Publication

Draft DPP-2020 marks a paradigm shift from the past in many respects. It contains several new features intended to hasten the procurement process and provide a further fillip to the Make in India initiative in defence.

• Laxman Kumar Behera , Amit Cowshish , Vinay Kaushal |
• April 08, 2020 |
• Policy Brief

There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in performance of contracts and instil confidence among the vendors.

• Amit Cowshish |
• April 06, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

China has faced international condemnation and domestic unrest over its manipulation of information relating to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

• Shruti Pandalai |
• April 03, 2020 |
• Issue Brief

COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to the global new-age mega corporations to up their game and showcase their innovativeness and resourcefulness.

• Ashish Chhibbar |
• April 03, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

Even after five decades of its entry-into-force, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is largely seen as a Cold War era instrument that has failed to fulfill the objective of creating a pathway towards a credible disarmament process.

• A. Vinod Kumar |
• March 31, 2020 |
• Issue Brief

While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy.

• Kritika Roy |
• March 30, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The SIPRI report on the volume of international arms transfers during 2015-19 highlights the strengths of key strategic partnerships such as Russia-India, US-Japan and China-Pakistan, reinforced by arms trade.

• Kanica Rakhra |
• March 25, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

The gruesome events in East Bengal since March 25, 1971 and their repercussions on India easily constitute the most appalling experience of the society of nations since the end of the Second World War; and the refugee problem is the largest and the worst during the present century. It has few parallels in history. This is all the more shocking because of the context and background in which it happened.

• M. S. Rajan |
• March 2020 |
• Strategic Analysis

Scholars from various academic disciplines have attempted to explain the nature and drivers of the 21st century sui generis phenomenon of radicalization. However, it is rare to find a single book which not only details and builds on the body of work in this still evolving field but also sheds fresh insight into the many unresolved issues that demand fresh perspectives and approaches.

• Adil Rasheed |
• March 2020 |
• Strategic Analysis

It is not often that Pakistan is talked of in terms of the diversities it embodies. It is, perhaps, its descent into extremism and violence that has overshadowed every other characteristic of the country. Tilak Devasher peeks into this rather less traversed dimension and provides an analysis on the festering insurgency in Balochistan. The book provides a lucid account of Balochistan’s history, geography, and demography.

• Priyanka Singh |
• March 2020 |
• Strategic Analysis