With China now willing to discuss issues of mutual interest with India, a well-structured bilateral dialogue on regional and global terrorism may go a long way in convincing Beijing of the need to put pressure on Islamabad to act against terror

• Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy |
• May 16, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

A cyber exercise – whether CyberEx or its successor – needs to be developed as a platform for practitioners and thinkers to test conceptual and technical skills under near-real-world whole-of-nation scenarios of cyber contingencies.

• Munish Sharma |
• May 16, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

The decade-long effort to list Azhar showcases the pragmatism that marks India's multilateral diplomacy and questions the general perception that India's multilateral approach is ambivalent and inconsistent.

• Rajeesh Kumar |
• May 09, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

While the purpose of the Fall Clause, a price safety mechanism in rate contracts, is indubitable, some issues concerning its applicability and implications, both for the buyer and the seller, merit a review.

• Amit Cowshish |
• May 08, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

Are the Maoists focusing more on IED-based blasts and in the process minimizing their own casualties instead of attempting to win a war of attrition by inflicting tactical and psychological blows to the security forces?

• Uddipan Mukherjee |
• May 07, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

The Sri Lanka Easter bombings has allowed ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi to launch a public relations offensive and enunciate a dangerous new strategy.

• Adil Rasheed |
• May 06, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

It is neither the Wuhan spirit nor India’s zero tolerance on terrorism but China’s own vulnerability to terror that caused Beijing to ultimately take on board New Delhi’s concerns on terrorism.

• Abanti Bhattacharya |
• May 06, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

What pales the counter-terrorism regime is not that its procedures are cumbersome or that its working is not transparent, but that it only selectively raises the cost for those who inflict terror.

• Arpita Anant |
• May 06, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

The Easter bomb blasts is a grim reminder of how the undercurrent of ethno-religious violence remains a dominant factor in Sri Lanka’s chequered history.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik |
• April 29, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments

China's Belt and Road Initiative helps African countries in reducing the infrastructure gap in the region. However, it also leaves them open to the risk of unsustainable debt.

• Ruchita Beri |
• April 15, 2019 |
• IDSA Comments