Political Turmoil in Bangladesh Likely to Continue The BNP has urged the government to arrange for dialogue. The AL says the BNP must snap ties with the Jamaat before engaging in negotiation. The uncompromising attitude of the... Rupak Bhattacharjee | February 19, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Heavy Satellite Launch Vehicles: An Assessment This brief has carried out an assessment of the launch vehicles used globally for launching of heavy satellites into the geostationary orbit. This assessment is mainly based on the comparison... Ajey Lele , Parveen Bhardwaj | February 19, 2014 | Issue Brief
Maoist Finances: Sources, Methods of Collection and Utilization Citing IDSA Report, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, RSN Singh said in the Rajya Sabha recently that “…the CPI(Maoist) party has been collecting not less than Rs 140... P. V. Ramana | February 17, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Modernising the Army’s Tactical-level Communications Systems The new optical fibre network being laid as an alternative to the 3G spectrum surrendered by the armed forces will go a long way in providing modern land-line communications in... Gurmeet Kanwal | February 14, 2014 | IDSA Comments
What is choking the Indian defence budget? Projecting a demand which cannot be met is as pointless as allocating budget that is barely sufficient to sustain the armed forces and other departments of the MoD. The persistent... Amit Cowshish | February 14, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Drugs and the Golden Triangle: Renewed Concerns for Northeast India India’s security strategy for the economic corridors and connectivity will have to entail water tight anti-drugs control measures and mechanisms to snuff out the possibilities of surges in narcotics trafficking... Namrata Goswami | February 10, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Army’s Ingenious Frontier Diplomacy To reshape public confidence further, the Union Home Ministry should quickly address the long festering issue of redeploying at least one regiment of the sashastra seema bal (SSB) in Ladakh.... P. Stobdan | February 05, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Run up to the Defence Budget 2014-15: Challenges to Modernisation It is commonly viewed that in an election year, the incumbent government is tempted to present a populist budget. In that scenario, the MoD would have reasons to be unhappy,... Laxman Kumar Behera | February 04, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Where is Egypt going? With Egypt’s reversion to military rule, even if it is sanctified through an election process less than free and fair, one can say definitely that the pro-democracy tide in the... K. P. Fabian | February 03, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Realism Not Romanticism Should Dictate India’s Pakistan Policy The next government in Delhi must be open to the idea of grabbing a good deal if one is on offer. But there is no reason for India to go... Sushant Sareen | January 30, 2014 | IDSA Comments
