The Original Gurukul of Strategic Analyses in Modern India: My Reminiscences of IDSA Established to fill a gap between policy research and policy innovation, the IDSA is the original gurukul of strategic analyses in modern India. My reminiscences of IDSA in the seventies are a décollage selected to share in a sense of national pride for witnessing some momentous events that became bench marks in shaping India’s defense posture. It (décollage) also expresses professional gratification for being a part of the IDSA faculty with K Subrahmanyam as its Director. Swadesh Rana | September 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Rendezvous with Rebels: Journey to Meet India’s Most Wanted Men by Rajeev Bhattacharyya Rendezvous with Rebels is the passionate account of Rajeev Bhattacharyya’s daring journey to the rebel bases in Myanmar’s Sagaing Division where several separatist outfits from India’s troubled Northeast have established a presence. He stayed at the camp of the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) headed by chief of staff Paresh Baruah, who happens to be one of the most wanted men in India. Atul K. Thakur | September 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Interaction of Foreign and Domestic Factors in the International Political Process: The Case of Russia The foreign policy of a state is determined by its domestic policy, the internal balance of power. The domestic political configuration of any state has a predominant role in understanding its foreign political moves. Therefore, an attempt to analyse the orientation of a state’s foreign policy without considering such key factors as its political system, interest groups, intra-elite competition and personal ambitions of its leader and others is not feasible. Nargiza T. Bektemirova | September 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Radicalisation of Muslim Converts At the moment, the radical Muslim convert threat does appear to be limited to Europe and America where the converts are ‘less visible’. Surya Valliappan Krishna | August 31, 2015 | IDSA Comments
GSAT-6: India’s Second Military Satellite Launched India’s increasing investments in space for strategic purposes clearly indicates the rising relevance of space assets for the armed forces. Ajey Lele | August 31, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Exchange Rate Variation in Defence Contracts The 19th August amendment to the Defence Procurement Procedure of 2013 extends the provision of exchange rate variation to Indian vendors under all the procurement categories of capital acquisition. Amit Cowshish | August 31, 2015 | IDSA Comments
How Pakistan Gains From the Cancelled NSA-Level Talks It was not in Pakistan’s interest that the NSA meeting should take place. It is to their credit that they managed to do that by waving a red flag at the Indians through their first briefing on the planned NSA talks by mentioning their invitation to the Hurriyat leaders for a meeting in Delhi prior to the NSA talks. G. Balachandran | August 28, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Gilgit Baltistan: Province, No Province? Chinese stakes in Gilgit Baltistan could propel Pakistan to introduce a stop gap provincial arrangement that would contain popular resistance, promote greater stability, and deflate India’s objections to CPEC. Priyanka Singh | August 27, 2015 | IDSA Comments
China-Russia Naval Ties and the Balance of Maritime Power in Asia A growing Sino-Russian-Pakistani maritime nexus in the IOR poses a challenge to India’s influence in the Indian Ocean and heralds a potential change in the Asian balance of maritime power. Abhijit Singh | August 27, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Defence Offset Guidelines – A Long Overdue Tweak The 5th August amendment to the offset guidelines exemplifies how difficult it is to let go of unnecessary controls. Amit Cowshish | August 27, 2015 | IDSA Comments
