Addressing Maritime Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: A Case for Synergising Naval Capacities towards Collective Benefits The vastness and diversity of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and its littorals, and difference in the latters’ overall view of regional security, presents a broad spectrum of challenges therein.... Kamlesh K. Agnihotri | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Investigating the use of Chemical Weapons in Syria Investigating the use of chemical weapons The first inquiry into the use of chemical weapons (CW) in Syria was the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism (SGM) for Investigation of Alleged use…... Cindy Vestergaard | January-June 2016 | CBW Magazine
India’s Military Modernization: Strategic Technologies and Weapons Systems, edited by Rajesh Basrur and Bharath Gopalaswamy The Oxford University Press could not have timed it better with its second part of the two-part project on Indian military modernisation in the field of advanced technologies like cruise... Rikeesh Sharma | January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
Facebook’s Free Basics: A Digital Apartheid Free Basics actually leads to converting the internet, which is supposed to be a global public good, into a ‘controlled’ platform. For some this even amounts to compromising on their... Ajey Lele | January 07, 2016 | IDSA Comments
The Iran-Saudi Confrontation: Who will win in the end? Unless addressed, the escalation of tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia can have serious adverse consequences for regional stability and peace and also for ongoing efforts to bring to an... K. P. Fabian | January 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Naga Peace Accord and the Kuki and Meitei Insurgencies in Manipur The Naga peace accord is a historic step. It needs to be followed up by correct policy interventions that serve to undercut the relevance of the Kuki and Meitei insurgencies... Sushil Kumar Sharma | January 05, 2016 | Policy Brief
Nuclear India through a Western Eye Like a section of the US non-proliferation community that relishes supporting and sympathising with China and Pakistan, Levy and the Center for Public Integrity have followed the same approach. Rajiv Nayan | January 04, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Multi-party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region Publisher: Pentagon Press Maldives is the smallest country of South Asia. But its significance is no less because of its crucial geo-strategic location in the Indian Ocean. It sits astride... Anand Kumar | | Book
Riverine Neighbourhood: Hydro-politics in South Asia Publisher: Pentagon Press Rivers are the most visible form of fresh water. Rivers are ancient and older than civilizations a ‘mini cosmos’ spawning history, tales, spirituality, and technological incursions. Flowing... Uttam Kumar Sinha | | Book
Geopolitical Shifts in West Asia: Trends and Implications Publisher: Pentagon Press The West Asian region is undergoing a phase of massive turbulence since the outbreak of the Arab Spring. This period has been marked by popular protests, internal... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | | Book
