Promises Galore in the Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 The promises contained in the recently released draft are so intertwined that a comprehensive action plan would be required to implement all of them almost simultaneously for achieving the policy objective. Amit Cowshish | April 02, 2018 | IDSA Comments
External Balancing in India’s China Policy External balancing is re-emerging as an element of policy driven by the yawning power asymmetry between India and China and China’s turn towards assertive behaviour and territorial claims. S. Kalyanaraman | March 28, 2018 | Issue Brief
Xi Jinping’s Extended Presidency and India-China Relations India should carefully understand the evolving foreign policy strategy of China under Xi Jinping, and notably, his worldview, and try to position bilateral relations accordingly. Jagannath P. Panda | March 27, 2018 | Issue Brief
Influencing Electoral Outcomes: The Ugly Face of Facebook The Cambridge Analytica episode highlights the need to expedite the process of developing a data protection framework and probably amend the IT Act in accordance with the changing realities of cyberspace. Munish Sharma | March 26, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Return the Favour with a Thousand Cuts: India’s Pakistan Policy The current policy is premised on the understanding that unless India hurts the principal architect of Pakistan’s Kashmir policy, that is, the Army, terrorism would continue unabated. Vivek Chadha | March 22, 2018 | Policy Brief
Why wait for the elusive tipping point in cyber? The UNGGE process is the least bad option to keep open channels and maintain continued focus on securing cyberspace. Cherian Samuel | March 21, 2018 | IDSA Comments
India and the International Solar Alliance The International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit on 11 March marks an important milestone in India’s leadership efforts to build a clean and sustainable global energy future. Shreya Bhattacharya , Ekta Niranjan , Chithra Purushothaman | March 16, 2018 | Backgrounder
Xi Sets China on a New Long March Xi rides the Dragon which is externally formidable but internally fragile. He is aware of the consequences of his policies going awry. G.G. Dwivedi | March 14, 2018 | IDSA Comments
Cabinet Decides to Redefine MSMEs – Defence Sector to Benefit The new system of classifying enterprises based on annual turnover will be more reliable, transparent and objective as the qualifying criteria will be verifiable with reference to the data available in the Goods and Services Tax network. Amit Cowshish | March 13, 2018 | IDSA Comments
How Sri Lanka Walked into a Debt Trap, and the Way Out Sri Lankans love to project their country as the land of serendipity. So, when the island country saw the back of a four-decade-old violent Tamil insurgency in 2009, it was expected that it would surge ahead in a serendipitous way. The turn of events ever since has, however, proved that the country has not been that fortunate. In fact, immediately after the conclusion of the war, Sri Lanka (re)lapsed into multiple crises, occasioned by a regime which functioned in an authoritarian manner. Ashok K. Behuria | March 2018 | Strategic Analysis
