Individual Rights and Collective Good: A Historical Perspective Any dichotomy between the individual rights of the people and the powers of the state has to be dealt with through a nuanced approach. Prakash Menon , Kajari Kamal | April 29, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Africa It is the need of the hour that India and the African countries collaborate to control the outbreak of the pandemic and to mitigate its long-term economic impact. Ruchita Beri | April 29, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19: Impact on Left Wing Extremism in India Although initially the Maoists suffered some setbacks due to the lockdown, their indulgence in violent incidents over the past one month indicates that they are exploiting the situation to have an upper hand vis-à-vis security forces. Rajbala Rana , Mathew Sinu Simon | April 28, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Mosaic Warfare: Redefining Future Battlefield Smaller, smarter, potent and cheaper combat entities — linked and networked – will be at the heart of future warfare. Atul Pant | April 27, 2020 | Issue Brief
COVID-19 and OPEC+ Deal The prevailing environment has underlined the importance of a balanced market to the oil producers. India has been consistently reiterating the need for oil to be priced responsibly to ensure the stability of the oil market. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Nihar R. Nayak | April 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and India’s Defence Spending The inevitable reprioritisation of the central government’s expenditure in the coming union budgets would affect the resource allocations particularly for big ministries like the MoD, which will be forced to realign their business practices. Laxman Kumar Behera | April 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Conflict in Yemen amid COVID-19 Pandemic The abidance to ceasefire does not mean an end to the conflict, but it surely would work as a confidence-building measure, at least for now, to address the bigger challenge of coronavirus. Meena Singh Roy , Prabhat Jawla | April 24, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Defence Pension: A Comparative Study of India, US and UK Given the rapidly rising pension liability in India and the concern expressed by the CDS, the experiences of the US and the UK could be useful in carrying out pension reforms in India. Laxman Kumar Behera , Vinay Kaushal , Amit Cowshish | April 23, 2020 | Policy Brief
Hanging of Bangabandhu’s Killer Boosts India-Bangladesh Ties The execution of Bangabandhu’s killer is likely to lift the morale of the pro-liberation forces while weakening that of the anti-liberation groups who were already in disarray. Anand Kumar | April 23, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Nuclear Issues As the focus and priority of the international community in recent years have been on averting nuclear terrorism and nuclear accidents, the nuclear experience of synergising safety and security can be highly useful in combating threats like COVID-19. Rajiv Nayan | April 21, 2020 | Issue Brief