US Power and Influence in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Decline of ‘Alliance Mutuality’ Recently, the nature of the presence of the US in the Asia-Pacific has undergone significant changes. At least three developments—the rise of an economically and militarily resurgent China, a renewed... Vivek Mishra | May 2016 | Strategic Analysis
Countering the Threat of Radicalisation: Theories, Programmes and Challenges In recent years, rising instances of home-grown terrorism, lone-wolf operations and growing polarisation within societies have upstaged the global military struggle against major transnational terrorist organisations. As the dissemination of... Adil Rasheed | April 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Maoist Global Web The external linkages of the Maoists are wide, stretching from Latin America to South East Asia. These linkages have, essentially, given them visibility and propaganda, and very occasionally weapons. P. V. Ramana | April 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Buy (IDDM) or Buy (Indian): Horns of a Dilemma If a product is indigenously designed, developed and manufactured, should the percentage of indigenous content in that product really matter so much? Amit Cowshish | April 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
India’s Space Security Policy: A Proposal It is time India devised a cohesive national policy to guard its interests in space and effectively address existing and emerging challenges. Ajey Lele | April 28, 2016 | Policy Brief
Strategic Partnerships: A Critical Overview of the Aatre Task Force Report The Task Force has not extended the principle of Strategic Partnership to the whole gamut of big contracts in which the private sector is supposed to play a major role.... Laxman Kumar Behera | April 26, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Social Media and the Encryption Challenge The need of the moment is an encryption policy that does not come in the way of innovation but at the same time reduces undue opportunities for criminal and terrorist... Arul R | April 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
China Remains a Proliferation Concern in the Indian Subcontinent China’s continuing complicity in nuclear proliferation networks would weaken the global nuclear security regime. Hence, China must cooperate with the international community for reinvesting the benefits achieved by the Nuclear... Reshmi Kazi | April 22, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Satellite for SAARC: Pakistan’s Missed Opportunity SAARC satellite was an opportunity for Pakistan to display its enthusiasm for space cooperation with India, but its strategic calculations appear to have ‘jammed’ its vision. Ajey Lele | April 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Continued Israeli Settlement Policy in the Occupied Territories Settler entrenchment has reached a point where no peaceful assimilation of the entire West Bank into a compact territory of a future Palestine state and a harmonious division of Jerusalem... Gautam Sen | April 19, 2016 | IDSA Comments
