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... 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... 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... 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... 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... K. P. Fabian | February 18, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Syria’s Unending Tragedy Syria’s plight is likely to get worse before it gets better. More Syrians will be killed and the powers that be do not care. K. P. Fabian | February 10, 2016 | IDSA Comments
