Issues in Co-Development and Co-Production of Defence Equipment The success of the co-development-cum-production push in Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 would depend on the commercial viability of the co-developed product, apart from overcoming a host of conceptual and procedural challenges. Amit Cowshish August 17, 2022 IDSA Comments
US Drone Strike on Al-Zawahiri: Significance and Implications The strike against Zawahiri is being hailed as a vindication of the US’s ‘over-the-horizon’ strategy in eradicating terrorism without placing boots on the ground. Saman Ayesha Kidwai August 16, 2022 Issue Brief
Facial Recognition Technology and Counter-Terror Operations The challenges associated with facial recognition technology (FRT) need to be studied in detail before deploying them in counter-insurgency/counter-terror operations. Akshat Upadhyay August 05, 2022 IDSA Comments
Budgetary Reforms: The Forgotten Agenda Micro and macro-level budgetary reforms are required to ensure optimum utilisation of the allocated resources for executing financially viable plans. Amit Cowshish August 02, 2022 IDSA Comments
Iran Delinks Regional and Nuclear Diplomacy Iran is focussing its diplomatic energies on advancing its ‘neighbourhood policy’ and long-term cooperation with China and Russia. Deepika Saraswat July 29, 2022 IDSA Comments
National Hospital Ship and India’s Maritime Security Strategy Hospital ships play a critical role in supplementing a navy’s combat potential and enhance its soft power capability. R. Vignesh July 29, 2022 IDSA Comments
Increased Drug Trade in Golden Triangle: Security Implications The Shan state of Myanmar is the largest producer of illegal drugs within the infamous Golden Triangle—a tri-junction at the Myanmar, Laos and Thailand borders. Akash Sahu July 28, 2022 Issue Brief
Indian Women in Blue Helmets: Professionalism in Peacekeeping Majority of conflict situations in which the United Nations (UN) intervenes today are complex and as per their mandates, joint efforts of both men and women are required to make the peacekeeping operations as effective as possible. In many instances, maintaining good relations with the civilian population is a prerequisite for effective peacekeeping, as it often implies easy access to information at the grassroots level and increased security for UN personnel and the local population. Ingudam Yaipharemba Singh July-September 2022 Journal of Defence Studies
US and EU Sanctions on Russian Defence Industry US and EU sanctions against key Russian arms producing firms, design bureaus and export organisations have had significant implications for Russian arms importing nations. S. Samuel C. Rajiv July 25, 2022 Issue Brief
India’s Contribution towards Technological Development of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations The Second World War created many apprehensions as the world had not witnessed catastrophe of that scale before. It raised many concerns for global peace, and led to the creation of United Nations (UN) primarily to prevent the world from the scourge of the Third World War. The UN Charter mandates the creation of a peacekeeping force for securing and creating conditions for lasting peace within the states and between the states. Since then, we have witnessed many ups and downs in the global order. There have been times when somehow war of a global scale was prevented. Rajeev Yadav July-September 2022 Journal of Defence Studies
