The Impending Visit of Jordan’s King Abdullah Increased security cooperation and the potential for cooperation in the Middle East peace process are likely to be the key areas of discussion during the impending visit of King Abdullah to India. Manjari Singh | March 20, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad: Timely, but Unlikely to Succeed Will the Pakistani civilian leadership cease to placate the Islamist forces for their own electoral gain? Will the Army rein in the jihadis it has been using to retain “strategic depth” in Afghanistan? Nazir Ahmad Mir | March 17, 2017 | IDSA Comments
How Nagas Perceive the Creation of Seven Additional Districts in Manipur Naga leaders have alleged that Naga villages have been merged with non-Naga areas to form the new districts and that the Manipur Government did not consult all stake holders including the Hill Area Committees before taking the decision. Sushil Kumar Sharma | March 15, 2017 | Issue Brief
Prospects of US–German Relations under Trump In respect of trade and commerce, some uncertainties are looming over both US-German relations and US-EU relations. Gautam Sen | March 15, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Defence Expenditure: A Challenge for Defence Economists The basic challenge for defence economists is to demonstrate that there are other feasible ways of skinning the cat during budget formulation. But the challenge is also inextricably linked with the need for rationalisation of defence expenditure. Amit Cowshish | March 14, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Sri Lanka’s Fighter Selection – An Opportunity for India From all angles – political, economic, diplomatic and military – India is in a position to meet the SLAF’s potential combat aircraft requirements. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | March 10, 2017 | IDSA Comments
North Korea’s ‘Chemistry’ with WMDs North Korea has blatantly breached the chemical weapons ‘red line’ in the killing of the half-brother of Kim Jong-un in Kuala Lumpur on February 13. Ajey Lele | March 06, 2017 | IDSA Comments
When the Taiwanese Came Calling: Chinese Reaction and the Indian Response Clarity, firmness and sticking to the positive territory of the relations have to be essential elements in India’s approach towards Taiwan. Prashant Kumar Singh | March 03, 2017 | Issue Brief
Russia’s Policy Shift towards Taliban and Pakistan Russia’s efforts to differentiate between the Islamic State and Taliban are a mistake given that both groups share a similar ideology, albeit with slight variations. Manabhanjan Meher | March 01, 2017 | IDSA Comments
Stress-Test for Chinese Restraint: China Evaluates Russia’s Use of Force The article discusses if China will be inspired by its strategic partner Russia to use force as an instrument of its foreign policy. After a pro et con discussion the authors find that the disincentives created by the Russian example are likely to convince China that it should continue to show restraint under the ‘peaceful development’ formula, and avoid military adventures. The East Asian Peace is thus not seriously threatened, at least not by China—for now. Stein Tønnesson , Pavel K. Baev | March 2017 | Strategic Analysis
