Putin’s Political Regime and Its Alternatives The article analyses the current Russian regime and its possible alternatives, both nationalist and pro-Western, from the viewpoint of various theoretical approaches. It argues that applying the criteria and terminology... Alexander Lukin | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Wars and Strategies: Looking Back at the Korean War and the Sino-Indian War This article explores China’s war experiences in the Korean War and the Sino-Indian War and analyses China’s strategic decisions at the time of its national establishment. This article suggests that... Jiye Kim | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Policies Since September 11, 2001: Harmonising National Security, Independent Oversight and Individual Liberties Australia has remained insulated from mega terrorist attacks, but post-September 11 its involvement in the war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria... Ashutosh Misra | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
The Belt and Road Initiative: Exploring Beijing’s Motivations and Challenges for its New Silk Road This article argues that Beijing’s ambitious ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) is driven by the convergence of Innenpolitik and Aussenpolitik motivations including a desire: to counterbalance perceived American predominance Michael Clarke | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India in Australia’s Strategic Framing in the Indo–Pacific The world is witnessing a geopolitical shift from the North Atlantic to the Indo–Pacific region. US power is in relative decline with a steady build-up of Chinese power, wealth and... Ramesh Thakur , Ashok Sharma | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
FATF as an Instrument of CFT Compliance in Pakistan Pakistan’s desperation to keep itself off the list of defaulting countries maintained by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) underlines the increasing effectiveness of the organisation, which has become the... Vivek Chadha | February 26, 2018 | Issue Brief
Defence Budget 2018-19: Over to the Standing Committee for Scrutiny This Issue Brief highlights five major issues and concerns that may merit the SCoD’s attention while examining the latest Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence. Laxman Kumar Behera | February 26, 2018 | Issue Brief
India-Jordan Relations: An Ascendant Partnership King Abdullah II’s forthcoming visit to India represents an opportunity to catapult the relationship to the next higher level in strategic, security, political, energy, trade, investment and economic cooperation. Ashok Sajjanhar | February 26, 2018 | IDSA Comments
The Global Race for Artificial Intelligence: Weighing Benefits and Risks India can play an essential role in mitigating the risks and maximizing the benefits on account of rapid growth of AI enabled technologies. Munish Sharma | February 23, 2018 | Issue Brief
The Unintended Consequences of India’s Policy on Citizenship for Tibetan Refugees The four conditions for acquiring Indian citizenship and new regulations to ease the travel abroad of Tibetan refugees could cause the dismantling of Tibetan settlements which are the nerve centres... Yeshi Choedon | February 23, 2018 | Policy Brief
