The Current and Future State of India–Bangladesh Relations At the outset, we must remind ourselves that Indo–Bangladesh cooperation began in the battlefield of 1971. As a freedom fighter diplomat, one recalls with deep appreciation and gratitude the whole-hearted... Syed Muazzem Ali | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India–Bangladesh Relations: An Indian Perspective The people of India and Bangladesh share close and multi-faceted socio-cultural, religious and linguistic ties spanning centuries. The two countries share the same values of secularism, pluralism and democracy, and... Harsh Vardhan Shringla | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Explaining Public Policy Choices: A Case Study of the First Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh This article employs the 3-i framework to explore the institutions, ideas, and interests that have shaped the Bangladesh government’s policy choices for implementing the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, the first... A.S.M. Ali Ashraf , Md. Shafiqul Islam | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India’s ‘Act East’ Policy Towards the Two Koreas: Issues and Challenges The Narendra Modi government after coming to power in May 2014 initiated the ‘Act East’ policy to further enhance New Delhi’s engagement with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. However,... Ranjit Kumar Dhawan | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Look/Act East Policy, Roads and Market Infrastructure in North-East India The socio-politico-economic scene in India’s North-east region has guided certain aspects of the country’s domestic and international policy. The Act East Policy (AEP) of the government of India aims to... Raile Rocky Ziipao | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Energy Security: How Decision-Making Processes in India’s Energy Bureaucracy Shape India’s Energy Policy Energy security has evolved to become strategically important for countries, such that the domestic availability of energy resources, coupled with the national energy demand, as well as import and export... Niharika Tagotra | September 2018 | Strategic Analysis
A Review of India-Japan Defence Technology Cooperation While broad agreement at the top leadership level has been easy to achieve, negotiations relating to defence equipment and technology cooperation have proved to be difficult, shaped as these are... Titli Basu | August 31, 2018 | IDSA Comments
China’s vulnerability, India’s opportunity India must jettison the attempt to maintain a balance between China and the US and instead take advantage of China’s internal and external vulnerabilities to gain an upper hand in... Abanti Bhattacharya | August 27, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Modi’s Tour of Africa Revitalises Relations Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent tour of Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa increased to 26 the number of African countries visited by very senior leaders, thus contributing to a significant... Ruchita Beri | August 21, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Examining the Feasibility and Affordability of Raising the Share of Defence Expenditure to Three Percent of GDP The Brief argues that MoD’s total allocations should be considered for any discussion on defence expenditure since the official defence expenditure does not capture all the expenses that the government... Laxman Kumar Behera | August 20, 2018 | Issue Brief
