Articles in Courtesy: IDSA
What pales the counter-terrorism regime
By: Arpita Anant | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 08 May , 2019
Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi was listed as an international terrorist to be subject to sanctions on May 1, 2019 by the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the United...
India at the OIC: Recognition of a Rising Global Power
By: Amb Sujan R Chinoy And Md. Muddassir Quamar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 27 Mar , 2019
On March 1, 2019, history came full circle. In an epochal development, India participated as the “guest of honour” in the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization...
Servicing Committed Liabilities: Kicking the Can down The Road Will Not Help
By: Amit Cowshish | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Mar , 2019
It was known even before the financial year (FY) 2018-19 started that the budget allocated for capital acquisitions was inadequate even to service the committed liabilities related to the ongoing...
AK-203: A Boost for the Army and Make in India
By: Amb Sujan R Chinoy And Laxman K Behera | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 13 Mar , 2019
Nearly 10 years after the Army expressed a strong desire to replace the INSAS with a modern assault rifle, the government has zeroed in on AK-203 as the basic weapon for the vast majority of the...
Mohammed bin Salman walks the India-Pakistan tightrope
By: Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 27 Feb , 2019
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Pakistan on February 17-18 and India on February 19-20, 2019. His visit, coming barely days after the terrorist attack on security forces in Pulwama...
Pulwama Attack: Time to Get the Messaging Right
By: Col Vivek Chadha (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 23 Feb , 2019
Suicide attacks are one of the most potent and effective options available to terrorists.1 They have been used with telling effect in conflict torn areas like Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. The...
US-Taliban Peace Talks and the Disquiet
By: V Mahalingam | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Jan , 2019
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the US, supported by its western allies, invaded Afghanistan with the stated aim of dismantling the Al Qaeda network, removing Taliban from power and...
BIMSTEC: An Unprecedented Opportunity for Collaboration and Cooperation in...
By: Brig Ashish Chhibbar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 24 Dec , 2018
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional grouping of seven countries i.e. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and...
Xi Jinping’s Politics and What it Means for India
By: M S Prathibha | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 22 Dec , 2018
President Xi Jinping inherited a host of problems when he came to power in 2012: an economic slowdown, disruption of market supply by the all-powerful State-Owned Enterprises (SOE), bribery and...
India’s First Step Towards Regulating Drones
By: Gp Capt Atul Pant | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 02 Nov , 2018
After a prolonged wait, the Director General Civil Aviation’s (DGCA’s) Civilian Aviation Requirements (CAR) for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), popularly called drones, were finally released...
India-Russia Summit: Reading between the Lines
By: Aleksei Zakharov | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 20 Oct , 2018
The 19th bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin left a mixed feeling about the current state of the Indo-Russian relationship and its future prospects....
Issues in Defence Costing
By: Amit Cowshish | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Oct , 2018
Costing is one of the foremost weakest links in the defence procurement process. The Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), which applies to all capital acquisitions for the armed forces, requires...
CAATSA Sanctions and India
By: Dr G Balachandran | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 30 Sep , 2018
Ever since the Countering American Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) was enacted on August 2, 2017, there had been much speculation in India about its potential impact on India-Russia...
India’s Economic Opportunities in Central Asia
By: Ambassador P Stobdan | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 25 Sep , 2018
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the new President of Uzbekistan, will pay a visit to New Delhi towards the end of this month, seemingly to give yet another shot for cementing strong economic ties with India....
The First India-US 2+2 Dialogue: An Assessment
By: Dr G Balachandran | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Sep , 2018
Sufficient time has passed since the first India-US 2+2 meeting was held to make an objective assessment of the outcome. Before the meeting there was much speculation about the issues that will...
A Review of India-Japan Defence Technology Cooperation
By: Titli Basu | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 02 Sep , 2018
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman invited Japan to participate in the two defence industrial production corridors1 in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh during the Annual Defence Ministerial Dialogue...
Examining the Feasibility and Affordability of Raising the Share of Defence...
By: Laxman K Behera | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 22 Aug , 2018
Alain Enthoven and Wayne Smith’s classic, How much is enough?,1 is as much relevant for today’s defence planners as it was during the Cold War. The key issue raised by the authors, who were...
The Need for a Mid-Term Review of the 13th Defence Five Year Plan
By: Gp Capt Vinay Kaushal (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Aug , 2018
The defence planning process has been historically linked to the national five year planning process, which began in 1951. While the 1st Five Year Defence Plan (1964–69) was initiated in the...
New Delhi's Options Post the Publication of the NRC in Assam
By: Dr Pushpita Das | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 06 Aug , 2018
The second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was published on July 30, 2018. Of the 3.29 crore persons who applied for the inclusion of their names in the NRC, 2.89 crore...
India’s Quest for Recognition
By: Gen Deepak Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 27 Jul , 2018
These days one often hears phrases such as ‘India has arrived at the global scene’ or ‘21st century would be India’s century’. Prime Minister Modi’s style of diplomacy at the...