Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘A Look at China’s Ambitious Spaceplane Missions’ has been published in The Wire on 1 January 2024. In December, China launched its third spaceplane mission, deploying six 'mysterious wingmen' into the Earth's orbit which are being tracked by the US Space Force, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Civil–Military Fusion for Atmanirbhar Bharat’ has been published by Observer Research Foundation on 31 December 2023. Given India’s history and ethos, India must forge its own unique structures to achieve jointness and integration and civil–military fusion in the broadest possible sense, says Amb Chinoy.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece “Rewind 2023: India's 'star performance' with glittering successes and some misses” has been published in Firstpost on 30 December 2023. The year, which was dominated by India’s G20 presidency and SCO chairmanship, had many achievements and ‘firsts’ that laid a strong foundation in the ‘Amrit Kal’, aimed at ensuring India becomes a developed country by 2047, says Col Agarwal.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col DPK Pillay’s article ‘Creation of Bangladesh is an enduring reminder of how the UN fails’ was published in 24-30 December 2023 issue of Sunday Guardian.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col D.P.K. Pillay’s perspective piece ‘Global Piracy on Decline, But New Threats Emerge’ has been published by Blitz India Media on 28 December 2023.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece “Israel war on Gaza has gone beyond ‘right to self-defence’ to ‘responsibility to protect’” has been published in The Print on 28 December 2023.

Israel cannot keep killing innocents on the pretext of self-defence; the world cannot keep watching helplessly, says Col Agarwal.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col D.P.K. Pillay’ article ‘Creation of Bangladesh is enduring reminder of how the UN fails’ has been published in The Sunday Guardian on 24 December 2023. The article is about the use of Article 99 of the UN Charter by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Gaza. India's experience as the world turned a blind eye on the genocide in Bangladesh shows how the world operates—it is not on 'Just or Unjust' or 'Moral or Immoral' terms, says Col Pillay.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Swasti Rao’s chapter titled ‘Choke Points in the Baltic Sea Region: An Unfinished Project of Nordic NATO-isation’ has been published in the edited volume "Geopolitics Redefined: Punctured Truths and Glamourised Lies-II" (edited by K. Siddhartha), published by Kitab Mahal Publishers, New Delhi.

Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s Op-Ed ‘Oman seeks closer security pact with India’ has been published in The Tribune on 21 December 2023.

The visit of Oman's Sultan to Delhi rekindled deep family ties in India while seeking closer security partnership, says Col Agarwal.

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Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s review of the book ‘Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation’, by Paul Staniland, has been published by The International Spectator, a peer-reviewed journal (Italy).

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