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
COVID-19 and Role of Global Mega Corporations COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to the global new-age mega corporations to up their game and showcase their innovativeness and resourcefulness. Ashish Chhibbar | April 03, 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
NPT@50: The Genesis of a Flawed Bargain Even after five decades of its entry-into-force, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is largely seen as a Cold War era instrument that has failed to fulfill the objective of creating a pathway towards a credible disarmament process. A. Vinod Kumar | March 31, 2020 | Issue Brief
COVID-19 and Cyber Risks While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy. Kritika Roy | March 30, 2020 | IDSA Comments
