Modi’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Despite political differences over regional issues, India and Saudi Arabia are intensifying cooperation on issues of mutual interest such as terrorism, piracy, security cooperation, and intelligence sharing. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | April 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Palestine and US Presidential Candidates None of the candidates from either major party has articulated a clear and unconditionally supportive long-term view in favour of the Palestinian cause. Gautam Sen | April 05, 2016 | IDSA Comments
What the Standing Committee on Defence can do to improve the state of defence preparedness Rather than continuing to harp on issues like inadequacy of defence outlays, the committee could actually bring about a tangible improvement in the state of defence preparedness by focusing on four specific micro areas. Amit Cowshish | April 04, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Moving Cyber from the Orbit to the Nucleus of the Nuclear Security Summit Along with physical and system operational security at nuclear power plants, cybersecurity of electronic assets and computer/ICS networks have also become a major concern. Munish Sharma | March 30, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Defence Procurement Procedure 2016: Rebooting Defence Production and Procurement The best of policies and procedures can come to naught because of indecisiveness in decision-making. There is little in DPP 2016 that addresses the problems which beset decision-making in the MoD. Amit Cowshish | March 30, 2016 | IDSA Comments
China’s First Anti-Terrorism Law: An Analysis The problem lies not just with the anti-terrorism law’s tough provisions but also the manner of its operation and its implications in terms of tightening political control. Abhishek Pratap Singh | March 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Act East Policy and the CLMV Countries While the economic-cum-strategic thrust towards CLMV countries has to be invigorated, a re-look at the Act East Policy is warranted to give it a more north-east development oriented under-pinning. Gautam Sen | March 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Coping with Environmental Challenges: The Importance of Evolving a Balance between Artha, Kama and Dharma Only by making the concept of dharma central can a balance be evolved between the trivarga of artha, kama and dharma and lifestyle changes introduced to cope with climate change. P. K. Gautam | March 23, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Will the EU-Turkey Deal Work? The only effective way to stop the flow of refugees is for Turkey to confiscate all boats or use brute force to prevent Syrians from going to the coast. K. P. Fabian | March 23, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Bangladesh Bank: The Billion Dollar Breach Even if the investigations reveal the technical reason behind the breach, issues of jurisdiction, accountability and dearth of international laws governing cyber or money laundering crimes would await another billion dollar breach. Munish Sharma | March 23, 2016 | IDSA Comments
