From Doklam Standoff to a Trade War? India initiates review of IT imports from China India’s decision to review the imports of IT products from China could turn out to be its Achilles Heel, given that they constitute a key constituent of Chinese exports to India. Munish Sharma August 18, 2017 IDSA Comments
India must step up diplomatic efforts on the Rohingya issue The success of India's diplomacy will lie in the extent to which it can induce Naypyitaw to take a long view in the interests of its own political stability, internal security and social harmony. Gautam Sen August 16, 2017 IDSA Comments
Has the Time Come to Replace Manned Combat Aircraft With Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles? A quantum jump in the operational role of UAVs can be expected only with a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. Until that happens, their will increase gradually to reach about 50 per cent of combat operations over the next three decades. Kishore Kumar Khera August 16, 2017 IDSA Comments
New Hambantota Port Deal: China Consolidates its Stakes in Sri Lanka While the agreement remains controversial, China is likely to consolidate its presence and Sri Lanka likely to get deeper into the Chinese debt trap even though it has gained temporary relief through the equity for debt swap. Smruti S. Pattanaik August 14, 2017 IDSA Comments
Will North Korea and the United States Go to War? Unfortunately, the incoherence in US policy under Trump makes one fear that the probability of a disastrous miscalculation is truly worrisome. K. P. Fabian August 14, 2017 IDSA Comments
The Doklam Standoff – Should India Project its Stand More Vigorously? The Doklam standoff has emerged as a litmus test for India in terms of how resolutely it can stand up against an increasingly hegemonic China to protect the interests of Bhutan as well as its own interests. Ashok Sajjanhar August 11, 2017 IDSA Comments
Doklam, China’s Strategic Calculus and India’s Policy Options To effectively cope with the PRC’s hostile attitude, India needs to reduce the power asymmetry, articulate a clear security policy based on a realistic threat assessment, reorganise the military, and revamp the border management mechanism. G.G. Dwivedi August 11, 2017 IDSA Comments
Marriages of Insurgent Convenience along the Indo-Myanmar Border: A Continuing Challenge While decades of counterinsurgency operations and peace processes have taken the sting out of the region’s major insurgencies, collaboration between groups continues to pose security challenges, particularly in the exploitable border areas adjacent to the upper Sagaing Region of Northwest Myanmar. Alex Waterman August 10, 2017 IDSA Comments
Venezuela’s Political Crisis: Continuing Chaos While the willingness of the Maduro regime to silence the opposition is cause for concern, far more worrying is the prospect of the new Constituent Assembly rewriting the Constitution to eliminate the last vestiges of democratic checks and balances. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj August 09, 2017 Issue Brief
The People’s Liberation Army at Ninety – Poised for a ‘Great Leap’ It will take some time before the PLA can claim to be a modern military, at par with Western armies, capable of undertaking extended global missions. But the PLA is poised for a “Giant Leap”, and that is bound to dramatically change the ‘balance of power’ dynamics. G.G. Dwivedi August 07, 2017 IDSA Comments
