Rajapaksa Seeking a Third Term as President: Not a Cake Walk Anymore! If the Sinhala opposition parties, the Tamil TNA, and the Muslim parties support the common candidate, there is a possibility that they may be able to defeat Mahinda Rajapaksa. But... Gulbin Sultana | December 01, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Let’s Partition SAARC The time has perhaps come to restructure, even partition, SAARC to make it more effective. This is something that might also be required to be done in the likely event... Sushant Sareen | November 28, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Artillery modernisation: needed for firepower Despite the lessons learnt during the Kargil conflict, where artillery firepower paved the way for victory, modernisation of the artillery continued to be neglected. The recent acquisition of 814 truck-mounted... Gurmeet Kanwal | November 27, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Why Marine Police remains the weakest link in India’s coastal security system? Given that marine police has been exclusively created for coastal security, it is imperative that the force is adequately strengthened and for this to happen, it is incumbent upon the... Pushpita Das | November 26, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Avro-replacement programme hits air pocket Replacement of the Avro is an approved requirement. Scrapping the on-going process could delay acquisition of the transport aircraft by at least a year or two as it would inevitably... Amit Cowshish | November 25, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Macchil Verdict: Reading Between the Lines The incident raises important issues. First, the role of honours and awards in such crimes, second, the impact of punishment on the morale of troops who undertake a challenging responsibility... Vivek Chadha | November 25, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Xi-Abe handshake, not yet an embrace Escalation of tension has scarred relations between Japan and China. The fallout of this has been reflected in the trade and economic ties between the two. Stabilizing China-Japan bilateral relations... Titli Basu | November 24, 2014 | IDSA Comments
President Obama’s Policy on Syria This is the right time to raise a fundamental question about Obama’s policy towards Syria: Is there a coherent, consistent policy, based on a reasonably accurate assessment of the ground... K. P. Fabian | November 18, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Asian Strategic Review 2014: US Pivot and Asian Security Publisher: Pentagon Press The “Pivot to Asia” strategy qualifies to be called Obama Doctrine: a part of Obama’s “grand strategy”. This policy may radically redefine not only the US engagement... S. D. Muni , Vivek Chadha | | Book
Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia Publisher: Pentagon Press2013 This volume brings together views of some of the most eminent scholars and security analysts from South Asia on the challenges and prospects of a cooperative security... Nihar R. Nayak | | Book
