Is it Jerusalem or Jerusalems? Jerusalem is a theological, geographical, historical, archaeological, political and emotional issue with contested claims and overlapping legacies. P. R. Kumaraswamy | December 15, 2017 | Issue Brief
Re-Positioning Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on India’s Policy Map: Geopolitical Drivers, Strategic Impact The monograph urges a policy re-positioning by aggregating key geopolitical parameters concerning PoK which potentially impinge on India’s vital territorial and security interests. Priyanka Singh | 2017 | Monograph
The Contours of a Negotiated Nuclear-Missile Deal with North Korea Removing the Kim regime’s fears about regime change and reducing the insecurity caused by North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests to the US and its allies are the essentials that must be addressed in a UN-led multinational dialogue to forge a negotiated settlement. G. Balachandran | December 12, 2017 | IDSA Comments
To make Chabahar a ‘Game Changer’ Central Asian states need to be roped in India needs to rope in one or more of the Central Asian countries, preferably Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, in the Chabahar project, to fully exploit its potential. P. Stobdan | December 12, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Why disclaiming Pakistan occupied Kashmir is not prudent Prudent as it may have appeared to reconcile to the territorial status quo in the past, policy makers must ask themselves whether such an approach has really worked in India’s favour. Priyanka Singh | December 11, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Response of CARICOM Armed Forces to Hurricane Maria The deficiencies in planning and training of personnel for disaster relief operations as well as the capability gaps in equipment that the response to Huricane Maria highlighted need to be plugged. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | December 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
India’s ICJ Win: Triumph of Multilateral Realpolitik? The re-election of Justice Dalveer Bhandari to the ICJ is an endorsement of the multilateral diplomacy based on realpolitik that India has been practicing in recent years. Rajeesh Kumar | December 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Aerial Refuelling of Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft To truly exploit this newly tested operational capability, IAF will have to augment its fleet of in-flight refuellers and train an adequate number of aircrew, mission commanders, fighter controllers and systems operators. Kishore Kumar Khera | December 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Blue Flag 2017 and Beyond The Indian Air Force’s participation in Israel’s Blue Flag 2017 multilateral exercise adds an important layer to the matrix of cooperation between India and Israel. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | December 01, 2017 | IDSA Comments
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Pitfalls For the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to succeed, China needs to engage in serious and sincere dialogue with BRI participants, ensure respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, uphold the internationally accepted norms of transparency and observe principles of financial responsibility, among other key issues. Ashok Sajjanhar | November 28, 2017 | IDSA Comments
