Comments & Briefs

Africa’s New Leadership and Resource Nationalism

Africa’s new breed of leaders are renegotiating their role in the fast-changing world order with critical minerals as an important bargaining chip.

September 09, 2025

Abhishek Mishra

IDSA Comments

Trump’s Executive Order on Deep Seabed Mining: A Critical Assessment

A new Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump on 24 April 2025 calls for enabling US access to vast reserves of mineral resources on the deep seabed space.

September 03, 2025

Bipandeep Sharma

Issue Brief

UN Cyber OEWG Ends after Five-Year Run

The UN has taken a step forward to institutionalise cyber diplomacy, but the success of the new mechanism depends on implementation and sufficient resourcing.

September 03, 2025

Cherian Samuel

Issue Brief

The Total Failure of the Recall Campaign in Taiwan

The defeat of the recall motions against opposition KMT parliamentarians can be interpreted as the Taiwanese people’s message to the government to reconsider its security discourse.

September 02, 2025

Prashant Kumar Singh

IDSA Comments

How Imminent is the Next Israel–Iran War

Some strategic experts fear there is a high probability of a renewed and expansive Israel–Iran war in the coming months.

September 01, 2025

Adil Rasheed

IDSA Comments

The Unease amid Newfound Warmth in Pakistan–Bangladesh Relations

Pakistan–Bangladesh bilateral relations may be witnessing some warmth due to Bangladesh's changed domestic political situation, but the ghost of 1971 still casts a shadow.

September 01, 2025

Ashish Shukla

IDSA Comments

US–China Tech Rivalry: The Geopolitics of Semiconductors

The growing rivalry between the US and China over semiconductors has become one of the sharpest points of tension in their bilateral relationship.

August 29, 2025

Ishanya Sharma

Issue Brief

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