COVID-19 and Cyber Risks While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy. Kritika Roy | March 30, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Patterns of Arms Trade The SIPRI report on the volume of international arms transfers during 2015-19 highlights the strengths of key strategic partnerships such as Russia-India, US-Japan and China-Pakistan, reinforced by arms trade. Kanica Rakhra | March 25, 2020 | IDSA Comments
The Bangladesh Question and World Politics The gruesome events in East Bengal since March 25, 1971 and their repercussions on India easily constitute the most appalling experience of the society of nations since the end of... M. S. Rajan | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
The Three Pillars of Radicalization: Needs, Narratives, and Networks Scholars from various academic disciplines have attempted to explain the nature and drivers of the 21st century sui generis phenomenon of radicalization. However, it is rare to find a single... Adil Rasheed | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum It is not often that Pakistan is talked of in terms of the diversities it embodies. It is, perhaps, its descent into extremism and violence that has overshadowed every other... Priyanka Singh | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India Yelena Biberman offers a new framework for understanding why and how states ‘outsource’ war to local non-state actors despite the risks of forfeiting the state’s monopoly over violence. Specifically, she... Ryan Shaffer | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Questions on Pakistan’s Economic Stability This article begins with a discussion on how the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is viewed differently by different political parties as well as by the civilian and military establishments in... Yaqoob-ul-Hassan | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Uzbekistan: The Key Pillar of India’s ‘Act North’ Engagement India has redefined its engagement with Eurasia in the last few years. It has sought to re-energize ties with its extended neighbourhood based on its historical linkages, positive and benign... Meena Singh Roy , Rajorshi Roy | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
From Energy Security to Energy Dominance: US’ Blending of Politics and Economics In the aftermath of the successful ‘America First’ or ‘Make America Great Again’ presidential election campaign, President Trump’s era inaugurated the realm of energy politics. It began with the US... Vasileios Balafas , Efstathios T. Fakiolas | March 2020 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Pension Reforms: Recommendations of the Past Committees and Commissions Reforming defence pension is no more an option but a compulsion considering its exponential growth in the past, which is likely to continue in the future if no reform is... Laxman Kumar Behera , Vinay Kaushal | February 28, 2020 | Special Feature
