Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the Australian Connection The government needs to focus on meeting the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard’s urgent requirements for fuel so that their existing assets could be put to optimal use rather than squander funds on procuring an additional patrol boat from an Australian company. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | June 08, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Oil Prices Stumble, but for how long? Despite the easing of international crude prices, the central government is unlikely to cut central excise duties since a cut of Re 1 would result in a loss of revenue of Rs. 10,725 crore. Shebonti Ray Dadwal | May 30, 2018 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence and Security Priorities This Brief offers an overview of India’s long established as well as more recent external defence and security priorities, and delineates the three options available to the Defence Planning Committee under the extant economic and geopolitical circumstances. S. Kalyanaraman | May 24, 2018 | Policy Brief
Challenges in Implementing JCPOA after the US Withdrawal While Iran and its European interlocutors (along with Russia and China) can be expected to mount a tough challenge to continue to make the JCPOA work in the light of Trump’s May 8 decision to ‘withdraw’ from the agreement, it remains to be seen to what extent they can succeed. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | May 17, 2018 | Issue Brief
Iraq Elections-May 2018: Prospects and Possibilities In the present form, Prime Minister Abadi looks set to emerge as the largest block but the chances of his coalition getting the required majority are slim. Rajeev Agarwal | May 08, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Historic Summit at Panmunjom While the recent Korean Summit marks the beginning of the new era, to achieve lasting peace will require intense diplomatic efforts. G.G. Dwivedi | May 04, 2018 | IDSA Comments
The Pashtun Uprising in Pakistan: A Plea for Justice With the ever increasing support and swelling number of protesters, Pashteen changed the name of the organisation from the Mehsud Tahafuz Movement to Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a Movement for the Protection of Pashtuns. Zainab Akhter , Yaqoob-ul-Hassan | May 04, 2018 | IDSA Comments
India’s Deterrence and Disarmament: The Impact of Pokhran-II After the nuclear weapons tests of May 11, 1998, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a matter-of-fact statement: “I have an announcement to make: today at 3:45 p.m., India conducted three underground nuclear tests in the Pokhran range…. These were contained explosions like the experiment conducted in May 1974….” Jayant Prasad | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
US–Soviet/Russian Dialogue on the Nuclear Weapons Programme of India The history of the US–Soviet and US–Russian dialogues on the nuclear weapons programme of India can be divided into two major periods: First, from Pokhran I up to the end of the 1990s, when Moscow and Washington shared concerns regarding India’s nuclear programme, and even their bilateral disagreements in international affairs did not stop them from reaching a consensus on how to react to the 1974 nuclear test. Petr V. Topychkanov | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Armed for Uncertain Times India can look back with more than a fair measure of satisfaction on the past two decades since its nuclear weapon tests of May 1998. Those tests signalled a strategic shift. This article therefore looks at the international situation and tendencies that prevailed in the run up to these tests. It then presents an assessment of the international reaction as a consequence of that bold and courageous action Sheel Kant Sharma | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
