(Mis)Understanding the Communist Party of China’s Control Certain sections of the elite in China seem to be speaking out against the tightening political control under President Xi Jinping. Whether the Chinese Communist Party is failing to elicit... M.S. Prathibha | September 13, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Saudi Arabia’s Shrinking Options in Yemen Yemeni crisis has been a challenge for Saudi Arabia’s standing and reputation as the leader of the Arab and the Islamic world. It is caught between the resilience of the... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | September 13, 2021 | IDSA Comments
LDP’s Battle Royale: Road to Power for Japan’s Next Leader With House of Representatives’ four-year term ending in October, and a general election lined up in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party needs a leader who demonstrates statesmanship, political vision, boldness... Titli Basu | September 09, 2021 | IDSA Comments
India’s Approach to the Afghan Crisis as President of UN Security Council India's emphasis on humanitarian crisis, concerns about possible misuse of Afghan territory by fringe elements, and silence on issues like how to deal with Taliban, and the prospect of India's... Vikash Chandra | September 09, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Central Asia’s Afghan Predicament Neither Russia and China nor the Central Asian countries have a clear strategy on how to handle the rapidly changing canvas in Afghanistan. An ambivalent waiting game tied by slow... Deepak Kumar | September 08, 2021 | Issue Brief
Elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir Mired in controversies, the 2021 elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir were heavily tilted towards the Kashmir issue, which overpowered all other issues including those concerning immediate local... Priyanka Singh | September 06, 2021 | Issue Brief
Boko Haram and Female Suicide Bombers The reported death of Abu Bakr Shekau may herald the imminent end of Boko Haram, but the impact of its heinous atrocities, particularly its use of female suicide bombers, has... Aarushi Gupta | September 06, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Turkish and Iranian Response to Upheaval in Afghanistan The early reactions from Turkey and Iran underline their readiness to work with the Taliban to safeguard their interests and expand their regional influence. Both are also willing to work... Md. Muddassir Quamar | September 03, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview Beijing’s stance on Afghanistan’s political crisis and its approach towards the Taliban regime is a critical variable that will shape the geometrics of the China–Taliban–Pakistan nexus versus India and the... Jagannath P. Panda | September 03, 2021 | Issue Brief
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... Medha Bisht | September 03, 2021 | IDSA Comments
