Pokhara Parleys: Efforts to Connect SAARC While India may wait for full cooperation of other member countries to make SAARC a success, it must take the initiative for forging more agreements in matters concerning economic and... Nihar R. Nayak | March 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2016-17: The Bigger Worry Calculations reveal that the capital expenditure has been cut primarily to accommodate the rise in salary and pension bills arising out of the implementation of OROP scheme and the Seventh... Laxman Kumar Behera | March 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Lashkar-e-Cyber of Hafiz Saeed Terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba are increasingly taking to social media to further widen their outreach. By integrating social media with self-developed android apps, Lashkar is also turning from mere technology... Munish Sharma | March 21, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Garo National Liberation Army: An Emerging Threat in Meghalaya For a state long thought to be a role model to other North-eastern states, Meghalaya has seen a steady rise in insurgency in the last few years. The Garo National... Sushil Kumar Sharma | March 18, 2016 | Policy Brief
Myanmar in China’s Push into the Indian Ocean China wants to regain the position it once enjoyed under the military government in Myanmar. However, its efforts at securing a direct access to the Indian Ocean through Myanmar are... Joshy M. Paul | March 14, 2016 | Backgrounder
China’s Military Reforms: Is All Well With the PLA? If PLA doesn’t change its ‘army-centric’ character and make way for professionals with domain expertise, the higher defence organisation will continue to be weak and the reform only in name. Mandip Singh | March 09, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Gilgit Baltistan as Fifth Province: Reconciling with the Status Quo? Gilgit Baltistan’s absorption may signal a paradigmatic shift in Pakistan’s Kashmir strategy. However, Pakistan would have to reset the contours of its position on Kashmir including an implied acceptance of... Priyanka Singh | March 04, 2016 | IDSA Comments
All About Pay and Perks: India’s Defence Budget 2016-17 The two heads of expenditure which have witnessed significant growth in the defence budget 2016-17 are the salary component of the armed forces and the defence pensions. Laxman Kumar Behera | March 03, 2016 | Issue Brief
Defence Budget 2016-17: A Clear Message to the Armed Forces It is time India devised appropriate tactics to meet the current threat. It is imperative that the armed forces prepare for ‘the most likely scenario’ rather than ‘the worst case... Ramesh Phadke | March 02, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Metamorphosis of the Defence Budget 2016-17 The defence budget for the next fiscal has been completely restructured, making it difficult to make like-to-like comparisons. The growth in the defence budget is bound to disappoint the strategic... Amit Cowshish | March 02, 2016 | IDSA Comments
