A Message from the Defence Budget 2013-14 In its most candid form, the fundamental message is that the growth in the allocation for defence, as indeed for other sectors, may not always be consistent with the past... Amit Cowshish | March 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Political Turbulence in Bangladesh Fails to Dampen the Indian President’s Visit Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Bangladesh has made clear that the security situation in that country is under control and it is the BNP that has to overcome its mental block... Anand Kumar | March 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Iran-Egypt Rapprochement: Compulsions and Realities Along the short recent journey in discovery of friendly relations, Iran and Egypt have hit roadblocks that are not only ideological in nature but also illustrate their individual compulsions, conflicting... Rajeev Agarwal | March 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
BRICS Development Bank: Figuring out the Durban Bid If the BRICS Development Bank comes up, it will not only be a big moment for BRICS itself, but also for the global financial structure where the role, stake and... Jagannath P. Panda | March 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Successful PSLV-C20/SARAL Mission: India’s French “Space” Connect For almost the last 50 years, space collaboration has significantly remained intact between France and India. They have worked together on a range of issues from satellite applications, developing small... Ajey Lele | March 07, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Innovation: The New Mantra for Science and Technology Policies in India, Pakistan and China “Innovation” has become a buzz word in recent science and technology policies of various countries. It has also been given ample importance in the science and technology policies and programmes... Swati Bute | March 07, 2013 | Backgrounder
India’s Defence Budget 2013-14: A Bumpy Road Ahead A GDP growth of less than seven per cent combined with the fiscal consolidation path that the Finance Minister has articulated in his budget speech means a lot of pressure... Laxman Kumar Behera | March 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Defence Budget 2013-14: Reasonable in the Existing Circumstances but Need for Re-orientation and Reform There is a need for an overhaul of the defence planning and budgeting systems to make them outcome oriented, which will lead to the development and maintenance of requisite capability... Gautam Sen | March 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget: Trends Beyond the Numbers In the larger scheme of things, fiscal prudence is a good trait and the reduction in deficits desirable, yet an overtly ambitious approach of reducing deficits into a number game... G. Balachandran , Shruti Pandalai | March 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Countering Terrorism: The Way Forward A National Counter Terrorism Head needs to be established with the single point authority for all CT activity and with authorization to muster all resources within the country. The authority... V. Mahalingam | March 03, 2013 | IDSA Comments
