Diamer Bhasha Dam Stuck in the Funding Trap ADB’s yet another deferment of the decision on funding the DBD is a serious setback to Pakistan’s relentless efforts to obtain funds for constructing this mega hydro-power project on River Indus. Priyanka Singh March 03, 2015 IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2015-16 One area where the 2015-16 defence budget is likely to hurt the most is in capital acquisition, which has already been under acute pressure in recent years due to the overwhelming share of the ‘committed liabilities’ arising out of contracts already signed Laxman Kumar Behera March 02, 2015 Issue Brief
The discreet silence on the NPT The collective silence of the guardians and the state-parties by no means signifies the NPT’s good health, especially when they continue to emphasise upon the slow pace of disarmament and enduring pressures on the non-proliferation regime. A. Vinod Kumar March 02, 2015 IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2015-16: The Bad, the Worse and the Good The bad news in this year’s defence budget is that it does not recognise that things are not going in the right direction but only the beaten track. And the poor track record in fully utilising the resources allocated for ‘Modernisation’ is the worse news. Vinay Kaushal March 02, 2015 IDSA Comments
Difficulties of Regional Cooperation for Afghanistan: An Alternative Interpretation This article addresses the question of why regional cooperation among Afghanistan’s neighbours has been so difficult despite these countries’ common concerns. To answer this question, Afghanistan is conceptualised as placed at the core of overlapping regions: South Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and, through China’s influence, East Asia. Over the past decade, interactions among different regions ‘through’ Afghanistan have increased, and overlap has intensified. Sandra Destradi March 2015 Strategic Analysis
Russia, Turkey, and Iran: Moving Towards Strategic Synergy in the Middle East? This article aims to delve into the patterns of convergence and divergence of interests among three key regional players in the Middle East: the Russian Federation, Turkey and Iran. Hossein Aghaie Joobani , Mostafa Mousavipour March 2015 Strategic Analysis
Anatomy of Political Atrophy in Thailand With the take-over of power by the military on May 22, 2014, under General Prayuth Chan-O-Cha, the chief of army, Thailand has gone full circle in coup d’états, from democratic deficit to fractious political struggle between different social groups leading to acute and irreconcilable political instability that gives leverage to the army to finally intervene and seize power by suspending the constitutional processes. Democracy in Thailand is not only a recent phenomenon, but is also periodic and short-lived. Baladas Ghoshal March 2015 Strategic Analysis
India–US Ties: Reviewing the Relationship Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington and a summit meeting with President Barack Obama re-energised a relationship that was widely perceived to be moving towards a dead end. During almost 10 years of Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, India’s relations with the United States held all the promises of becoming robust and a model strategic partnership for international relations. Chintamani Mahapatra March 2015 Strategic Analysis
Israel–Gaza Crisis: Understanding the War Crimes Debate The long conflict between Israel and Palestine took a turn for the worse after the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014. G. Balachandran , Aakriti Sethi March 2015 Strategic Analysis
The ‘Sir Creek’ Dispute: Contours, Implications and the Way Ahead Sir Creek, the 17th and last drainage branch of the river Indus, is a meandering riverine feature approximately 92 km (50 NM) long in the low-lying marshy region of Rann of Kutch. The Sir Creek boundary dispute between India and Pakistan is rooted in differing interpretations of the 1914 resolution passed by the Government of Bombay (GoB) or Bombay Residency. Raghavendra Mishra March 2015 Strategic Analysis
