India’s ASAT Test: Joining the Arms Race in Outer Space? An ASAT in itself is not a defensive system that could ‘safeguard’ any asset. Instead, it is an offensive system that could solely be used for retribution in response to an attack on India’s space assets. In that sense, the capability can only be used as a deterrent against a potential rival. A. Vinod Kumar | March 28, 2019 | IDSA Comments
The Balakot Strategic Shift – Needed a ‘Counter Proxy War’ Doctrine There is an urgent need to formulate a ‘Counter Proxy War Doctrine’ that integrates diplomacy, defence, development and other tools of hard and soft power. G.G. Dwivedi | March 28, 2019 | IDSA Comments
India at the OIC: Recognition of a Rising Global Power The best option would be for India to continue to work with individual members of the OIC to establish friendly relations and deepen bilateral cooperation, and work to negate the machinations of Pakistan within the OIC. Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy , Md. Muddassir Quamar | March 25, 2019 | IDSA Comments
The Grandeur of GandCrab Every time a cyber security organisation comes out with a decrypter to counter the effect of GandCrab, a brand new version of the ransomware is generated by effecting a small fix in the code. Kritika Roy | March 22, 2019 | IDSA Comments
India’s Tryst with 5G A slight push in the right direction would be much more productive and efficient, such as treating telecommunications as a utility rather than a market, and building innovation and IPR ecosystems rather than incentivizing licensed production. Munish Sharma | March 20, 2019 | Issue Brief
Making the offset policy work better A dynamic offset policy has to include a mechanism for identifying the causes for likely delay or default on the part of vendors in discharging their obligation and removing the impediments faced by them Amit Cowshish | March 20, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Servicing Committed Liabilities: Kicking the Can down The Road Will Not Help Shortage of funds even to service the committed liabilities raises questions about the financial affordability of the defence modernisation programme and viability of the push for ‘Make-in-India’ in defence. Amit Cowshish | March 14, 2019 | IDSA Comments
AK-203: A Boost for the Army and Make in India That the AK-203 would be produced in India with 100 per cent indigenous content in less than three years makes it a win-win deal for the Army and the Make in India initiative, with Ordnance Factory Korwa emerging as the biggest winner. Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy , Laxman Kumar Behera | March 11, 2019 | IDSA Comments
Border is the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Rather than frittering away its limited leverage on issues such as refugees, settlements or borders, the international community should focus on borders as a means of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by posing a simple question to Israel: where do you begin, and where do you end? P. R. Kumaraswamy | March 05, 2019 | Issue Brief
MBS Visit Strengthens the Indo-Saudi Strategic Partnership The key focus areas during the visit of MBS to India were terrorism, investment, energy, skill development, security and Indian diaspora in Saudi Arabia. Lakshmi Priya | March 05, 2019 | IDSA Comments
