Gen. Raheel Sharif: Chief Has Changed, Army Remains the Same A lot has being made of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif taking his time to select the next army chief and signalling civilian supremacy by picking the number three in the... Sushant Sareen | December 03, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Reduction in Expenditure on Internal Security in Nagaland: Is it Feasible? The State hardly has any `balance from its current revenues` to take on additional internal security expenditure or fund its own development activities. In this backdrop, the State has perforce... Gautam Sen | December 03, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Avro Replacement Programme: Alive and Kicking This programme was a sincere effort by the MoD to walk the talk on participation of the private industry in defence manufacturing. The success or failure of this programme will... Amit Cowshish | December 03, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India and China: Exploring Partnership in Afghanistan In this final part of the Policy Paper series, P Stobdan deliberates that if India and China make a calibrated move for working together in Afghanistan, the outcome could be... P. Stobdan | December 02, 2013 | Policy Brief
Chinese ADIZ in East China Sea: Posers for India China has created a furor by announcing the creation of an Air Defence identification Zone (ADIZ) over the Senkakau/Diayou islands in East China Sea. There is now little doubt that... Arvind Gupta | December 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Mali’s War and Algeria’s Struggle for Peace Algeria has a central role to play in the intricate web of actors and events that are shaping the western Sahel today. Princy Marin George | December 2013 | Africa Trends
Towards A Just Peace – Understanding Mali’s Multifacted Challenges The Malian security crisis is yet another manifestation of its long-entrenched problems rooted in its post-colonial reality. Melissa M. Cyrill | December 2013 | Africa Trends
India Should Rebalance Regional Focus In this third part of the Policy Paper series, P Stobdan argues that India should continue to remain engaged in Asia-Pacific for reasons not only confined to mercantile interest but... P. Stobdan | November 30, 2013 | Policy Brief
India-Japan Relations: New Opportunities The Emperor of Japan and his wife are visiting India. 60-years ago they had laid the foundation stone of India International Centre. The visit will further strengthen India-Japan strategic partnership... Arvind Gupta | November 29, 2013 | Issue Brief
India and Asian Geopolitics In this second-part of the Policy Paper series, P Stobdan suggests that in the recent Indian strategic discourse, commentators have been exulting the US ‘Asia Pivot’ and seriously hoped that... P. Stobdan | November 28, 2013 | Policy Brief
