Syria Crisis: How will it be resolved? A solution to the Syrian crisis is unlikely to emerge with either Assad in power or in the existing circumstances of the military stand-off. A political solution will have to... Gautam Sen | October 22, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Diamer Bhasha Dam: Pakistan’s new Achilles heel Delayed implementation of the DBD project has led to cynicism and angst amongst the people of Pakistan. In spite the government’s assurance, it is feared that the DBD could meet... Priyanka Singh | October 21, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Prime Minister’s Visit to Moscow: Need to Revitalise the India-Russia Partnership India-Russia ties will continue to be mutually beneficial. While defence cooperation remains the mainstay, the two countries can explore common synergies in co-developing more weapons platforms with cutting edge technology... Rajorshi Roy | October 21, 2013 | IDSA Comments
PM’s Visit to Russia and China: Need for Smart Diplomacy Clubbing the visits to Russia and China is a smart move. But the prime minister will also need to indulge in smart diplomacy to deal with a number of ticklish... Arvind Gupta | October 21, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: A Changing Kaleidoscope The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), though considered an important maritime region, has not yet been accorded the due importance of a geo-strategic entity. One attributable reason is the ‘sandwiching’ of... Sarabjeet Singh Parmar | October 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Syria and the OPCW: Taking a Stock of the Situation The joint OPCW-UN team mandated to assist Syria with the elimination of its chemical weapon programme by mid-2014 may not be realistic. As in the case of Russia and the... Sudarshan Bhutani | October 17, 2013 | Issue Brief
US-India Defence Technologies for Transfer: Cultural Change India-US defence ties are shifting away from a ‘buyer-seller’ path to one of co- development and co-production. In Washington this is viewed as a change from a ‘culture of presumptive... Vivek Kapur | October 15, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India and Central Asia: Need for a Pro-active Approach India has traditionally attached great importance to its relations with Central Asia. But, unfortunately, the relationship faces several constraints including the lack of direct access to Central Asia; the unstable... Arvind Gupta | October 14, 2013 | Policy Brief
India-Australia Maritime Cooperation: Raising the Pitch Both India and Australia are trying hard to shed their traditional reticence and engage in the maritime domain, with both sides agreeing to a drastic overhaul of the existing exchanges. Abhijit Singh | October 14, 2013 | IDSA Comments
China’s ‘Three Warfares’ and India For the past decade, China is known to have actively used ‘three warfares’ (3Ws) strategy—media, psychological and legal warfare—to weaken its adversaries in regions constituting what it perceives to be... Abhijit Singh | October 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
