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Africa has an extensive and strategically located maritime space. This domain is vital for various reasons, including its abundance of economic resources and as a conduit for trade. Unfortunately, the potential of the African maritime space is being undermined by persistent, multifaceted and fluid domestic, regional and international threats and vulnerabilities. To tackle this, littoral African states have entered into various collaborative engagements at international and inter-agency level. The success of these arrangements is in turn greatly hampered by various practical challenges, including mistrust, diversity, ‘silo approach’ and lack of identified common Afro-centric security priorities and protocols. An urgent need for a functional collaborative engagement emerges as vital for a sustainable blue economy in Africa.

• Njoki Mboce |
• July-December 2018 |
• Africa Trends

Russia’s mushrooming cyber capabilities is well evident in the series of cyber activities that it has been undertaking lately. The country has been blamed for directing a host of cyber-attacks… Continue reading Russia’s Foiled Cyber Attack on OPCW

• Kritika Roy |
• July-December 2018 |
• CBW Magazine

Military history has four main genres. The first is the ‘official’ military history, or a military historian’s narrative. It is a narration of facts given as accurately as possible, written in an academic manner with maps and sketches. These are difficult to follow by non-military readers and, for that reason, are almost never read by them. The second category are reminiscences (autobiographies or biographies) of those who took part in wars—mostly in important and commanding positions.

• Ghanshyam Katoch |
• July-September 2018 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Given that Iran accounts for around 10 per cent of India total oil imports, the immediate factor for New Delhi will be to look at various options to deal with the situation without jeopardising its energy security.

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal |
• July 12, 2018 |
• IDSA Comments

In 2013, in a poll on ‘Britain’s Greatest Battle’, the twin victories at Imphal–Kohima during the Second World War were voted as the winner of the poll. If one recalls popular representations of World War II in this part of the world, what comes to mind immediately is the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, starring Alec Guinness. That the Japanese had reached the eastern borders of British India and posed a great threat to the war effort is something that people may take time to recollect.

• Y.M. Bammi |
• July-September 2018 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

Eradicating the fake news problem calls for a collective effort of individuals, governments, social media and content platforms, and innovative technology solutions.

• Munish Sharma |
• July 11, 2018 |
• IDSA Comments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a foreign policy course-correction after realising that the strategic tilt towards the United States has not only grossly upset India’s geopolitical image but also undermined national interests.

• P. Stobdan |
• July 06, 2018 |
• IDSA Comments

The way forward for New Delhi is to seize the momentum and develop a strategic partnership with the UAE to safeguard its core national interests while avoiding regional entanglements.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar |
• July 05, 2018 |
• Issue Brief

While it is necessary to identify and shore up the convergence of interest between India and Iran, it is equally important to recognize differences and pitfalls.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy |
• July 05, 2018 |
• IDSA Comments

Will the first-ever trans-Atlantic flight of a Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle change the course of aviation and tilt the balance in favour of unmanned aircraft?

• Kishore Kumar Khera |
• July 02, 2018 |
• IDSA Comments