IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Why Africa?

IAFS-III has been a 'great leap forward' compared to our limited approach earlier. Why has India taken this major step, which requires huge deployment of human and financial resources?

Debnath Shaw |
January 13, 2016 |
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Facebook’s Free Basics: A Digital Apartheid

Free Basics actually leads to converting the internet, which is supposed to be a global public good, into a ‘controlled’ platform. For some this even amounts to compromising on their...

Ajey Lele |
January 07, 2016 |
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The Iran-Saudi Confrontation: Who will win in the end?

Unless addressed, the escalation of tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia can have serious adverse consequences for regional stability and peace and also for ongoing efforts to bring to an...

K. P. Fabian |
January 06, 2016 |
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Nuclear India through a Western Eye

Like a section of the US non-proliferation community that relishes supporting and sympathising with China and Pakistan, Levy and the Center for Public Integrity have followed the same approach.

Rajiv Nayan |
January 04, 2016 |
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The Arab Spring that was and wasn’t

When each dictator fell, there was hope that the country might move towards democracy even if the route might prove to be long and difficult. That hope has proved to...

K. P. Fabian |
December 31, 2015 |
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2015: A Year of Work-in-Progress for Defence

The issues confronting the defence establishment at the beginning of the year broadly related to defence policy, human resource management and operational preparedness.

Amit Cowshish |
December 29, 2015 |
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For Successful Implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh

It is essential in the interest of economic development and smooth rehabilitation of the affected people that funds as part of a comprehensive financial package be devolved to the West...

Gautam Sen |
December 29, 2015 |
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Make in India and the Expanding Scope for India-Japan Defence Cooperation

India’s defence modernisation presents enormous opportunities for the Japanese defence industry, which until recently concentrated exclusively on the domestic market in order to demonstrate Japan’s commitment to peace.

Titli Basu |
December 29, 2015 |
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Flexibility from Participating Nations – Key to TAPI’s Success

The sustenance of the TAPI project would be contingent upon each side’s ability to accommodate the concerns of different stakeholders in the project. Only time will tell if the projects’...

Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni |
December 23, 2015 |
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India’s Defence Trade with Russia

It will take just a few deals to be sealed, especially of the co-development/co-production variety, for the present drift in relations being arrested and brought back on an even keel.

Amit Cowshish |
December 22, 2015 |
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PSLV-C29: Demonstrating India’s Growing Space Capabilities

On December 16, ISRO demonstrated its growing capabilities with multiple burn fuel stage/rocket engine. In few years, ISRO is expected to put big primary payloads into different orbits by using...

Ajey Lele |
December 22, 2015 |
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Resuming the India-Pakistan Dialogue

Even faced with the improbability of making much headway on terrorism and Kashmir in the resumed dialogue, it is still important for India to engage with Pakistan.

Sumita Kumar |
December 22, 2015 |
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Fallout of Turkey’s Shooting Down of the Russian Aircraft

Turkey’s unprecedented military action raises two questions: What is the likely impact on its ties with Russia? And, what are the dynamics of a ‘Russia-West’ collaboration over Syria?

Rajorshi Roy |
December 22, 2015 |
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India’s New Maritime Security Strategy: ‘Brand-building’ in an Era of ‘Geopolitical Discord’

The inability to portray greater strategic ambition for the Indian Navy renders this document an exercise in smart profile-building rather than one of purposeful image-projection.

Abhijit Singh |
December 21, 2015 |
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COP21: The Toothless Paris Agreement

The fact that the developed countries succeeded in making all commitments non-binding makes the Paris Agreement almost toothless.

“I was born in the party”: Women in Maoist Ranks

Women join Maoist ranks for a variety of reasons: impressionable age, social milieu and circumstances, personal reasons, influence of kin or family and the inspiration of ideology.

P. V. Ramana |
December 15, 2015 |
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The Continuing Political Stalemate in Manipur

Without going into the merits of the Inner Line Permit issue, the Centre should harness its resources and political and administrative skills adroitly to ensure that the State Government maintains...

Gautam Sen |
December 14, 2015 |
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Russia and the Syrian Conflict

Syria is a long-term Russian ally, before and after the demise of the Soviet Union, primarily under the presidency of the Assads, father and son, and provides the only foothold...

Sudarshan Bhutani |
December 14, 2015 |
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The Need to Support Bangladesh in its Fight against Extremism

The international community should strengthen the hands of the Sheikh Hasina government. It has a proven track record of working against extremists and terrorists.

Anand Kumar |
November 30, 2015 |
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Paris 13/11: What Next?

To argue that the IS carried out the attacks because it has visceral hatred for Western values is to miss the central point. IS has that hatred, but essentially 13/11...

K. P. Fabian |
November 24, 2015 |
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