DefExpo 2018: Making India a Defence Manufacturing Hub and an Exporter of Arms The challenge lies in demonstrating to potential importers that India, currently the world’s largest arms importer, has the capacity to manufacture and export the equipment required by their armed forces. Amit Cowshish April 09, 2018 IDSA Comments
Will Great-Power Conflict Return? Geopolitical competition between the great powers with or without direct conflict will lead to a situation where productive cooperation among them on critical international issues is likely to prove difficult. Rajeesh Kumar April 06, 2018 Issue Brief
Draft Defence Production Policy 2018: Challenges Galore The Draft Defence Production Policy 2018, which aims to promote the Make in India initiative in the defence sector and create a world-class arms manufacturing base, faces a number of challenges, which, if left unaddressed, may limit its usefulness. Laxman Kumar Behera April 04, 2018 IDSA Comments
Promises Galore in the Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 The promises contained in the recently released draft are so intertwined that a comprehensive action plan would be required to implement all of them almost simultaneously for achieving the policy objective. Amit Cowshish April 02, 2018 IDSA Comments
External Balancing in India’s China Policy External balancing is re-emerging as an element of policy driven by the yawning power asymmetry between India and China and China’s turn towards assertive behaviour and territorial claims. S. Kalyanaraman March 28, 2018 Issue Brief
Xi Jinping’s Extended Presidency and India-China Relations India should carefully understand the evolving foreign policy strategy of China under Xi Jinping, and notably, his worldview, and try to position bilateral relations accordingly. Jagannath P. Panda March 27, 2018 Issue Brief
Influencing Electoral Outcomes: The Ugly Face of Facebook The Cambridge Analytica episode highlights the need to expedite the process of developing a data protection framework and probably amend the IT Act in accordance with the changing realities of cyberspace. Munish Sharma March 26, 2018 IDSA Comments
Return the Favour with a Thousand Cuts: India’s Pakistan Policy The current policy is premised on the understanding that unless India hurts the principal architect of Pakistan’s Kashmir policy, that is, the Army, terrorism would continue unabated. Vivek Chadha March 22, 2018 Policy Brief
Why wait for the elusive tipping point in cyber? The UNGGE process is the least bad option to keep open channels and maintain continued focus on securing cyberspace. Cherian Samuel March 21, 2018 IDSA Comments
India and the International Solar Alliance The International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit on 11 March marks an important milestone in India’s leadership efforts to build a clean and sustainable global energy future. Shreya Bhattacharya , Ekta Niranjan , Chithra Purushothaman March 16, 2018 Backgrounder
