Need for action plan to counter KLO The recent violent incidents carried out by the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) in the sensitive eastern and north-eastern parts India have serious security implications. Conscious intervention of the centre in... Gautam Sen | February 28, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Shinzo Abe’s Visit to India: Reviewing the Strategic Partnership Japanese prime minister Abe realises that solely relying on the US-Japan security alliance might not serve national interest in the fast evolving regional security architecture. So the leadership is diversifying... Titli Basu | February 27, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Iran under Rouhani: From Confrontation to Reconciliation Rouhani’s presidency has injected a new tone in Iran’s foreign policy, marking a dramatic shift from Ahmadinejad’s policy of confrontation with the West. Rouhani’s policy towards the neighbouring countries has... M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | February 26, 2014 | Issue Brief
India’s Interim Defence Budget 2014-15: An Appraisal The 10 per cent growth in the interim defence budget although looks impressive from outside, it has a poor outlook on the modernisation front. Much of the hike in the... Laxman Kumar Behera | February 23, 2014 | IDSA Comments
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
