The Challenges and Opportunities of a Negotiated Settlement in Afghanistan For the last 15 years, the war in Afghanistan has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and the United States has sent thousands of troops and spent billions of dollars... Aref Dostyar | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
What are India, Iran, and Afghanistan’s Benefits from the Chabahar Port Agreement? Over the last decade we have seen a race to build ports in the Indian Ocean as the two Asian powerhouses, China and India, compete to assert their regional influence.... Shawn Amirthan | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Subsystemic Unipolarities? Power Distribution and State Behaviour in South America and Southern Africa This article explores the possibility of conceiving South America and Southern Africa as subsystemic unipolarities under Brazilian and South African primacy, respectively. It argues that this concept, when applied to... Luis Leandro Schenoni | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Has Nigeria Defeated Boko Haram? An Appraisal of the Counter-Terrorism Approach under the Buhari Administration One of the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari was that he would eliminate Boko Haram six months after assumption of office. By December 2015, the Buhari-led government gave itself... Hakeem Onapajo | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Preventive Diplomacy and the Role of Civil Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia’s international shipping lanes (ISL) are essential to the economic security of the Asia-Pacific region. Maintaining good order at sea serves to protect regional trade and can be achieved... James D. Llewelyn | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Insurgency, Drugs and Small Arms in Myanmar The many links between drugs, small arms and insurgency have been widely discussed and addressed by scholars. The literature in particular has convincingly shown how several insurgent groups in Myanmar... Anshuman Behera | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
US Security Strategy of Asian Rebalance: India’s Role and Concerns China’s aggressive rise and strained relations with its Asia-Pacific neighbours—a region with immense economic and strategic potential—have forced the US to forge a strategy of Asian rebalance. Besides making China... Annpurna Nautiyal | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Sub-Regionalism in South Asia: A Case Study of the Bangladesh–Bhutan–Nepal–India Motor Vehicles Agreement This article has two parts. The first part aims at analysing why nations are increasingly going beyond their multilateral and regional moorings to secure and advance their national interests. In... Vikash Kumar | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Role of Earth Observation Satellites in Counter-Infiltration It is highly recommended that a range of nano and pico satellites be manufactured and their employment integrated with the border management system. Amit Mukherjee | December 30, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Uzbek Elections 2016: Personal observations of an itinerant traveller The voting booth was a good metre high with glass on one side, so that one can see that the voting papers are not tampered with. Shriniwas Kelkar | December 28, 2016 | IDSA Comments
