The SCO: India enters Eurasia India’s objective lies not in offsetting the interests of either the US or China but to walk towards its own destiny of serving humanity and global peace. P. Stobdan | June 14, 2016 | Policy Brief
India – US Cyber Relationship While the intent exists to forge a strong partnership on cyberspace issues, there is much groundwork to be done to actually build trust and move forward together. Sanjeev Gupta | June 14, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Revisiting Nuclear India: Strategic Culture and (In) Security Imaginary, by Runa Das Following a critical social constructivist approach, Runa Das affirms in Revisiting Nuclear India that India’s nuclear decisions are a product of the state’s strategic culture, which is generated by its... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
India : US :: China : US – Cyber and Bilateral Visits While the China-US Cyber agreement is an attempt at conflict management or risk mitigation, the India-US Cyber agreement is a joint quest for security driven by a common threat perception,... Munish Sharma | June 09, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Recent Transitions in the Leadership of the PLA Rocket Forces The leadership transition in the Rocket Forces shows that the service is not only integrating with other services but that its officials are increasingly called upon to other services to... M.S. Prathibha | June 06, 2016 | Special Feature
God forgives, would Google? At present, the entire debate on ‘right to be forgotten’ is mainly focused on individual freedom and individual rights. However, it is important to look at this issue from a... Ajey Lele | June 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Integrating Defence Plans with Niti Aayog’s Long Term Vision While it may be tempting for the Niti Aayog to make deep inroads into defence planning, it would be wise to focus only on those areas that do not disturb... Amit Cowshish | June 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Assessing Power Transition in Taiwan: From KMT to DPP The return of DPP to power is a significant development from the point of view of cross-strait relations and security in East Asia. Given its growing thrust on ‘Act East’,... Prashant Kumar Singh | June 01, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Rebalancing with India New Delhi is aware of Washington’s keenness to marshal India as the power that can tilt the strategic balance in Asia. Sarosh Bana | May 31, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Time to Rejuvenate the India-Russia Partnership India and Russia are natural allies. It is in the interest of both countries to have vibrant relations. The responsibility for this devolves upon Modi and Putin. Ashok Sajjanhar | May 30, 2016 | IDSA Comments