Viable Alternatives Required to Replace Existing Procurement Procedures If existing procurement procedures are a hindrance in acquiring state-of-the-art defence materiel expeditiously, a case needs to be made out, based on demonstrable drawbacks of the existing system for a detailed blueprint of what system should replace it. Amit Cowshish | August 10, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Build Back Better World Initiative: A Partnership Against or Beyond China? Envisioned as a sustainable alternative to China’s BRI, US-led Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative seeks to narrow down infrastructure deficit in the developing world. However, with their several distinct areas of focus, BRI & B3W can possibly share both complementary & competitive equations. Jagannath P. Panda | August 09, 2021 | Issue Brief
Bangladesh Looks to Russia to Resolve Rohingya Crisis The Russia–Myanmar relationship is gathering strength. Bangladesh wants to use the increasing bonhomie between Russia and Myanmar to start a tri-lateral process to reach an amicable solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis. Anand Kumar | August 06, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Self-Reliance in Defence Sector The Ministry of Defence has taken significant steps in recent times to boost domestic defence manufacturing and increase the role of the private sector to reduce dependence on imports and achieve self-reliance. Richa Tokas | August 04, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Inter-state Border Disputes in Northeast India The inter-state border disputes in the Northeast have persisted for long. Efforts need to be redoubled to find a political solution, mediated by the Union government, which is binding on all the states concerned in the Northeast. Pushpita Das | July 29, 2021 | Issue Brief
“China Plus One”: Supply Chain Resilience Initiative and Beijing in Indo-Pacific The drawbacks of over-reliance on China as a single manufacturing source has led to countries adopting “China Plus One” strategy to diversify supply networks. Whether Supply Chain Resilience Initiative by India-Japan-Australia can assist in partial decoupling from China is yet to be seen. Jagannath P. Panda | July 26, 2021 | Issue Brief
The Dark Web and Regulatory Challenges The dark web has turned into a hot bed of illegal transactions, posing a threat to the cyberspace across multiple dimensions. Debopama Bhattacharya | July 23, 2021 | Issue Brief
Who is Responsible for Defence of India? Defence of India is a multi-dimensional responsibility involving coordination with not only organisations within MoD, but also several external departments and agencies. Irrespective of whether the subject of defence of India is assigned to DoD or DMA, it is the defence minister who is responsible for the subjects allocated to the ministry. Amit Cowshish | July 22, 2021 | IDSA Comments
Prime Minister’s Outreach to Political Leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Taking positive measures to address the core issues of misgovernance and corruption and ensuring fair and rightful distribution of resources will help in the revival of the political process in Jammu and Kashmir. Nazir Ahmad Mir | July 22, 2021 | IDSA Comments
The U.S. Intelligence Community and the Roots of the Pandemic Virus Abstract The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) report regarding the roots of the SARS-CoV-2, as reflected in a published unclassified summary (August 2021), was excessively inconclusive, and has hence been followed,… Continue reading The U.S. Intelligence Community and the Roots of the Pandemic Virus Dany Shoham , Yossi Kuperwasser | July-December 2021 | CBW Magazine
