Fatah at the Crossroads Abbas needs to take steps for a gradual change of guard in the Fatah within a specified time-frame to keep the cause of Palestinian statehood alive. Gautam Sen | January 04, 2017 | IDSA Comments
China’s Creeping Maritime Assertiveness The Chinese stance towards the December 15, 2016 incident relating to the seizure of USN UUV by PLA Navy has been extraordinarily ambiguous. Abhay Kumar Singh | January 03, 2017 | Issue Brief
The State of the State of Syria The partial cease-fire brokered and imposed by Russia and Turkey, with Iran’s concurrence, on Assad and the ‘moderates’, might mark a turning point in Syria’s tortuous journey since 2011. K. P. Fabian | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Modi’s stand-alone visit to Israel? A standalone visit to Israel will not only be in line with Modi’s engagement with the Middle East but would also send a powerful message to the international community that... P. R. Kumaraswamy | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
A Requiem for 2016 Higher Defence Management, Civil-military relations and force modernisation were three critical areas in which there was little or no movement in the year gone by. Amit Cowshish | January 02, 2017 | IDSA Comments
The Arthasastra in a Transcultural Perspective: Comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli Publisher: Pentagon Press This book is the product of a collaborative effort by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi; South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University; and Institute of... Michael Liebig , Saurabh Mishra | | Book
Fifty Years of the Outer Space Treaty: Tracing the Journey Publisher: Pentagon Press Developments in the outer space arena post the erstwhile USSR launching the first man-made satellite Sputnik in space on 4 October 1957 have transformed the world significantly.... Ajey Lele | | Book
Smart diplomacy: exploring China-India synergy, by P.S. Suryanarayana In Smart Diplomacy: Exploring China-India Synergy, P.S. Suryanarayana has sought to answer the questions: ‘Will China and India live at peace with each other? Will they be able to overcome... Prashant Kumar Singh | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
New south Asian security: six core relations underpinning regional security, by Chris Ogden Theorising about international relations in South Asia is a daunting task for any scholar of International Relations. The challenge lies in explaining the causal forces behind state behaviour, in order... Medha Bisht | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
Unheeded hinterland: identity and sovereignty in northeast India, by Dillip Gogoi Partly the result of a political and physical isolation compounded by decades of conflict in the region, Northeast India is often viewed through the prism of security studies, institutional performance... Alex Waterman | January 2017 | Strategic Analysis
