Mosaic Warfare: Redefining Future Battlefield Smaller, smarter, potent and cheaper combat entities — linked and networked – will be at the heart of future warfare. Atul Pant April 27, 2020 Issue Brief
COVID-19 and OPEC+ Deal The prevailing environment has underlined the importance of a balanced market to the oil producers. India has been consistently reiterating the need for oil to be priced responsibly to ensure the stability of the oil market. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Nihar R. Nayak April 24, 2020 IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and India’s Defence Spending The inevitable reprioritisation of the central government’s expenditure in the coming union budgets would affect the resource allocations particularly for big ministries like the MoD, which will be forced to realign their business practices. Laxman Kumar Behera April 24, 2020 IDSA Comments
Conflict in Yemen amid COVID-19 Pandemic The abidance to ceasefire does not mean an end to the conflict, but it surely would work as a confidence-building measure, at least for now, to address the bigger challenge of coronavirus. Meena Singh Roy , Prabhat Jawla April 24, 2020 IDSA Comments
Defence Pension: A Comparative Study of India, US and UK Given the rapidly rising pension liability in India and the concern expressed by the CDS, the experiences of the US and the UK could be useful in carrying out pension reforms in India. Laxman Kumar Behera , Vinay Kaushal , Amit Cowshish April 23, 2020 Policy Brief
Hanging of Bangabandhu’s Killer Boosts India-Bangladesh Ties The execution of Bangabandhu’s killer is likely to lift the morale of the pro-liberation forces while weakening that of the anti-liberation groups who were already in disarray. Anand Kumar April 23, 2020 IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Nuclear Issues As the focus and priority of the international community in recent years have been on averting nuclear terrorism and nuclear accidents, the nuclear experience of synergising safety and security can be highly useful in combating threats like COVID-19. Rajiv Nayan April 21, 2020 Issue Brief
COVID-19: Perfect Storm for Israel, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan The COVID-19 crisis would severely impact the four countries at the social, political, economic and humanitarian levels, as these states were already facing multi-vector exigencies at the time of the pandemic’s outbreak. Adil Rasheed , Jatin Kumar April 21, 2020 IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Religious Fanaticism in Pakistan Pakistan’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak may get severely constrained due to the refusal of the ulema and religious leaders to ensure that their followers abide by the rules of the lockdown and social distancing. Yaqoob-ul-Hassan April 21, 2020 IDSA Comments
Maldivian Response To COVID-19 As the Maldives is overly dependent on tourism as well as the global supply chain for import of essential food items, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to severely impact the country’s economy. Gulbin Sultana , Anand Kumar April 20, 2020 Issue Brief
