Coping with New Guidelines on Expenditure Management The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe. Amit Cowshish April 13, 2020 IDSA Comments
Civil War Complicates Fight Against COVID-19 in Syria Syria’s fragile health care system on account of the continuing conflict hinders the country’s effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Lakshmi Priya April 13, 2020 IDSA Comments
Between Olympics and Pandemic: Abe’s Run-up to 2021 Whether Abe can turn the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to demonstrate decisive leadership will define Japan’s future course, as the resilience of the economy and good governance is at stake. Titli Basu April 12, 2020 Issue Brief
Video Conferencing Apps: A New Playground for Cyber Criminals With a new found celebrity status among the video conferencing applications, Zoom now faces a massive privacy and security threat as the platform’s default settings are not secure enough. Kritika Roy April 11, 2020 IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Fight Against COVID-19: Analysing Delivery Deficiencies It is feared that Imran Khan’s move to sideline the already alienated opposition and continuous bickering between the federal and provincial governments would undermine the national effort against COVID-19. Zainab Akhter April 10, 2020 Issue Brief
Should the Legacy of Capital Budget Revenue Procedure (CBRP) Be Perpetuated in Draft DPP 2020? Draft DPP 2020 provisions that continue to enable Capital Budget Revenue Procedure (CBRP) must be revisited. Vinay Kaushal April 10, 2020 Issue Brief
Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Looming Crisis in the Horizon The Hasina Government is in overdrive to meet the Covid-19 challenge head on, and ensure that this unforeseen threat does not snowball into a major national crisis. Smruti S. Pattanaik April 09, 2020 IDSA Comments
Refining Draft DPP 2020: Some Suggestions Draft DPP-2020 marks a paradigm shift from the past in many respects. It contains several new features intended to hasten the procurement process and provide a further fillip to the Make in India initiative in defence. Laxman Kumar Behera , Amit Cowshish , Vinay Kaushal April 08, 2020 Policy Brief
COVID-19 Should Qualify as Force Majeure in Defence Contracts There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in performance of contracts and instil confidence among the vendors. Amit Cowshish April 06, 2020 IDSA Comments
Pandemics and Power Narratives: The Rashomon Effect China has faced international condemnation and domestic unrest over its manipulation of information relating to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Shruti Pandalai April 03, 2020 Issue Brief
