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... Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Chithra Purushothaman | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
The Flaw of Immediate Cyber Counter Strikes A dominant paradigm for militarised cyber operations, owing to a growing interest in such actions, is seeking an ability to strike back and launch cyber counter attacks immediately after being... Jan Kallberg , Rosemary A. Burk | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
The Battle for Siachen Glacier: Beyond Just a Bilateral Dispute Contemporary scholarship working on Indo-Pak issues has tended to view Siachen as a bilateral issue, and therefore, not much literature has been generated analysing the conflict beyond this spatio-temporal realm.... Prateek Joshi | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Framing South Africa’s Soft Power through Non-State Sources South Africa arguably stands well above its regional counterparts in terms of soft power resources. This is not entirely unconnected with the uncalculated attempts by non-state actors to extend the... Olusola Ogunnubi , Oluwaseun Tella | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
The US Concept and Practice of Hybrid Warfare The term ‘hybrid warfare’ has been used by American military experts for more than a decade already. However, until recently, there was no officially accepted definition of the term, and,... Vladimir I. Batyuk | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Compressing Politics in Counterinsurgency (COIN): Implications for COIN Theory from India’s Northeast Counterinsurgency (COIN) has long been recognised as a political phenomenon, but current theoretical understandings of politics in COIN reflect ideal types, overlooking the depth and complexity of the politics of... Alex Waterman | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Optimising India–US Maritime-Strategic Convergence The current trajectory of India–US relations is encouraging, but needs to be sustained by optimising their maritime-strategic convergence. In the maritime-configured Indo-Pacific region, the two countries could undertake substantive ‘transactions’... G.S. Khurana | September 2017 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Appraisal This Backgrounder evaluates the possible advantages and challenges stemming from India’s membership in SCO. Parth Sarthi Suhag | August 29, 2017 | Backgrounder
FATA’s Merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The idea of abolishing FATA as a distinct administrative entity and merging it with KP led to a country-wide debate, with some commentators pointing to the futility of the merger... Zainab Akhter | August 29, 2017 | Backgrounder
US ups the ante in Cyberspace The US decision to elevate its Cyber Command to that of a Unified Combatant Command sends a strong signal to entities and countries inimical to its interests to recalibrate their... Munish Sharma | August 25, 2017 | IDSA Comments
