Spotlights
Saudi-Iran conflict: India needs to safeguard its interests
By: Meenakshi Sood | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 03 Feb , 2016
The execution of Shia religious scholar Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia set in motion a series of unfortunate events that have the potential to deepen instability in the volatile Middle East, and...
Pakistan: Status of Civilian Control after Musharraf
By: Mirjan Schulz | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 02 Feb , 2016
In 2008, the then President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, allowed relatively free general elections in the country. Islamabad’s first peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government...
J&K: Back to Playing Politics with Security
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 01 Feb , 2016
The cat is now out of the bag!! Mehbooba Mufti, is out to derive as much benefit from the Centre as possible before reforming the coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in...
2016: Security Situation in Northeast India
By: Wasbir Hussain | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 31 Jan , 2016
2016 brings both hope as well as challenges for the government in dealing with insurgency in Northeast India. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New Delhi is continuing with the...
Legacy of the Great War
By: Lt Gen NS Brar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jan , 2016
The War to End All Wars or The Great War For Civilisation did not achieve what the belligerents or its protagonists had imagined. In due course it very appropriately came to be labelled as the...
Saudi Arabia and House of Saud at the Heart of Terrorism
By: Adarsh Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Jan , 2016
Across much of Middle East, South Asia, Africa and even in Europe and America, terrorism is being attributed by Most of the eminent analysts to the rogue element in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya,...
The complicated Indo-Iran relationship
By: Lt Col Avinash Chandra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2016
India and Iran share a cultural relationship since Neolithic age. However due to certain extraneous factors the relationship has become complicated if not very complex. Republic of India and...
New Defence Procurement Procedure: A Stimulating Preview
By: Amit Cowshish | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 27 Jan , 2016
In the first meeting of 2016 held on January 11, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) took some policy decisions that will eventually get incorporated, along with other policy and procedural...
Riding the Dragon
By: Nilabh Krishna | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Jan , 2016
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea continue to be a source of tension and potential conflict between China and other countries in the region. Beijing’s intention to exert greater control...
A 'New Era' of Democracy in Taiwan: Implications for Regional Security & Economy
By: Teshu Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 24 Jan , 2016
Elections are the bedrock of democracy. Taiwan is a multi-party democracy and the only ethnic Chinese society that can boast of being a Democracy. On 16 January 2016, 23 million citizens of the...
Forecast 2016: Another Year at the Crossroads for Pakistan
By: Sushant Sareen | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 22 Jan , 2016
Much like in all the previous 67 years of its existence, Pakistan finds itself on the crossroads even in the 68th year. The good things that happened in 2015 on the economic, security, diplomatic...
The Drift from Security State to Human Security: Contextualizing the Rise of...
By: Shubhda Chaudhary | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jan , 2016
Contextualizing the emergence of ISIS in West Asian political system, the paper tries to debate and challenge the existing notions of state security and human security. The concept of state...
Restoration of Indo-Pak dialogue: The sooner the better
By: Brig Atul Nagpal (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 20 Jan , 2016
Even when faced with the improbability of making much headway on terrorism and Kashmir in any resumed dialogue in the future, it remains important for India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue...
Japan in Northeast India: A Potential Boost for New Delhi’s ‘Act East...
By: Ateetmani Brar | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 19 Jan , 2016
India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil, and gas. However,...
Tibet ...with Chinese Characteristics
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 18 Jan , 2016
A few weeks ago, The New York Times published a stunning photo feature on a horse festival held in the Batang Grasslands, near Jyekundo in Eastern Tibet (today Qinghai province of China). Yushu,...
Security beyond the Pathankot Attack
By: Maj Gen S G Vombatkere | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jan , 2016
The Pathankot IAF base is near the border with Pakistan. A Pakistani terrorist squad entered the air force base in the wee hours of 2016 New Year Day by crossing the security wall, and hid...
Countries Adopting Double Standards to Tackle Terrorism
By: Adarsh Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2016
Terrorism in the world can not be defeated till the time we have countries adopting double standards. Double standard, wherein there is a huge difference in official statement and actual...
Gilgit Baltistan: Province, No Province?
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 13 Jan , 2016
Gilgit Baltistan, part of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), has been subjected to political and constitutional exclusion. It remained disenfranchised and was denied representative governance for...
‘Make in India’ in Defence Sector: An Overview of the Dhirendra Singh...
By: Laxman K Behera | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 12 Jan , 2016
In a significant departure, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made public the report of the 10-member Experts Committee that was set up in May 2015 to both evolve a policy framework for...
The Ebb and Flow of the Tide in West Asia
By: Brig Satyendra Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jan , 2016
The capture of Ramadi by the ISF (Iraqi Security Forces) has been termed as a strategic and morale boosting victory for Iraq and the US-led Coalition Forces. However, according to the ISW...