Jordan is more than a transit point Indian assistance to the Palestinians could not be routed through Israel without political controversy both at home and abroad, and India cannot help the Palestinians constructively without coordinating with Jordan. P. R. Kumaraswamy February 12, 2018 IDSA Comments
Significance of India joining the Ashgabat Agreement In the backdrop of joining the Ashgabat Agreement, India now must enlarge the strategic role of Chabahar port for evolving an integrated transportation network involving both the INSTC and the proposed transit corridor to Central Asia. P. Stobdan February 12, 2018 IDSA Comments
Maoists Deploying Pressure Mines While the intended targets of the Maoists are security forces personnel, often civilians and animals become casualties in blasts triggered by pressure mines. P. V. Ramana February 09, 2018 IDSA Comments
Maldives Needs Help Now and India Alone Can Provide it Not intervening at this stage would be viewed by the people of Maldives as an abdication of responsibility by India. Rumel Dahiya February 09, 2018 IDSA Comments
The Maldivian Crisis: What Can India do? India will be able to help and support only to the extent that the demand for democracy and freedom from within Maldives continues to put pressure on Yameen and his security forces. Ashok Sajjanhar February 08, 2018 IDSA Comments
South Africa Boosts Naval Capabilities: But can it afford an expansion? The RSA may be forced to choose between significantly increasing the budgetary allocations for the SAN and adopting a rotational storage programme to preserve capability while reducing operational costs. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj February 05, 2018 IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2018-19: The Imperative of Controlling Manpower Cost Like in the past several years, the defence budget for 2018-19 also grew marginally, with much of the growth being cornered by rising manpower cost. Laxman Kumar Behera February 02, 2018 Issue Brief
ASEAN-India: Challenges in Economic Partnership Reciprocity and mutual understanding on common concerns will help both ASEAN and India to overcome some of the challenges facing their relationship. Sampa Kundu February 01, 2018 IDSA Comments
Artificial Intelligence in Military Operations: Technology, Ethics and the Indian Perspective After decades of false starts, AI/ Robotics technologies today appear to be at an inflection point, making rapid advancements which are considered significant enough to usher in a new revolution in military affairs R S Panwar January 31, 2018 IDSA Comments
Defence Budget under stress: Can 2018-19 be the catalyst for change? Innovative ways will have to be examined and existing systems, practices and procedures need to be questioned for finding optimum solutions to relieve budget stress. Vinay Kaushal January 29, 2018 Issue Brief
