Strategic Analysis

Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-Economics by Stephen F. Szabo

There is a growing tendency among many Western nations to defer to Germany the responsibility for dealing with an ever more recalcitrant Russia. Despite the perils involved, German Chancellor Angela...

Indian Ocean in Global Strategies Some Perspectives

“Whoever controls the Indian Ocean dominates Asia. This ocean is the key to the seven seas. In the twenty-first century the destiny of the world will be decided on its...

Jasjit Singh |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Nuclear Situation: Where to?

India’s Nuclear Policy has undergone a gradual but noticeable change following the underground test of a nuclear device at Pokharan in May 1974. Since early 1970, Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s government...

Why Bangla Desh?

On 26 March 1971 the usual news broadcast from the Chittagong Station of Radio Pakistan was interrupted at 2.05 p.m. Dacca Betar Kendra till then under the control of the...

Mahbubul Hok |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Academic Contribution to National Security Policy Formulation in India

Members of Parliament, press correspondents, interested University men and the attentive newspaper reading public in India, all agree that not enough information is available in easily assimilable form to enable...

K. Subrahmanyam |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Governmental Machinery for the Evolution of National Defence Policy and the Higher Direction of war

Under the Constitution of India, the President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. He is required to act in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister and...

P.V.R. Rao |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

IDSA’s Interface with Policy

The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) can look back at its 50-year journey with satisfaction and pride. Undoubtedly a premier research institution in the country, it occupies a...

Arvind Gupta |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

My Years at IDSA

This year, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses celebrates 50 eventful years of its existence. In my association with the Institute, between 2005 and 2011, an effort was made...

N. S. Sisodia |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

IDSA Years: A Personal Recollection

It is a privilege to be invited to contribute to the special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the IDSA. The institution and the time span are respectively multi-hued and...

C Uday Bhaskar |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

The Original Gurukul of Strategic Analyses in Modern India: My Reminiscences of IDSA

Established to fill a gap between policy research and policy innovation, the IDSA is the original gurukul of strategic analyses in modern India. My reminiscences of IDSA in the seventies...

Swadesh Rana |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Interaction of Foreign and Domestic Factors in the International Political Process: The Case of Russia

The foreign policy of a state is determined by its domestic policy, the internal balance of power. The domestic political configuration of any state has a predominant role in understanding...

An East German Perspective on Korean Reunification

While we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany and remember more than 25 years of the Peaceful Revolution towards the end that took place in Leipzig and...

Conrad Rein |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

The Problem of Expertise in Strategic Studies

Strategic geniuses are natural strategic thinkers even without much guidance. While the complexity of strategy makes it extremely difficult to formulate and execute, geniuses like Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz...

India–Africa: Perspectives on Development in Africa—Trade and Investment

The realisation that trade and investment are key to development is backed up by development theories and empirical studies. This article identifies existing patterns of trade and investments between India...

Implementing the Peace, Security and Development Nexus in Africa

Peace, security and development are inextricably linked. Peaceful, democratic and well-governed societies are believed to promote levels of growth, employment and prosperity. This article first defines the terms peace, security...

Amanda Lucey |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Global Governance and the Need for ‘Pragmatic Activism’ in India’s Multilateralism

While global governance is all about creating an international order that addresses the interests of the big and small nations and people, non-government and corporate entities, the foreign policy of...

Arpita Anant |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

India’s Economic Opportunities and Energy Security: Analysing Prospects Within SAARC and Beyond

It has been extensively debated whether India should prioritise relations with its immediate or extended neighbourhood. Put into the framework of energy security and competition with China, it will be...

Anna Juhos |
September 2015 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis

Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-Economics by Stephen F. Szabo

Indian Ocean in Global Strategies Some Perspectives

India’s Nuclear Situation: Where to?

Why Bangla Desh?

Academic Contribution to National Security Policy Formulation in India

Governmental Machinery for the Evolution of National Defence Policy and the Higher Direction of war

IDSA’s Interface with Policy

My Years at IDSA

IDSA Years: A Personal Recollection

The Original Gurukul of Strategic Analyses in Modern India: My Reminiscences of IDSA

Interaction of Foreign and Domestic Factors in the International Political Process: The Case of Russia

An East German Perspective on Korean Reunification

The Problem of Expertise in Strategic Studies

India–Africa: Perspectives on Development in Africa—Trade and Investment

Implementing the Peace, Security and Development Nexus in Africa

Global Governance and the Need for ‘Pragmatic Activism’ in India’s Multilateralism

India’s Economic Opportunities and Energy Security: Analysing Prospects Within SAARC and Beyond

Northeastern India and its neighbours: negotiating security and development by Rakhee Bhattacharya

India’s ocean: the story of India’s bid for regional leadership by David Brewster

Sri-Yantra and the geophilosophy of India by Niraj Kumar