Hefajat-e-Islami and the Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh The street power of the ulema groups in Bangladesh is pushing the government to further Islamise the social sphere, which will pave the way for the ultimate political success of the Islamists. Smruti S. Pattanaik | December 11, 2020 | Issue Brief
Targeted Killings: How Precedents can Become Practice Executing extra-territorial targeted killings to eliminate inimical people bent on wrecking death and destruction on Indian nationals and interests is an option India may explore more vigorously, within the confines of international law. D. Padma Kumar Pillay | December 10, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Iraq under Mustafa Al-Kadhimi: Turning Over a New Leaf Since taking over as the Iraqi prime minister in May 2020, Mustafa al-Kadhimi has blended pragmatism with caution while dealing with significant domestic as well as external challenges. Prabhat Jawla | December 07, 2020 | Issue Brief
France Counters Islamist Radicalisation In the aftermath of Samuel Paty’s beheading, France is taking measures that seek to reverse the processes through which individuals become ‘terrorists’. If successful, other countries could emulate such policy interventions in their own counter-radicalisation efforts. Adil Rasheed , Savini Mehta | December 04, 2020 | IDSA Comments
US Elections 2020 and the Cybersecurity Challenges It is critical to reduce the risks associated with cyber-enabled elections by ensuring end-to-end verifiability, protection of voter database, managing risks to the election infrastructure and curbing the menace of disinformation. Debopama Bhattacharya | December 03, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Labour Sector Reforms in the GCC and Challenges for Indian Expatriates GCC countries are taking measures to nationalise the labour force, which is adversely affecting the Indian expatriates across all sectors. Even as India is getting equipped to tackle the return migration, the creation of a comprehensive database will help better manage the crisis in the long run. Lakshmi Priya | November 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
Realigning America’s Grand Strategy: Biden Will Have His Hands Full Biden has set an ambitious agenda to reinvigorate US global leadership by pursuing a proactive grand strategy. He will, however, have to reckon with the legacy of Trumpism that has made a significant imprint on American foreign policy. A. Vinod Kumar | November 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
Post-Abe Japan’s Ties with the United States Despite change in leadership in Japan, the new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide looks set to continue the policies of his predecessor, Abe Shinzo. Both domestic and external factors may affect policies. Abhijitha Singh | November 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Decoding Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 The Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP 2020), which supersedes the Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 (DPP 2016), is a sincere effort by the Ministry of Defence to improve the capital procurement procedure. Amit Cowshish | November 20, 2020 | Issue Brief
India and Israel: The Making of a Strategic Partnership Publisher: Routledge India and Israel contextualises the varied aspects of the partnership between India and Israel, with a specific focus on the dominant driver — the defence engagement between the two sides, forged in the context of mutual complementarities. India’s broad-spectrum relationship with Israel transformed into a strategic partnership in 2017, a quarter century after the establishment of full diplomatic ties. India and Israel have successfully steered the relationship forward, despite the baggage of fraught and convulsive neighbourhoods. The contributors to this volume include policy makers and military leaders who played an important role in the growth of the relationship, as well as academics who have closely followed its growth, shedding important light on the transformation of the India-Israel bilateral relationship into a strategic partnership over the course of past tumultuous 25 years. Chapters highlight Israel’s increasing engagement with India’s diverse federal polity, the de-hyphenation of the India-Israel ties from India’s relationship with Palestine, as well as the role played by US non-state (pro-Israel US-based interest groups) and sub-state (US Congressmen) actors in shaping India-Israel ties. The concluding chapter examines Israel’s relationship with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), given that both the PRC and India established diplomatic ties with Israel almost simultaneously. India and Israel will be of great interest to scholars of strategic studies, international relations, Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, as well as those working in diplomacy, government and the military. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Strategic Analysis. ISBN: 9780367465049, Price: £96.00 S. Samuel C. Rajiv , Jayant Prasad | | Book
