India-Japan and ‘Confluence of the Two Seas’: Ten years on The India-Japan ‘action-oriented partnership’ is founded on the pillars of mutuality of interests, shared universal values and commonality of vision in the Indo-Pacific. Titli Basu | September 13, 2017 | Issue Brief
Barcelona Attacks: India has Cause for Disquiet It is perhaps time to regulate incendiary sermons which radicalise vulnerable sections of society. Prabha Rao | September 12, 2017 | Issue Brief
The March of Folly Jointly Led By Kim Jong-Un And Donald Trump The crisis over North Korea’s reckless but successful pursuit of nuclear- weapon capability and the misguided response thereto by the United States is taking the world nearer to an unnecessary and perfectly avoidable catastrophe. K. P. Fabian | September 12, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Defence Reforms: Why is it Critical to Bite the Proverbial Bullet? This policy brief attempts to suggest six critical policy imperatives that must act as guidelines for the ongoing attempt at defence reforms. Vivek Chadha | September 11, 2017 | Policy Brief
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Nuclear Doctrine The nuclear escalation risk cannot be contained by the revision of India’s minimum deterrence policy but with a change in Pakistan’s behaviour. Sanjana Gogna | September 11, 2017 | IDSA Comments
US-Pakistan ties at a crossroads Pakistan’s responses with reference to the US encouraging India to play a greater role in Afghanistan raise an intriguing question: were Trump’s statements on India part of a gambit to extract cooperation from Pakistan? Priyanka Singh | September 11, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Rohingya Crisis Needs a Regional Solution The Rohingya crisis is not just Myanmar’s domestic problem but a regional issue and it needs to be tackled at the regional level in a more comprehensive way. Sampa Kundu | September 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Heading East: Security, Trade, and Environment Between India and Southeast Asia by Karen Stoll Farrell and Sumit Ganguly (eds.) Southeast Asia appeared in India’s purview in the post-Cold War era when it realised that it could reap substantial benefits by fostering relations with parts of the world other than the West also. Moreover, the geographical and historical closeness of Southeast Asia also made India turn its eyes towards the region. Shivani Agrawal | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal have co-authored a marvellous treatise on the doings and inner workings of one of the most feared secret service agencies in the world—Mossad. It follows a well-trodden path of books and research that have been published about Mossad. Jatin Kumar | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
CPEC in Pakistan’s Quest for Energy Security In May 2017, some 1,200 delegates from 110 countries, including 29 visiting heads of state and government leaders, gathered in Beijing for China’s biggest diplomatic event, which was held to showcase the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) achievements to date, as well as draft some new ideas. The forum also formalised the US$50 billion China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the BRI, projecting it as a game-changer for Pakistan’s economy. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Chithra Purushothaman | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
