IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Xi-Abe handshake, not yet an embrace

Escalation of tension has scarred relations between Japan and China. The fallout of this has been reflected in the trade and economic ties between the two. Stabilizing China-Japan bilateral relations...

Titli Basu |
November 24, 2014 |
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President Obama’s Policy on Syria

This is the right time to raise a fundamental question about Obama’s policy towards Syria: Is there a coherent, consistent policy, based on a reasonably accurate assessment of the ground...

K. P. Fabian |
November 18, 2014 |
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Modi’s Mission Downunder

India-Australia relation is entering a new orbit and setting a path of strategic convergence. But there are equally other significant issues of cooperation that can bolster Modi’s vision for inclusive...

Ashutosh Misra |
November 14, 2014 |
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Modi’s Australia visit: Maritime Cooperation in Focus

The government’s ‘Act East Policy’ needs to legitimise the ‘Indo-Pacific’ concept. Interestingly, only a few months after the release of the 2013 White Paper, Australia released a Country Strategy Document...

Abhijit Singh |
November 13, 2014 |
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ISIS on backfoot: Coalition gets al-Baghdadi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death will be a serious setback to Daesh as it is different from Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups that did not proclaim a ‘caliphate’. As the...

Sandhya Jain |
November 11, 2014 |
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Things that Modi should do in Myanmar

The Prime Minister must reach out to Myanmar in unconventional ways and remove any antipathy among the people who once, like other neighbours, had began to perceive India as a...

P. Stobdan |
November 10, 2014 |
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: Marking 25 years

The fall of the wall also coincided with the collapse of the USSR and end of the Cold War. Theoverall changes since 1989 have been largely a remarkable success with...

Gulshan Sachdeva |
November 10, 2014 |
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“Make In India” in Defence: Embedding Industry-wide Dialogue and Consultation

For the mantra to become an all-pervasive reality in defence acquisitions in India will be to multiply manifold the onset, frequency, range and depthof its industry engagements.

Sandeep Verma |
November 07, 2014 |
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Why India is getting Wagah all wrong

The Wagah incident is not going to wake-up Pakistan to the existential threat posed by jihadist terror groups. There is neither going to be any change in its attitude towards...

Sushant Sareen |
November 05, 2014 |
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Dysfunctional Operating Environment in Defence: Removing the Cobwebs

The effort to set right the operating environment has to start with creating a mechanism to review the existing devolution of power comprehensively based on clearly defined principles and not...

Amit Cowshish |
November 05, 2014 |
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Geo-strategic Implications of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The US sees the establishment of the AIIB as an attempt by China to pull South- East Asian countries closer to its orbit and a soft-power play that promises economic...

R. S. Kalha |
October 31, 2014 |
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Dysfunctional Operating Environment in Defence: The Malaise

There is no single agency in MoD to deal with these issues holistically. Generally, matters related to administrative powers are processed separately for each service by the administrative wings concerned...

Amit Cowshish |
October 27, 2014 |
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Dysfunctional Operating Environment in Defence: The Problem

Widespread problems have made the operating environment ‘dysfunctional and inefficient’. Some of this is on account of inscrutable issues like ‘integration of the services with the MoD’ or ‘civil-military relations’...

Amit Cowshish |
October 21, 2014 |
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Turkey: ‘Sick Man’ of NATO

In the West, there is growing realisation that only boots on the ground can defeat or substantially destroy the Daesh. Unless a ground force capable of taking back the territories...

Sandhya Jain |
October 17, 2014 |
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Can ISIS be degraded and destroyed?

With the US determined not to commit troops, the military defeat of ISIS, at present, is therefore neither feasible nor imminent. Neither the so-called retrained Iraqi Army, nor US air...

R. S. Kalha |
October 17, 2014 |
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North East in BCIM-EC: Problems and Prospects

Widespread problems have made the operating environment ‘dysfunctional and inefficient’. Some of this is on account of inscrutable issues like ‘integration of the services with the MoD’ or ‘civil-military relations’...

Rupak Bhattacharjee |
October 14, 2014 |
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Pakistan’s Dangerous Game of Brinkmanship

The recent heavy firing by the Pakistani army is to gain public sympathy and providing it greater flexibility in the flawed civil-military relations. It is an orchestrated plan to provoke...

Arun Sahgal |
October 10, 2014 |
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Ceasefire in Ukraine: An Assessment

While the ceasefire is a much needed respite yet it does raise two questions: What made the key players arrive at such agreements? Can these deals facilitate the initiation of...

Rajorshi Roy |
October 10, 2014 |
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Settling border disputes with Nepal and Bangladesh

Given that the onus for settling the border disputes with Nepal and Bangladesh is on India, the Indian government has to demonstrate political wisdom in evolving political framework that would...

Pushpita Das |
October 10, 2014 |
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Hong Kong Protests: What it means for the Chinese leadership?

Beijing’s desire to manage the political process in Hong Kong stems from the ‘one country two systems’ model whereby it continues to retain its influence. It will not take much...

Avinash Godbole |
October 10, 2014 |
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