India’s Apps Ban: Preparing for Long Haul While India’s decision to ban Chinese apps is legally tenable under both domestic IT laws and international trade rules, it is important that any ambiguity in the ban order that... Rajeesh Kumar | July 29, 2020 | Issue Brief
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons (NCBW) in India & Pakistan Equation: Past & Present Abstract: Relations between India and Pakistan have remained hostile, since partition, owing to varied geopolitical reasons. They both compete against each other in conventional and nuclear arms. While the threat…... Ankit Kumar | July-December 2020 | CBW Magazine
Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria Abstract: Syria acquired the capability to produce chemical weapons in order to counter Israel’s chemical weapons program. It imported chemical weapon precursor and dual-use production equipment from other countries including Russia,…... Lakshmi Priya | July-December 2020 | CBW Magazine
Pre-emptive Strike Capability: Shifting Winds in Japan? Japan’s quest for pre-emptive strike capability indicates a major shift in its defence doctrine. It is only a matter of time before Japan takes up such an offensive defence doctrine... Atul Pant | July 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
What Does Success Against COVID-19 Mean for Taiwan? The ruling DPP Government in Taiwan is likely to further build on the gains made in domestic politics and in ‘pragmatic diplomacy’ internationally, occasioned by COVID-19, without indulging in any... Prashant Kumar Singh | July 20, 2020 | Issue Brief
Sri Lanka Headed for Elections: Democracy in Distress? The growing assertion of presidential executive powers in the absence of parliament poses a critical challenge to functioning democracy in Sri Lanka. Gulbin Sultana | July 17, 2020 | Issue Brief
Assessment of Chinese Military Modernisation and its Implications for India by P.K. Chakraborty China has had a chequered relationship with India since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Beijing views India as a strategic rival and appears to... Atul Pant | July-September 2020 | Journal of Defence Studies
Philani Mthembu, China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa: The Rise of Southern Powers, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 The 21st century has witnessed a marked shift in the trends of development cooperation. The earlier developing countries who received foreign aid from developed countries have now begun to themselves... Sindhu Dinesh | July-December 2020 | Africa Trends
Purnima Mehta Bhatt, The African Diaspora in India: Assimilation, Change and Cultural Survivals, 1st Edition, Routledge, New York, 2017 Indo-African relations in the last ten years have been considerably enhanced through the lines of credit that the former has extended to the latter in various fields such as agriculture,... Pooja Priya | July-December 2020 | Africa Trends
Exploring the Blue Economy to Bridge Funding Gap in Nigeria Nigerian government should promote a coherent win-win cooperation across sub-regional, regional and international marine economic fields. This begins with ratification of the six instruments of International Maritime Organization by the... Chidiebube Jasper Uche | July-December 2020 | Africa Trends
