Russia’s AI Enabled Military Ecosystem and Its Algorithmic Warfare With the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence, the weapons of war are becoming more technologically equipped, which is changing the battlefield scenarios, as seen in Russia’s current incursion in Ukraine. Sanur Sharma | March 16, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Poland’s Quest for Diversification of Energy With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the expansion of energy routes and suppliers has assumed increased urgency not only for Poland but EU as a whole. To what extent this... Anandita Bhada | March 16, 2022 | Backgrounder
Evolving Threat of Transnational Terrorism in Africa This backgrounder attempts to understand, trace, and analyse the evolving nature of transnational terrorism, modus operandi, and security threats posed by the two infamous terrorist organisations of Africa namely Al-Shabaab... Abhishek Kumar | March 14, 2022 | Backgrounder
Scaling-up Seoul’s Game in the Indo-Pacific As Yoon Suk-yeol takes charge amid global disorder and deep domestic divide, his legacy will be defined by how well he succeeds in effectively walking the talk of positioning Seoul... Titli Basu | March 14, 2022 | IDSA Comments
The Ukrainian Crisis and Dilemmas for Turkish Foreign Policy Turkey is facing serious challenges in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its response to the conflict could have far-reaching implications for its struggling economy, damaged relations with... Md. Muddassir Quamar | March 14, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Assessment Depletion in foreign reserves has led to uncertainty about Sri Lankan government’s ability to account for import of essential items and debt servicing. Analyses of government’s policy measures and global... Gulbin Sultana | March 10, 2022 | Issue Brief
Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Decoding the Joint Statement The recent Joint Statement issued after the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Melbourne indicates the grouping’s drive towards institutionalisation and coming close to achieving a concrete mandate for its existence. Abhay Kumar Singh , R. Vignesh | March 04, 2022 | Issue Brief
National Security Policy of Pakistan: Acknowledging Climate and Water Stress Outlining Pakistan’s vision and global engagement in the context of strategic and security trends, the recently released National Security Policy of Pakistan also acknowledges a serious need for a robust... Pintu Kumar Mahla | March 02, 2022 | IDSA Comments
NATO Eastward Expansion and Russian Security The United States of America (USA) and its military allies made various attempts and agreed on a mechanism of consultation between representatives of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization... O.N. Mehrotra | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage One of the major drivers of China’s growth has been technological advancements either through indigenous innovations or technology imports through legal, illegal and extra-legal means. Gradually, the Chinese thought process... Abhishek Verma | March 2022 | Strategic Analysis