Gas Pipelines—Politics and Rivalries In 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its ‘World Energy Outlook’ said that the world was entering a ‘Golden Age of Gas’. With its lower carbon-emitting properties, gas seemed... Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Chithra Purushothaman | January 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Analysing the Impacts of Drug Trafficking on Human Security in Central Asia The international security environment has undergone many changes since the end of the Cold War. There has been a need to adapt the concept of security with the changing conditions... Hamidreza Azizi | January 2018 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Mediation Efforts in the Middle East and North Africa: Constructive Conflict Management Mediation diplomacy has emerged as one of the central pillars of China’s foreign policy objectives and practice, with Beijing deliberately positioning itself as a peacemaker in the MENA region. This... Mordechai Chaziza | January 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Bilateral Security Relationship in South Asia The article argues that the contours of a security architecture are becoming slowly visible in South Asia. This process is nurtured by two developments. First, since the 2000s, India has... Christian Wagner | January 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India–US Defence Cooperation: Assessing Strategic Imperatives Over the last decade or so, especially during much of Barack Obama’s presidential tenure, the defence sector has become the focus area of cooperation between India and the US. India’s... Vivek Mishra | January 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Two standoffs and some nuclear lessons The standoffs in Doklam and North Korea offer insights on how crisis stability remains subject to the complexities of deterrence, especially in theatres with multiple nuclear-armed states, and what this... A. Vinod Kumar | December 29, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Time is ripe to start bilateral talks between the US and North Korea The time is opportune now for the international community to press for the start of bilateral discussions between the US and North Korea leading to the full participation of the... G. Balachandran | December 20, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Hypersonic Weapons Hypersonic weapons are weapons that move at speeds of Mach 5 or more. Presently, hypersonic weapon technology is a work in progress and these weapons are yet to become fully... Ajey Lele | | Occasional Papers
India’s Relations with the Latin America-Caribbean Region: Prospects and Constraints This paper seeks, from a Latin American perspective, to examine India's relations with the Latin America-Caribbean region. It makes a distinction between the hesitant and somewhat apathetic approach of the... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | | Occasional Papers
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
