Geopolitics
Understanding the Riddle of Indian Defence Dependency
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2019
Part-1 As the first IDSA military history research fellow, I was engaged in studying the Anglo-Maratha wars of 18th and early 19th century. During my research I came across a very interesting...
Securing India’s Rightful Place in the Comity of Nations
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 34.2 Apr-Jun 2019 | Date: 14 Jun , 2019
By end-May, a new government will be in power in India. Evidently it will be a NDA government with reinforced mandate in power for the 17th Lok Sabha. However, the wounded opposition is likely to...
Indian Ocean Strategic Security Cooperation
By: Shashwat Sarin | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jun , 2019
This research paper studies the application of India’s foreign policy in Indian Ocean region. It underlines the current framework i.e. economic, strategic, bilateral and multilateral defense...
Emerging political scenario in the sub-continent
By: K.N. Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2019
Days ahead of the parliamentary election in our country, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan remarked in a press briefing that with a right-wing government in New Delhi chances for the resumption...
Terrorism’s Global Menacing Shadow
By: Col RN Ghosh Dastidar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jun , 2019
In fight against the scourge of Terrorism, one of the often heard cliché/formula is the need for all nations to cooperate with each other, chiefly, by sharing Intelligence. Each country...
Houthis a Grave Concern for Saudis
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jun , 2019
Recent attacks launched by Houthis rebels on critical installations of Saudi Arabia has demonstrated a significant leap in their capabilities. The story of how Ansar Allah (official name of...
Beijing’s CPEC Dilemma
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 May , 2019
Western media, quoting Pakistan military, had reported on May 12, 2019, that five people including a naval soldier were killed and six others were injured (including two army captains, two navy...
India waits for the US-Russia rapprochement
By: Dr Raj Kumar Sharma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 May , 2019
Ever since India became independent in 1947, the structure of international relations has had a profound impact on India’s security and foreign policy. The relations between three big powers,...
India must support Iran not clerics regime
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2019
The Iranian nuclear deal painstakingly scripted by Obama for all practices is, off. The deal came into effect on 18 October 2015 and was implemented on 16 January 2016. The deal as part of Joint...
IS Strikes South Asia: Are India and China Next?
By: Maj Gen SB Asthana | Issue: Courtesy: www.col.hariharan.info/ | Date: 21 May , 2019
After the IS caliphate was decimated, USA and multinational forces including some groups like Kurds supporting them announced victory over Daesh. It was however well anticipated that despite the...
US sanctions on Iran can hamper World Peace
By: VBN Ram | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2019
The reasons offered by President Donald Trump for his abrupt withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) i.e. the Iran nuclear deal on May 8, 2018- were many, such as, • Its...
North Korea and the musings in Capitol Hill
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2019
Soon after Kim Jong-un, DPRK’s Supreme Leader returned from his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, DPRK fired two short-range ballistic missiles within the space of a week....
Japan-Russia dilemma over the territorial dispute
By: Simran Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2019
Relations between Russia and Japan have strained mainly due to the issue of obstinate territorial dispute between the two nations over the Southern Kuril Islands. Peace talks between Japan and...
Sixth US-Taliban Talks – little gain?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 May , 2019
The sixth round of US-Taliban talks at Doha, Qatar concluded on May 9 with spokesman for Taliban stating, “The sixth round of talks … ended, with some progress made on the draft agreement...
ISIS is a Big Hurdle for Afghan Peace
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May , 2019
Islamic State Afghanistan claimed responsibility for an attack on the communication ministry building centrally located in capital Kabul last month. The Islamic State’s local arm has repeatedly...
India’s Iran Predicament: Striking the Right Balance
By: Nasima Khatoon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May , 2019
The six month period of waiver granted by United States to India, China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Taiwan and Greece to reduce their Iranian crude import to zero, expired on May 2. The...
Significance of the New Baghdadi Video
By: Nikita Kohli | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 May , 2019
Five years after he stood at the pulpit of the al-Nuri Mosque and declared a new Caliphate, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reappeared in a rare video uploaded and dissemated by the group’s...
Specter of ISIS over South Asia
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 May , 2019
A news report titled “Intelligence officials fear more Sri Lanka-style ‘terrorist spectaculars’ as Isil look to tourist destinations’ in ‘The Telegraph’ dated April 27, 2019, has...
UN can only address terror, not proxy war
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2019
The journey towards getting Masood Azhar declared a ‘Global Terrorist’ has taken ten years. These intervening years saw no respite in attacks by the jihadis of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). It...
It is Win-Win for All but India still has a Long Haul
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 May , 2019
India has secured a big diplomatic victory with the listing of Masood Azhar, Pakistan –based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief as global terrorist by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after...