How Workable will Consultants be in the Existing Framework of the Ministry of External Affairs? There are also grey areas to the extent that the professional and hierarchical relationship which the Consultants will have with regular IFS officers is yet to be clearly outlined. Gautam Sen | July 06, 2015 | IDSA Comments
MERS: A New Virus Challenge East and Southeast Asia are known to get affected by various diseases routinely. Particularly, various waterborne and other diseases likely malaria and dengue fever commonly affect the regions. There is... Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh | July 01, 2015 | IDSA Comments
India and Pakistan: An Eternal Conflict! Shooting for a Century: Finding Answers to the India–Pakistan Conundrum, by Stephen P. Cohen S. Kalyanaraman | July 2015 | Journal of Defence Studies
Northeastern India and its neighbours: negotiating security and development by Rakhee Bhattacharya The insurgency movement in Northeast India, demanding various forms of autonomy including independence, is a constant concern for the maintenance of the country’s unity. It is further complicated due to... M. Amarjeet Singh | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
India’s ocean: the story of India’s bid for regional leadership by David Brewster Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan once stated: ‘Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene. Whoever controls the Indian Ocean dominates Asia.... Amrita Jash | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Sri-Yantra and the geophilosophy of India by Niraj Kumar The book, as the title suggests, has Sri-Yantra and geophilosophy as its central themes. Sri-Yantra is a powerful positive energy symbol that is known for bringing peace, prosperity, harmony and... Ruchi Shree | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Cyber war: the next threat to national security and what to do about it? by Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake War, in the age of the ‘Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)’ has changed its nature and tactics. Use of sophisticated systems has made it difficult to penetrate defences. Cyber war,... Chandra Kamal Borah | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Role of Historical Legacy in India’s Relations with Territories to its East The ability of history to intrude into the present has often been underestimated. Nowhere is this more evident than in India’s relations with territories to its immediate east. Colonial rule... Udai Bhanu Singh | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Harnessing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges: Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region Based on the work of the Maritime Security Working Group within the Strategic Studies Network (SSN), this report provides both diagnosis and prescriptions regarding security threats in the Indian Ocean... Untitled | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Boko Haram: The Multifaceted Story of Terror and Cultism Nigeria is currently going through a very delicate phase. The kidnapping of more than 275 Chibok schoolgirls by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram shocked not only Nigeria but the international... Aslam Khan | July 2015 | Strategic Analysis
