France Counters Islamist Radicalisation In the aftermath of Samuel Paty’s beheading, France is taking measures that seek to reverse the processes through which individuals become ‘terrorists’. If successful, other countries could emulate such policy interventions in their own counter-radicalisation efforts. Adil Rasheed , Savini Mehta | December 04, 2020 | IDSA Comments
US Elections 2020 and the Cybersecurity Challenges It is critical to reduce the risks associated with cyber-enabled elections by ensuring end-to-end verifiability, protection of voter database, managing risks to the election infrastructure and curbing the menace of disinformation. Debopama Bhattacharya | December 03, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Labour Sector Reforms in the GCC and Challenges for Indian Expatriates GCC countries are taking measures to nationalise the labour force, which is adversely affecting the Indian expatriates across all sectors. Even as India is getting equipped to tackle the return migration, the creation of a comprehensive database will help better manage the crisis in the long run. Lakshmi Priya | November 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
Realigning America’s Grand Strategy: Biden Will Have His Hands Full Biden has set an ambitious agenda to reinvigorate US global leadership by pursuing a proactive grand strategy. He will, however, have to reckon with the legacy of Trumpism that has made a significant imprint on American foreign policy. A. Vinod Kumar | November 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
Post-Abe Japan’s Ties with the United States Despite change in leadership in Japan, the new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide looks set to continue the policies of his predecessor, Abe Shinzo. Both domestic and external factors may affect policies. Abhijitha Singh | November 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Decoding Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 The Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP 2020), which supersedes the Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 (DPP 2016), is a sincere effort by the Ministry of Defence to improve the capital procurement procedure. Amit Cowshish | November 20, 2020 | Issue Brief
The Forgotten Fact of “China-Occupied Kashmir” There is a need to widely disseminate China’s insidious role as an illegal occupier of Kashmir’s territory, including its territorial grab in the trans-Karakoram tract, in order to raise public awareness of the issue – both in India and at the international level. Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy | November 13, 2020 | Special Feature
Can India be the Next Global Manufacturing Hub? The COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed the inherent weaknesses in the existing global supply chain and risks of over-reliance on China’s manufacturing industry, presents new opportunities for India to rethink its industrial strategy, especially policies concerning the growth of its manufacturing sector. Kogila Balakrishnan , Saurabh Kukreja | November 13, 2020 | Issue Brief
Turkish Foreign Policy: From ‘Zero Problem’ to Zero Friends Turkish global power aspirations are hindered by a lack of regional influence. Ankara wishes to enhance strategic depth in the neighborhood. Deviating from a soft power approach, President Erdogan has increasingly adopted a confrontational foreign policy. Md. Muddassir Quamar | November 06, 2020 | IDSA Comments
U.N. Peace-Keeping: Asian, African and American Interaction November 2020 Volume: 44 Issue: 6 From the Archives Swadesh M Rana | November 2020 | Strategic Analysis
