Taliban Talks to “International Community” The choice of words Taliban employs to communicate with the international community is symptomatic not only of the limits of inter-cultural communication, but also depicts how meanings move across geo-cultural spaces and that “right” vocabularies are being used indeed as a qualifier to join the community of nations. Medha Bisht | September 03, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Reducing Nuclear Dangers after the A.Q. Khanspiracy This article defines Pakistan’s brazen retailing of sensitive nuclear technologies as Bomb Process Outsourcing (BPO) and places it in a larger perspective. It offers a short retrospective of the development and manufacture of nuclear weapons by the P-5 in which significant manpower and materials were ‘foreign’. This is true of the programmes of Israel, Iraq, South Africa, Argentina and Brazil as well. Pakistan, has now, contributed to North Korea, Libya and Iran. K. Santhanam | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Islam and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Terror Within Zainab Akhter | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations Amit Cowshish | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
The History of the Artha??stra: Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India Medha Bisht | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Climate Change and the Island States: Reimagining the International System Lokendra Sharma | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Renewed Push to Amend Japan’s Post-War Constitution: Prospects and Challenges Shamshad A. Khan | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
India–Australia: Defining New Horizons of Engagement The landmark virtual summit between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Scott Morrison in June 2020 led to ties being upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Australia’s High Commissioner to India alluded to the four D’s—Democracy, Defence, Diaspora, Dosti (friendship), with increased focus on Defence. In the India–Australia partnership, the emphasis is on maritime security cooperation, Quad 2.0, the Malabar exercises as well as cyber security and intelligence cooperation. Pankaj K Jha , Shaun Star | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Defence Expenditure: A Trend Analysis This article examines India’s defence expenditure over the past ten years. In so doing, it provides a public finance perspective to explain the recurring resource crunch being faced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The article reasons that a substantial augmentation of resources for the MoD in the past has faced stiff barriers due to lack of tax buoyancy and also the political, economic and other exigencies that have led to greater public spending outside the traditional areas of expenses, including defence. Laxman Kumar Behera , Pabitra Mohan Nayak | September 2021 | Strategic Analysis
