long view in the interests of its own political stability, internal...

Gautam Sen |
August 16, 2017 |
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Has the Time Come to Replace Manned Combat Aircraft With Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles?

A quantum jump in the operational role of UAVs can be expected only with a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. Until that happens, their will increase gradually to reach about 50...

Kishore Kumar Khera |
August 16, 2017 |
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New Hambantota Port Deal: China Consolidates its Stakes in Sri Lanka

While the agreement remains controversial, China is likely to consolidate its presence and Sri Lanka likely to get deeper into the Chinese debt trap even though it has gained temporary...

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
August 14, 2017 |
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Will North Korea and the United States Go to War?

Unfortunately, the incoherence in US policy under Trump makes one fear that the probability of a disastrous miscalculation is truly worrisome.

K. P. Fabian |
August 14, 2017 |
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The Doklam Standoff – Should India Project its Stand More Vigorously?

The Doklam standoff has emerged as a litmus test for India in terms of how resolutely it can stand up against an increasingly hegemonic China to protect the interests of...

Ashok Sajjanhar |
August 11, 2017 |
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Doklam, China’s Strategic Calculus and India’s Policy Options

To effectively cope with the PRC’s hostile attitude, India needs to reduce the power asymmetry, articulate a clear security policy based on a realistic threat assessment, reorganise the military, and...

G.G. Dwivedi |
August 11, 2017 |
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Marriages of Insurgent Convenience along the Indo-Myanmar Border: A Continuing Challenge

While decades of counterinsurgency operations and peace processes have taken the sting out of the region’s major insurgencies, collaboration between groups continues to pose security challenges, particularly in the exploitable...

Alex Waterman |
August 10, 2017 |
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The People’s Liberation Army at Ninety – Poised for a ‘Great Leap’

It will take some time before the PLA can claim to be a modern military, at par with Western armies, capable of undertaking extended global missions. But the PLA is...

G.G. Dwivedi |
August 07, 2017 |
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13th Five-Year Defence Plan (2017-22) – A Re-Run of the Past

Achieving the intended outcomes of the 13th five-year defence plan is critically dependent on the ability of the Ministry of Finance to increase the defence budget by at least 100...

Amit Cowshish |
July 31, 2017 |
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Way Forward to a final Naga Settlement

Maximum autonomy may be accorded in ethnic, cultural and developmental realms to autonomous councils for all Naga areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and even Assam, through suitable amendment to the...

Gautam Sen |
July 31, 2017 |
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Is the GCC Crisis De-escalating?

While the GCC crisis seems to be de-escalating, there is no end in sight as yet.

K. P. Fabian |
July 26, 2017 |
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