75 Years Later, Are Lessons From the Bari Incident Still Relevant? While planning and executing kinetic operations, it is essential to look at various facets of force application including the possibilities of accidents or surprise attacks by the adversary. Kishore Kumar Khera | November 08, 2018 | Issue Brief
Revisiting Aadhaar System: Post the Supreme Court Verdict One understands that long term benefits of Aadhaar actually outweighs many concerns. However, adequate norms need to be laid down from collection to retention of biometric data, in addition to... Kritika Roy | November 02, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Strategic Petroleum Reserves: Stocking Oil for Rainy Days A strategic petroleum reserve offers India the leverage to be a serious player in the international oil market, as it will have the option to release supplies when prices spike... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | November 02, 2018 | IDSA Comments
East of India, South of China: Sino-India Encounters in Southeast Asia With the rise of China and the rising tension between the China-South China Sea littoral states, the Southeast Asian region has emerged as a pivot of international politics. Changing US... Vikash Chandra | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
What is Russia up to in the Middle East? Russia’s military intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015 is seen as a significant milestone in the geopolitics of the Middle East. By establishing stakes on the ground, the... Rajorshi Roy | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan Army: Institution that Matters Described variously as a ‘garrison’ or ‘praetorian’ state’, Pakistan is the only country in South Asia that has been under military rule for almost three-quarters of its sovereign existence. Even... Aliva Mishra | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
A life in diplomacy This is a candid, stimulating, and highly readable account of Ambassador Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra’s diplomatic life, and through it, also of the evolution of Indian foreign policy since 1947. The... Jayant Prasad | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Xi Jinping’s Control of the Chinese Army Since taking over power in 2012, the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s key initiative has been to make the Communist Party of China (CPC) relevant in the function of China’s political... Amrita Jash | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Economic Security: The Missing Link in India’s National Security Architecture A flurry of changes in India’s national security apparatus in the recent past have been the subject of public discussion. These include the constitution of a Defence Procurement Committee under... Zubin Dash | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
The Quest for Federalism in Myanmar The question of autonomy or self-determination in Myanmar goes back to the country’s pre-independence era. It is an important historical issue which unified and divided the country. The idea of... Nehginpao Kipgen | November 2018 | Strategic Analysis
