Right Turn in Indian Polity: Modi on BJP’s Chariot by Yogesh Atal and Sunil K. Choudhary Actors, events and processes that determine the characteristics of the political scene in contemporary India may rightly be understood via a number of tropes—all equally useful and deficient at the same time. This is especially true in case of the ongoing churning in Indian democracy. If for the decade of the 1990s the tropes were Mandal, Market and Mandir, the tropes to understand contemporary politics in India have acquired the shape of ‘Governance’ and ‘Development’. Shashank Chaturvedi | January 2016 | Strategic Analysis
Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years by A. S. Dulat and Aditya Sinha Until recently, most top officials in India who had dealt with very sensitive issues in government refrained from writing about them. The adage they followed was that what everyone wanted to know could not be written, and what could be written was something that no one was interested in. Not surprisingly, even when former civil servants have written anything, it has generally been a self-serving swansong of their accomplishments, which other than them no one really considers accomplishments. Sushant Sareen | January 2016 | Strategic Analysis
The Arab Spring that was and wasn’t When each dictator fell, there was hope that the country might move towards democracy even if the route might prove to be long and difficult. That hope has proved to be a mirage, except in Tunisia. K. P. Fabian | December 31, 2015 | IDSA Comments
2015: A Year of Work-in-Progress for Defence The issues confronting the defence establishment at the beginning of the year broadly related to defence policy, human resource management and operational preparedness. Amit Cowshish | December 29, 2015 | IDSA Comments
For Successful Implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh It is essential in the interest of economic development and smooth rehabilitation of the affected people that funds as part of a comprehensive financial package be devolved to the West Bengal Government at the earliest. Gautam Sen | December 29, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Make in India and the Expanding Scope for India-Japan Defence Cooperation India’s defence modernisation presents enormous opportunities for the Japanese defence industry, which until recently concentrated exclusively on the domestic market in order to demonstrate Japan’s commitment to peace. Titli Basu | December 29, 2015 | IDSA Comments
What to Expect from Modi’s Moscow Visit Modi and Putin are all set not only to straighten the loose ends of existing projects but also bring new big items on the table. P. Stobdan | December 23, 2015 | Issue Brief
Flexibility from Participating Nations – Key to TAPI’s Success The sustenance of the TAPI project would be contingent upon each side’s ability to accommodate the concerns of different stakeholders in the project. Only time will tell if the projects’ stakeholders can demonstrate such an attitude. Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni | December 23, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Fallout of Turkey’s Shooting Down of the Russian Aircraft Turkey’s unprecedented military action raises two questions: What is the likely impact on its ties with Russia? And, what are the dynamics of a ‘Russia-West’ collaboration over Syria? Rajorshi Roy | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Trade with Russia It will take just a few deals to be sealed, especially of the co-development/co-production variety, for the present drift in relations being arrested and brought back on an even keel. Amit Cowshish | December 22, 2015 | IDSA Comments
