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Deepening Critical Infrastructures in Northeast India: People’s Perspective and Policy Implications

Northeast India continues to be an industrially underdeveloped and infrastructurally deficient region. The poor condition of infrastructure in the region demands serious attention. Studies in the region reveal that a people’s perspective of development, i.e., roads, electricity, telecommunications and water, falls rightly within the ambit of critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure is directly linked to economic development, national security, access and availability of educational and health infrastructure.

Politics and Government in China

Guoli Liu, ABC-CLIO, California, 2011, 160 + xxxi pp., US$ 35.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-313-35730-5

Revisiting the Discourse on Strategic Culture: An Assessment of the Conceptual Debates

Strategic culture as a concept is generally understood as pertaining to the influence of the cultural dimension in national strategy. The concept rose to prominence due to the inability of the structural realist theory to explain differences in behavioural patterns among nations. However, a diverse array of perspectives has evolved on the concept, spanning four generations of theorization, giving rise to numerous debates.

Draft DPP 2020 – Legacy Issues in Offset Guidelines

It would be advisable to review the proposed offset guidelines keeping in view the feedback from the industry, especially the foreign vendors who carry the primary obligation to execute the offset contract, as also the legacy issues.

Amit Cowshish |
April 30, 2020 |
IDSA Comments

Individual Rights and Collective Good: A Historical Perspective

Any dichotomy between the individual rights of the people and the powers of the state has to be dealt with through a nuanced approach.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on Africa

It is the need of the hour that India and the African countries collaborate to control the outbreak of the pandemic and to mitigate its long-term economic impact.

Ruchita Beri |
April 29, 2020 |
IDSA Comments

COVID-19: Impact on Left Wing Extremism in India

Although initially the Maoists suffered some setbacks due to the lockdown, their indulgence in violent incidents over the past one month indicates that they are exploiting the situation to have an upper hand vis-à-vis security forces.

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

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.

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.