Takeaways for Defence in the Union Budget 2014-15 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... Amit Cowshish | July 11, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Indian Ocean Maritime Security Cooperation Needs Coherent Indian Leadership Maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is a central issue for regional and extra-regional actors. Traditional and non-traditional security challenges largely converge at sea as they impact economic,... Lee Cordner | July 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Boko Haram has recently emerged as one of the deadliest and most brutal terrorist groups with links to the global jihadi movement. The group is grounded in a region where... Nachiket Khadkiwala , Saurabh Mishra | July 10, 2014 | Backgrounder
NYT editorial on India’s nuclear policy: A case of inaccurate portrayal and propaganda The editorial also intrinsically marks the return of the ‘pro-Pakistan’ lobby in the US non-proliferation community, and the American media, which was culpable in encouraging the many indulgences of the... A. Vinod Kumar | July 07, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Is Iraq imploding? The government in Baghdad has lost control over a stretch of territory to ISIL. It follows that Iraq is at present inexorably moving towards dissolution. In any case, it will... K. P. Fabian | July 07, 2014 | IDSA Comments
US Military Departure from Manas Stirring a New Game in Central Asia The author recounts his memories of the US military base at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, which was the hub for onward movement of about 15,000 troops and 500 tons... P. Stobdan | July 07, 2014 | IDSA Comments
The McMahon Line: A hundred years on On 3rd July 1914 nearly a hundred years ago at Simla, Tibet and India signed the Simla Convention that gave birth to the McMahon Line separating Tibet from India in... R. S. Kalha | July 03, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Takeaways from Defence Minister’s address at Naval Commanders’ Conference The Defence Minister made two significant points: one, the need for making a significant amount of the nation’s resources available for defence and two, he talked about the slow pace... Amit Cowshish | July 01, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Sri Lankan perceptions of the Modi government There is no one nationalist Sri Lankan view. Among the Sinhalas, there are also the liberals who are quite realistic about their assessments and would argue that there may be... Gulbin Sultana | July 01, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb by Feroz Hassan Khan Feroz Hassan Khan’s credentials are high considering that he served with the Pakistan army for 32 years with his last assignment as director of arms control and disarmament affairs in... Gautam Sen | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
