Transforming Eastern South Asia: Relevance of BIMSTEC Of late the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is receiving sincere attention from its member countries as an organisation that has the potential to... Smruti S. Pattanaik | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Human Security Approach to Internal Security: Case Study of Reconciliation and Insurgency in Tamenglong, Manipur Human security as a concept contends that the appropriate referent for peace and security should be the individual instead of the state. This Essay explores whether a human security-centred approach,... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Indian Diaspora in Reunion Island: A Strategic Asset Wherever Indians have migrated, they have carried with them their culture, which has subsequently served to build multi-layered bridges with their country of origin. The article studies the Indian migration... Ankita Bhattacharjee | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Securing Peace? Regime Types and Security Sector Reform in the Patani (Thailand) and Bangsamoro (the Philippines) Peace Processes, 2011–2016 This article examines how regime types shape security sector reforms, that are integral to the peace processes in Thailand’s Patani and the Philippines’ Mindanao. Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
AKP, the Arab Spring and the Unravelling of the Turkey ‘Model’ The rise of the Adalet ve Kalk?nma Partisi (AKP), its domestic and foreign policy successes and its early response to the Arab Spring made it popular in the Arab world.... Md. Muddassir Quamar | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
The Evolution of China’s Southern Frontier: Cartographical Encroachments on Indian Territory, 1922–1960 The People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s case on the Sino–Indian boundary question has not received the sort of attention it deserves with the result very little is known about it.... Sunil Khatri | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and India’s Concerns The successful conclusion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit in Beijing recently has raised a number of questions about India’s strategy to counter the Chinese project. The One... Montgomery Blah | July 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: The “Uzbek Model” The Uzbek approach to dealing with radicalisation and extremism has evolved from tough and uncompromising measures to a flexible and accommodative approach. Meena Singh Roy | June 27, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Whither the Indo-US Defence Partnership India appears to be failing to consider the geopolitical and foreign policy fallouts from signing the so-called foundational military pacts with the United States. P. Stobdan | June 25, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Singapore Summit: North East Asia Set for Strategic Realignment While the US may be able to ensure the security of its homeland, it is bound to gradually yield strategic space to China in the region. All said, prevailing alignments... G.G. Dwivedi | June 22, 2018 | IDSA Comments
