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China’s announcement of a 10 billion Yuan ($1.6 billion) fund to finance the “maritime silk road plan” is a clear sign that it is serious about moving ahead with its stated plans. For India, it is instructive that the sales pitch of shared economic gains does not conceal the MSR’s real purpose: ensuring the security of sea lines of communications (SLOCs) in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

• Abhijit Singh |
• July 16, 2014 |
• IDSA Comments

Ebola virus has been spreading exponentially. As of October 23, 2014, the total number of confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola infection stood at 10,141 including 4,922 reported deaths.1… Continue reading Ebola Threat: Global Challenge and India’s Preparedness

• Reshmi Kazi |
• July-December 2014 |
• CBW Magazine

The strategic discourse on defence and security matters in India revolves around familiar themes and sub-themes, ranging from larger issues such as the absence of a clearly articulated national security policy to somewhat fractious issues such as the higher defence management, civil-military relations and modernization of the armed forces.

• Amit Cowshish |
• July 2014 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

The aspirations of the youth who protested at the Tahrir Square, the next course of action for the Muslim Brotherhood, the participation of other Islamists in the forthcoming elections and the role of military in the Sisi regime are some of the important issues which need to be resolved for the stability of the country.

• Prasanta Kumar Pradhan |
• July-September 2014 |
• Africa Trends

The succession debate has haunted the ZANU PF right from its foundation in the 1950s. Given the fact that the leader of the party is well into his 90s, and oldage ailments are fast catching up with him, factionalism within the party has been the order of the day.

• Frederick Chakupa Sadomba |
• July-September 2014 |
• Africa Trends

It is believed that the current situation in West Africa is a result of the delayed response and assistance from the international community to the Ebola outbreak. However, there is evidence that some international organisations have been constantly working to contain the spread of the disease since its outbreak in March 2014.

• Kuhoo Saxena |
• July-September 2014 |
• Africa Trends

Over the years, the scope of SCO has widened to include the interests of countries beyond the Eurasian space. For India to capitalise on the SCO it must have a clear pro-active policy, otherwise it may risk becoming a focal point of criticism by the Central Asia states like the way India is often targeted by the SAARC members.

• P. Stobdan |
• July 14, 2014 |
• Policy Brief

This is the text of the speech delivered by the Director-General of the OPCW H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi on September… Continue reading “Reinforcing the Norm Against Chemical Weapons”

• H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü |
• July-December 2014 |
• CBW Magazine

Brazil will hold the 6th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and the Governments of BRICS from 15 July 2014 to 16 July 2014. It is a coalition of emerging economies providing alternative ideas of global governance.

• Nachiket Khadkiwala |
• July 11, 2014 |
• Backgrounder

There are speculations whether the present budget is sufficient to meet expenditure on big ticket items but one has to bear in mind that it is only the advance payment – generally 15% of the contract value – that becomes payable on signing of a new contract. Even if new contracts are signed for say INR 50,000 crore, MoD will require just about INR 7,500 crore for those schemes.

• Amit Cowshish |
• July 11, 2014 |
• IDSA Comments