The Obama Administration’s Africa Policy The Obama Administration has focused its Africa policy mainly on democracy, economic growth, food security, democracy, conflict prevention and mitigation, as well as dealing with transnational threats. These broad strategic objectives of the Administration also indicate the vastness and diversity of the African continent and its varying requirements. The United States has provided a substantial amount of aid to Africa in health programmes. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | October 2016 | Africa Trends
Namibia: Controversy over Amendment in Labour Act A recent amendment in the Namibian labour law has caused friction amongst various stakeholders. Ahana Banerjee | October 2016 | Africa Trends
Post-Uri Response by India What has emerged over the past two weeks is a well calibrated strategy meant to increase the costs for Pakistan of continuing its policy of supporting cross border terrorism as an instrument of state policy. Sumita Kumar | September 30, 2016 | IDSA Comments
China’s One-Road-One Belt Initiative: A New Model of Global Governance India should seek to ‘redefine’ OROB to add a strong component for a ‘Digital Asia’, as that is where our comparative advantage lies, and for Asian connectivity to have two nodes, in China and in India, as has been the case throughout history. Mukul Sanwal | September 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Cancellation of the SAARC Summit: Has India Succeeded in Isolating Pakistan Regionally? The reactions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India indicate a new regional consensus that state sponsored terrorism cannot be dealt with only at the bilateral level. Smruti S. Pattanaik | September 29, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Significance of the Jordanian Parliamentary Election The most significant outcome of the Jordanian parliamentary election has been the participation of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood. In many ways, this election is a test of King Abdullah’s commitment to electoral reforms. Manjari Singh | September 28, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Coast Guards in the Western Hemisphere – The Dutch Connection The Dutch Shipbuilding Company Damen’s success in the Western Hemisphere has important lessons for ship manufacturers who wish to export small and medium sized patrol vessels to the region and elsewhere. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | September 27, 2016 | IDSA Comments
DPRK’s Nuclear Provocations and the Indian Response India needs to engage more pointedly with South Korea, Japan, the United States and even bilaterally with DPRK to convey its concerns regarding the latter’s strategic cooperation with Pakistan. Jagannath P. Panda | September 27, 2016 | IDSA Comments
The End of an Era in Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov’s foremost contribution to the region and the world is to shield Uzbekistan from the onslaught of radical Islam. Skand Tayal | September 26, 2016 | IDSA Comments
Syria: The Cease-Fire that was and wasn’t The Kerry-Lavrov agreement did not work because those who had to cease fire were not willing to abide by it. K. P. Fabian | September 23, 2016 | IDSA Comments
