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
Leadership Change in Uzbekistan: An Election Observer’s Impressions While it was difficult to delve into the depth of the country’s internal dynamics, the overall impression one got was that the democratic process is making marked progress, albeit as... P. Stobdan | December 26, 2016 | IDSA Comments
China’s First Cyber Security Law China has justified the passage of the new law as an ‘objective need’ for national security considering its large cyber infrastructure and its vulnerabilities. Abhishek Pratap Singh | December 23, 2016 | Backgrounder
The Creation of New Districts in Manipur: Administrative Necessity versus Naga Territorial Aspirations While the Manipur government’s decision to create seven new districts has come in the wake of popular demands for improved administrative efficiency, there has been fierce opposition from Naga bodies... Pradeep Singh Chhonkar | December 23, 2016 | IDSA Comments
The State of the Smaller Latin American Air Forces While the larger air forces are capable of sustaining their existing and future inventories for some time to come, the combat assets available to the region’s smaller air forces are... Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | December 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
