Furthering India-Japan Defence Cooperation: Arun Jaitley indicates a new approach While there is no doubt that India could do with help from Japanese defence firms, the modality of acquiring technologies from foreign companies in general requires to be clearly articulated. Amit Cowshish | May 15, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan, Masood Azhar and Terrorism The revival of Jaish indicates that Pakistan will continue to utilise terrorism as an instrument to advance its geo-strategic agenda in South Asia. Raj Verma | May 15, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Agni-II Trial Failure: Evaluation rather than Flagellation is needed The Agni family has had a successful series of user trials extending over several variants and a number of years which should give some confidence in the robustness of the... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | May 15, 2017 | IDSA Comments
India-Turkey Relations: Frozen in Time? India-Turkey relations are expected to gradually move in a positive direction based on new found interests and some common grounds. Md. Muddassir Quamar | May 12, 2017 | Issue Brief
Hydropower as an Energy Source: Need to Find the Right Balance While hydropower projects are critical for economic growth and development, it is equally important to fully assess their potential social and environmental impact in the long-term. The challenge lies in... Opangmeren Jamir | May 12, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Ways And Means to Choke Maoist Finances It is difficult, if not impossible, to completely clamp down on Maoist finances. However, it is possible to restrict the flow of money into their coffers. P. V. Ramana | May 11, 2017 | IDSA Comments
A Defining Moment for France and Europe Two clashing visions of France were before the French voters. They chose, with many reservations, Macron and rejected Le Pen, but not wholly, for, her opposition to the EU, in... Bharat Wariavwalla | May 09, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Raising Defence Budget to Three Per Cent of GDP Speaking at the United Service Institution on May 4, 2017, the Chief of the Army Staff said that India needs to spend much more on military modernisation to ensure that... Amit Cowshish | May 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
India-Cyprus Relations: Need for Consistency and Diversity New Delhi should leverage the prospective post-Brexit scenario as well as the enormous goodwill India has enjoyed consistently since Cyprus`s independence, to boost and deepen bilateral trade and investment relations... Gautam Sen | May 08, 2017 | IDSA Comments
FDI in Defence: Need for Liberalisation and Simplification The government should set up a task force to engage with potential investors and investees and evolve a simplified FDI policy, which has different slabs for different kinds of activities... Amit Cowshish | May 04, 2017 | IDSA Comments
