Will Oli Complete Second Innings as PM? Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli faces tough challenges as he tries to cobble a majority in the House of Representatives. Nihar R. Nayak | May 21, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Post-Coup Myanmar and India’s Response India must continue to engage with the Tatmadaw, even as it supports the efforts of the UN and the ASEAN to restore democratic processes and prevent violence and conflict in... Udai Bhanu Singh | May 21, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Attack on Nasheed and the Rising Tide of Radicalisation in the Maldives The attack on former Maldivian President and current Speaker of the Majlis, Mohammad Nasheed, on May 6, 2021 has brought to attention the country’s tenuous political stability, compounded by the... Adil Rasheed | May 20, 2021 | Issue Brief
Growing Cyber Risks to Energy Infrastructure Cyber-related risks to the energy sector can be minimised by strategic intelligence gathering on potential threat actors, weaving of cyber security strategies into corporate decisions, industry-wide collaboration as well as... Debopama Bhattacharya | May 20, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Tehrik Labaik Pakistan and the Politics of the Religious Right The ban imposed on the Tehrik Labaik Pakistan (TLP) by the Pakistan government will not defang the religious radicalism that forms its core strength. Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 04, 2021 | Issue Brief
Resolution Regarding Recent Development in East Bengal MR. SPEAKER: Before we take up the calling attention motion, the Prime Minister will move a Resolution on Bangla Desh. There will be no discussion and it will be adopted. Untitled | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World The concept of ‘adaptability’ was introduced by Charles Darwin in the 19th century when he had stated that it was not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the... Debopama Bhattacharya | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives Why is it that ‘500 British nuclear weapons are less threatening to the United States than 5 North Korean nuclear weapons,’ posits Alexander Wendt (1995), a prominent theorist of the... Prabhat Jawla | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
What Is Iran? Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces In What is Iran?, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London, tells the story of Iran’s international affairs and domestic politics with the... Javad Heiran-Nia | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
India in the United Nations: Interplay of Interests and Principles The year 2020 marked 75 years of India’s association with the United Nations. India was one of the founding members of the UN when its institutional edifice was built in... Rajeesh Kumar | May 2021 | Strategic Analysis
