Indian Foreign Secretary’s Visit to Myanmar Given Myanmar’s geostrategic significance and the continuing insurgency threat, disturbances in Myanmar pose a direct and serious policy challenge to India. A calculated realistic approach weighing the evolving ground situation alone will deliver the objectives of India’s foreign policy. Udai Bhanu Singh | January 24, 2022 | IDSA Comments
How Consequential Will be France’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union? Emmanuel Macron has been aiming high for the EU to reiterate its global positioning through a series of policy reforms. With him at the helm of the Council of the EU, there exists an opportunity to translate it into reality. Swasti Rao | January 24, 2022 | Issue Brief
Understanding Pakistan’s National Security Policy Document Pakistan’s NSP, the first such policy document with guidelines for achieving the set national security goals, is a hint towards breaking the inertia and embracing change to forge a more prosperous Pakistan. However, the question is whether it is possible, if Pakistan continues to remain entangled with the past. Manzoor Ahmad | January 21, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Kazakhstan’s Quest for Arctic Trade Route In order to maintain a semblance of balance in its ties with its two key strategic partners, Kazakhstan would perhaps have to leverage its geo-strategic importance for both Moscow and Beijing to navigate the new Arctic route. Jason Wahlang | January 19, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement: Roadmap to India’s Strategic Access in the Arctic By enabling access to logistics and support facilities at each other’s bases and ports, RELOS would enhance strategic cooperation between India and Russia, and promote their future manoeuvres in the Arctic and the Indian Ocean Region. Bipandeep Sharma | January 17, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Formation of Reserve Components of the Indonesian Armed Forces: SWOT Analysis The current as well as future dynamics of strategic environment are likely to face threats that are multidimensional in nature. Indonesia needs a total state defence system that integrates the capabilities of military and non-military. To actualise this ambition, Law No. 23 of 2019, along with Government Regulation No. 3 of 2021, is presently targeting the interests of the reserve components. This research analyses citizens’ role in the formulation of reserve components in land, sea, and air domains using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis. Minan Sinulingga , Goki Sihombing , Rendy Ananta Prasetya | January-March 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Taking Gender Seriously: African Union and the WPS Agenda Though the African Union has made significant achievements with gender related policies, national and regional action plans, and establishing numerous WPS networks across the continent, the progress is still gradual. The AU should start incorporating women candidates in their mediation selection processes and be decisive in appointing those women as envoys. Bulbul Prakash | January-June 2022 | Africa Trends
African Union @ 20: Addressing Peace and Security Challenges on the Continent The African Union (AU) marks its 20th anniversary this year, marking two decades of searching for African solutions for African problems. The recent COVID-19 pandemic and continuous conflicts in some parts of the region have made the going tough. It is clear that as the African Union prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2022, it should redouble efforts to address the peace and security challenges on the continent. Ruchita Beri | January-June 2022 | Africa Trends
Can Algeria Be Europe’s Quick Fix for the Energy Conundrum? Algeria is already in a delicate position of maintaining balance between its energy trade with Europe, and close strategic ties with Russia. Europe is looking for stable and secure energy partners in the current crisis and this is a golden opportunity for Algeria to increase its exports and attract European investments in its hydrocarbon and renewable energy sectors. Anandita Bhada | January-June 2022 | Africa Trends
Institutions that Shaped India: DRDO, by Ravi Kumar Gupta With India approaching the 75th year of independence in 2022, there are few institutions that can narrate the roller-coaster journey that the country has taken to become a modern nation. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a premier research and development (R&D) wing of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), is one such institution. It is due to the persistent and painstaking efforts of DRDO that the country can hold its head high among the comity of nations in key defence and strategic technologies. Laxman Kumar Behera | January-March 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
