Asian-African Century with Two Centres of Gravity: Reconciling the Potential of India with China, Already a Peer of the US While China and the United States (US) have recognised the strategic significance of the re-emergence of Asia, India has yet to see itself as one of the two centres of gravity in Asia, as has been the case throughout civilisation, having close trade links with Africa. Mukul Sanwal | March 2016 | Strategic Analysis
Nurturing Capital Acquisitions While taking stock of the acquisition proposals and projects is critical for bringing in efficiency in defence procurements, the focus on statistics dissembles some important issues. Amit Cowshish | February 25, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Time to Expose Youth to National Security It is important to generate understanding among the youth about the basic concept of national security and the impact it has on human security and economic growth. V.K. Ahluwalia | February 24, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Analysis Based Forecast of Revised Estimates of Defence Budget 2015-16: Who Bails Out Whom? Sustaining and building defence capabilty is a continuous process. It requires both adequate budget allocations and full, efficient and judicous utilisation of the allocated budget. This does not appear to have happened in the immediate past and the trend appears to continue in the current year. Vinay Kaushal | February 23, 2016 | Issue Brief
Educated Unemployment and Insurgency in Manipur: Issues and Recommendations The problem of educated unemployment is mainly two fold, firstly, scarcity of government jobs, and secondly, the, virtual lack of any other employer in Manipur other than the government. Sushil Kumar Sharma | February 23, 2016 | Policy Brief
Port de Djibouti: China’s First Permanent Naval Base in the Indian Ocean Hitherto, the India-China border dispute was largely a land-air contingency. Now, the PLA Navy’s presence in the IOR adds the third dimension and needs to be factored in future planning and preparations. Mandip Singh | February 22, 2016 | Issue Brief
Asia’s Buddhist Connectivity and India’s Role India needs to start thinking about seeking a greater transformation in China from authoritarianism to embrace the culture of Buddhism and the impact such a change may entail for enduring relations between India and China. P. Stobdan | February 19, 2016 | Issue Brief
Oli must set agenda for the future of Indo-Nepal relations Oli’s visit must set the derailed relationship back on track and set the agenda for future direction. India must show magnanimity and revive relations to the height witnessed during Modi’s maiden visit to Kathmandu. Akanshya Shah | February 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
North Korea: Launching a Satellite to Demonstrate ICBM Capability North Korea may not have reached the level of expertise to develop an ICBM indigenously. But, in terms of declaration of intent, it has achieved all that it wants. Ajey Lele | February 18, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Chasing a mirage in Munich? The Munich deal, abortive though it is, proves that Russia, by engaging militarily in a substantive manner, has placed itself at a decidedly advantageous place at the negotiating table as compared to the United States. K. P. Fabian | February 18, 2016 | IDSA Comments
