Associate Fellow, Dr Swasti Rao’s opinion piece ‘A war-torn Europe needs military supplies to modernise itself. India can fill the gap’ has been published in The Print on 1 December 2023.

While there has been considerable improvement in Europe’s inertia to send heavy weaponry to Ukraine, it is still not enough, says Dr Rao.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘Israel-Hamas War: Indian PM Makes 6th Visit To The UAE But Calls To End Middle-East Conflict May Grow’ has been published in ‘The Eurasian Times’ on 30 November 2023.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to UAE to attend the COP-28 Climate Summit and will be in Dubai on November 30 and December 1. Coming only a few months after his last visit to the UAE in July, this would be his sixth visit to the country since his first visit in August 2015, says Col Agarwal.

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Securing Our World: Countering Chemical Terrorism in the Age of New Technologies’ has been published by Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on 29 November 2023.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Om Prakash Das’ views on India joining the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) as full member’, titled ‘चीन के हिंद महासागर में बढ़ते दबदबे के बीच कंबाइंड मैरिटाइम फोर्स में भारत का हिस्सा लेना रणनीतिक जरूरत,’ has been published on the ABP News website (Hindi) on 24 November 2023.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece ‘As war continues in Gaza, a lesson for Israel from India’ has been published in First Post on 24 November 2023.

Israel could do well to take a leaf out of Indian book on how to conduct operations against terror without alienating the population and facing condemnation from international community, says Col Agarwal.

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Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s opinion piece ‘Understanding the Context and Concerns over North Korea's 'Spy Satellite Launch'’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on 24 November 2023.

The US, South Korea and Japan condemned the launch, accusing Pyongyang of using ballistic missile technology in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. Can such a maximalist position against North Korea yield anything? asks Gp Capt Lele.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Smruti S. Pattanaik’s opinion piece ‘Murky political scene in Bangladesh’ has been published in ‘The Kathmandu Post’ on 22 November 2023.

Though the government has assured a fair election, the memory of the 2018 election undercuts the hope, says Dr Pattanaik.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col DPK Pillay’s article ‘Israel isn’t the first to violate laws of war. But we owe Gaza an experiment in negotiations’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 23 November 2023.

The article describes the slippery slope between legitimate combat and inadmissible violence as seen in Gaza.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Lt Col Akshat Upadhyay’s article ‘AI As A Multi-Domain Enabler For The Army’ has been published by Ananta Centre, on 21 November 2023.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Maldives relations published in Hindi daily ‘Amar Ujala, on 20 November 2023.