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• Sadaf Javed
• January-June 2015
• CBW Magazine

The IS frequently releases graphic videos of, for instance, beheadings, on social media. Once these videos surface, an ethical debate arises about the sharing of violent imagery and how these social platforms should deal with the situation.

• Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith
• January 23, 2015
• IDSA Comments

If reports about the diversion of INR 13,000 crore from the capital segment of the defence budget to the revenue heads are true, it is an indication of the growing strain on the revenue budget.

• Amit Cowshish
• January 23, 2015
• IDSA Comments

Sheikh Hasina has to ensure that the writ of the Awami League central leadership runs throughout the country, and elements like the Chhatra League are not allowed to derail accommodative and secular policies.

• Gautam Sen
• January 23, 2015
• IDSA Comments

The examination of the detailed demands for grant (DDGs) of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the Standing Committee on Defence of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–05 to 2008–09) and recommendations made by the committee had little impact on the country’s defence budget. While the examination was generally perfunctory, the recommendations were either too general or too impractical to be implemented by MoD. This is the second of two articles that examines how the Standing Committee on Defence of the 15th Lok Sabha (2009–10 to 2013–14) followed the same pattern.

• Amit Cowshish
• January 2015
• Journal of Defence Studies

Xi Jinping has already recognized the inevitable by stressing that China would adjust to the ‘new normal’ of lower growth and, to ensure stability, he has already cracked down on dissent and strengthened media control measures.

• R. S. Kalha
• January 17, 2015
• IDSA Comments

The 2014 Indian elections gave the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a clear mandate to form the government. In nearly more than a decade of coalition politics, it is perhaps the first time the leading party of the coalition is not dependent on its partners for the government’s functioning. The mandate it received in the election led the BJP to become the single-largest party in the government and the Parliament, for the first time in over thirty years.

• Stuti Banerjee
• January 2015
• Journal of Defence Studies

Libya has ripened into a proxy war between the regional powers. While Qatar, Turkey and Sudan have been supporting the Libya Dawn and General National Congress (GNC) based in Tripoli, Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are backing the internationally recognised government based in Tobruk and its allied General Khalifa Haftar's Operation Dignity. However, such a proxy war will only destabilise Libya.

• Nachiket Khadkiwala
• January-March 2015
• Africa Trends

On March 28, 2015, Nigerians elected to power a new government after 16 years.
Despite the constant threat of Boko Haram looming, the Nigerian people were
not afraid and came out in large numbers to vote.

• Kuhoo Saxena
• January-March 2015
• Africa Trends

Since 2012, the Gulf of Guinea has emerged as one of the most pirate-infested
waters in the world, posing an urgent security threat to the maritime environment. While the total number of piracy incidents world-wide has fallen in recent years… attacks on the west coast of Africa have witnessed a steady rise, now accounting for nearly a fifth of all attacks.

• Abhijit Singh
• January-March 2015
• Africa Trends