India’s Entry into NSG: Why is South Africa holding out? Has South Africa buckled under Chinese pressure to oppose India’s membership in the NSG? While this cannot yet be confirmed, there are strong indicators that it could be a possibility. Ruchita Beri | June 15, 2016 | IDSA Comments
India’s Stakes in SCO India cannot be taking other than a cooperative position if it wants to genuinely exploit opportunities that SCO processes may offer. Any policy on connectivity underpinned by a spirit of rivalry will make India an odd one out. P. Stobdan | June 15, 2016 | IDSA Comments
The SCO: India enters Eurasia India’s objective lies not in offsetting the interests of either the US or China but to walk towards its own destiny of serving humanity and global peace. P. Stobdan | June 14, 2016 | Policy Brief
India – US Cyber Relationship While the intent exists to forge a strong partnership on cyberspace issues, there is much groundwork to be done to actually build trust and move forward together. Sanjeev Gupta | June 14, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Revisiting Nuclear India: Strategic Culture and (In) Security Imaginary, by Runa Das Following a critical social constructivist approach, Runa Das affirms in Revisiting Nuclear India that India’s nuclear decisions are a product of the state’s strategic culture, which is generated by its ‘security community’ not only as a response to ‘real politics’ but also are articulated and re-interpreted within an ‘political-ideological-cultural space’ carved out by the discursive practices of the security community. For Das, strategic cultures are not culturally-conditioned or historically determined but socially constructed. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | July 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies
India : US :: China : US – Cyber and Bilateral Visits While the China-US Cyber agreement is an attempt at conflict management or risk mitigation, the India-US Cyber agreement is a joint quest for security driven by a common threat perception, democratic values and growing dependence. Munish Sharma | June 09, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Recent Transitions in the Leadership of the PLA Rocket Forces The leadership transition in the Rocket Forces shows that the service is not only integrating with other services but that its officials are increasingly called upon to other services to facilitate joint training and exercises. M.S. Prathibha | June 06, 2016 | Special Feature
God forgives, would Google? At present, the entire debate on ‘right to be forgotten’ is mainly focused on individual freedom and individual rights. However, it is important to look at this issue from a security angle too. Ajey Lele | June 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Integrating Defence Plans with Niti Aayog’s Long Term Vision While it may be tempting for the Niti Aayog to make deep inroads into defence planning, it would be wise to focus only on those areas that do not disturb the core function of defence preparedness. Amit Cowshish | June 06, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Assessing Power Transition in Taiwan: From KMT to DPP The return of DPP to power is a significant development from the point of view of cross-strait relations and security in East Asia. Given its growing thrust on ‘Act East’, India needs to take note of the political shift in Taiwan and its likely impact at the wider regional level. Prashant Kumar Singh | June 01, 2016 | IDSA Comments
