Comments & Briefs

Sergio Gor and the Future Trajectory of India–US Relations

Additional responsibilities related to South and Central Asian Affairs on the new US Ambassadorial nominee could lead to diminished attention on the India–US ‘Global and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’.

August 29, 2025

Ashok Sajjanhar

IDSA Comments

Counter Drone Systems: A Primer

A multi-layered counter-drone architecture integrates electronic warfare systems, kinetic hard kill systems, and emerging technologies such as Directed Energy Weapons.

August 29, 2025

Brahmshakti

IDSA Comments

Pakistan’s Nuclear Ploy

Pakistan no longer gains a substantial strategic advantage from its nuclear posturing, even as it continues to view the display of a nuclear threat as a strategic tool in conflict scenarios.

August 27, 2025

Rajiv Nayan

IDSA Comments

Japan’s ‘Nuclear Taboo’ 80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

While Japan is staunchly committed to maintaining its traditional opposition to nuclear weapons, rising shades of domestic opinion are challenging decades of consensus.

August 22, 2025

Abhishek Verma , Arnab Dasgupta

Issue Brief

Stealth Frigates and India–Russia Defence Cooperation

India–Russia collaboration on stealth frigates reflects the promise of defence co-production and the challenges of defence indigenisation.

August 20, 2025

Rahul Wankhede

IDSA Comments

Türkiye and the PKK: Disarmament and the Path Ahead

The July 2025 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) disarmament process is widely regarded as the most credible opportunity to bring the armed struggle, initiated in 1984, to a definitive end.

August 19, 2025

Abhishek Yadav

Issue Brief