Odisha’s Potential Role in Enhancing Security in the Bay of Bengal A long coastline, ports, and availability of airfields all make Odisha a strategic asset that provides considerable leverage for securing India’s national interests and enhancing influence in South East Asia. Bhabani Das | November 13, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Renewed Mandate from Heaven: Xi Unfolds Grand Strategy for China’s Long March Xi envisions China as a key player in shaping the new global order with Chinese characteristics. His grand strategy is in consonance with the Chinese strategic culture of ‘thinking deep... G.G. Dwivedi | November 10, 2017 | IDSA Comments
What the Inclusion of BRI in the Chinese Constitution Implies The inclusion of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Charter of the Communist Party of China indicates that it is not merely an economic policy but rather a ‘political... Jagannath P. Panda | November 07, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Indian Air Force’s Declining Squadron Strength – Options and Challenges The IAF is not without options, all of which are currently at some stage of realization. What is lacking is a sense of urgency on the part of all the... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | November 03, 2017 | Issue Brief
Fatah – Hamas Reconciliation and Prospects for the Elusive Palestinian Unity On October 12, 2017, Fatah and Hamas, the two dominant factions in Palestinian politics, signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo to end their decade-long conflict. Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 03, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World by Shadi Hamid Is Islam compatible with modernity? Can Muslim societies adapt to Westphalian democratic principles? Islamic Exceptionalism revisits this recurring debate by examining political transitions in Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey, where Islamist... Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Negotiating the US–Japan alliance: Japan confidential by Yukinori Komine If there is one country that is undergoing unprecedented shifts in its security policies, it is Japan; Speculation was rife that Japan would try and step out of America shadow... G.V.C. Naidu | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft by Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris Geo-economics was one among several ideational constructs postulated as the likely defining characteristic of international politics after the end of the Cold War. A neologism coined by Edward Luttwak, the... S. Kalyanaraman | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
The Brexit-Belt and Road Axis: India for Neighbourhood First China's Belt & Road Initiative (B&RI), also known as One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR), depends for its success on a tacit alliance with Britain and the financial acumen of the City of London.... Sandhya Jain | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Too Early to Celebrate! The Decline of Somali Piracy off the East Coast of Africa The pirates of Somalia constitute one one of the greatest threats to maritime security in modern time.Their operations started amidst the political instability, economic crisis and state collapse that characterised... Samuel Oyewole | November 2017 | Strategic Analysis
