Turkey and the Regional Flashpoint in Libya November 2020 Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Commentaries Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Oil Imports from the US: How Beneficial Are They? India has been importing oil from the US to diversify away from the Middle Eastern Crudes. However, the weak oil demand, with attendant supply glut and contest for market share... Sameena Hameed | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
President Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign and Iran’s Endgame Iran—US relations are in a state of flux due to President Trump’s draconian sanctions, what is dubbed the ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, to force Iran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal.... Mohammed Nuruzzaman | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Defence Indigenization: The Case of Bullet-Resistant Jackets Post-COVID, the renewed emphasis on indigenisation in India calls for a fresh, in-depth examination of the entire range of issues and policies pertaining to the development of a capable domestic... Sanjay Mitra | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
China’s India Policy in the 1950s: From Friendship to Antagonism What led to the Sino-Indian militarized confrontations in 1959? I argue that Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai became a victim of changed perceptions in China. As long as China’s external and internal environment... Daniel Balazs | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Expanding Role of PLAAF in China’s National Security Strategy China’s great power ambition and actions have been fuelled by its spectacular economic growth and military modernization. The need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and... Diptendu Choudhury | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
The South Caucasus Imbroglio: Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan have come to blows over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh after a quarter of a century. There are numerous geo-strategic interests at play in the conflict that will impact regional... Deepak Kumar | October 28, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Other Capital Procurement Procedure: A Chip off the Old Block The OCPP is a mix of revenue and capital procurement procedures, based on the Defence Procurement Manual 2006. It could have been an opportunity to lay down a more self-contained... Amit Cowshish | October 23, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Brendan Taylor, American Sanctions in the Asia Pacific Brendan Taylor claims that his book is the first systematic analysis of American sanction policy in the Asia-Pacific during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The book... Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
