Things that Modi should do in Myanmar The Prime Minister must reach out to Myanmar in unconventional ways and remove any antipathy among the people who once, like other neighbours, had began to perceive India as a... P. Stobdan | November 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Fall of the Berlin Wall: Marking 25 years The fall of the wall also coincided with the collapse of the USSR and end of the Cold War. Theoverall changes since 1989 have been largely a remarkable success with... Gulshan Sachdeva | November 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
“Make In India” in Defence: Embedding Industry-wide Dialogue and Consultation For the mantra to become an all-pervasive reality in defence acquisitions in India will be to multiply manifold the onset, frequency, range and depthof its industry engagements. Sandeep Verma | November 07, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Why India is getting Wagah all wrong The Wagah incident is not going to wake-up Pakistan to the existential threat posed by jihadist terror groups. There is neither going to be any change in its attitude towards... Sushant Sareen | November 05, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Dysfunctional Operating Environment in Defence: Removing the Cobwebs The effort to set right the operating environment has to start with creating a mechanism to review the existing devolution of power comprehensively based on clearly defined principles and not... Amit Cowshish | November 05, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Overview of Korea’s Arctic Policy Development In his Murmansk speech in 1987, Gorbachev proposed the Arctic as the shortest sea route linking Europe to the Far East and the Pacific Ocean, triggering a new perspective on... Jong Deog Kim | November 2014 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Role in Arctic Affairs in the Context of Global Governance For nearly a quarter of the past century a series of notable changes have taken place in the Arctic. All of them, whether political, economical, environmental or climate-related, inevitably had... Ye Jiang | November 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Legal Regime of the Arctic and India’s Role and Options The Arctic Ocean is melting. Essentially, this means that new sea routes will open up for international navigation, and large resources, especially oil and gas, lying underneath the frozen ice... H.P. Rajan | November 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Maritime Tiger: Exploring South Korea’s Interests and Role in the Arctic South Korea is not a traditional Arctic state, but it has several key interests in the region. This article explores the sources of those interests and the country’s commercial activities... Mia M. Bennett | November 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Arctic and India: Strategic Awareness and Scientific Engagement A global temperature rise is being experienced earliest and most intensely in the Arctic region. The changes are worrying but the commercial interests are equally enticing. The Arctic is witnessing... Uttam Kumar Sinha , Arvind Gupta | November 2014 | Strategic Analysis