SAARC Energy Agreement: A step in the right direction Signing of the SAARC agreement is merely the first step in the process of regional energy cooperation. To make this initiative work, governments in the region need to synchronise their... Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni | January 05, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Cyber: Also a Domain of War and Terror India, the IT nation, did not make a news splash at CyberTech 2014. That is worth a passing thought. Because cyber is the fifth and new domain of warfare, after... Suryakanthi Tripathi | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Experiences from the International Rhine Water Management Germany, located in Central Europe, has access to different national and international river basins and lakes, including the Rhine, Elbe, Danube and Lake Constance. Precipitation in Germany differs between comfortable... Martin G. Grambow | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
The Articulated Strategy to Fight the Islamic State: Is It Self-Defeating? President Barack Obama has detailed his strategy to degrade, defeat and ultimately destroy the Islamic State (IS) (the IS is also referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and... Sanu Kainikara | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Depoliticising Illegal Immigration from Bangladesh to India With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition coming to power in India in May 2014, the issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh has come to the forefront once again. However,... Anand Kumar | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
India’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and the Club Model of Global Governance: Why the Indian BRICS Engagement Warrants a Less Ambiguous Foreign Policy Doctrine India’s global policy strategy is on the verge of major changes. Non-alignment as a cornerstone of foreign policy has become outdated given the power shifts in a multipolar world, especially... Herbert Wulf , Tobias Debiel | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Mubarak’s Fall in Egypt: How and Why did it Happen? After nearly 30 years in power, the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt, considered by many to be the strongest in the Arab world, collapsed suddenly in February 2011 after a... Kirsten Henderson , Rajat Ganguly | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Global Governance Debates and Dilemmas: Emerging Powers’ Perspectives and Roles in Global Trade and Climate Governance The growing international influence of so-called emerging powers has had a major impact on global governance, leading to new challenges for established and emerging powers alike. This contribution outlines the... Sandra Destradi , Cord Jakobeit | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
The ASEAN Way of Conflict Management in the South China Sea This article examines how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conflict management process in the South China Sea (SCS) has been conducted and whether the ASEAN way can effectively... Munmun Majumdar | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Maritime Strategies of China and Southeast Asia Maritime security in the Indo-Pacific (or the Indian Ocean–Pacific Ocean continuum) has acquired salience following the shift of the centre of gravity from the Atlantic. It has brought the focus... Udai Bhanu Singh | January 2015 | Strategic Analysis
