The Metastasising ISKP Menace for India The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) has claimed responsibility for last year’s botched Coimbatore and Mangalore blasts in an attempt to show its expanding influence, which raises serious concerns for Indian security agencies. Adil Rasheed , Poorna Ghosh | April 05, 2023 | IDSA Comments
Improving Global Food Security: The Impact of the Black Sea Grain Initiative The Black Sea Grain Initiative has played a vital role in bridging the demand and supply gap and providing a degree of stability to the growing global food insecurity. Richa Kumaria | March 27, 2023 | Issue Brief
India’s Quest for Renewable Energy and the Gulf Countries India has deepened renewable energy cooperation with countries of the GCC in the last few years. Jatin Kumar , Guncha Prakash | March 24, 2023 | Backgrounder
The Corporatisation of Ukraine War: A Case of Unfolding Asymmetry in Military Power The power of crowdsourcing budgetary support, technology, training, and logistic wherewithal, while at war, has emerged as an important lesson in the Ukraine war. Harinder Singh | March 22, 2023 | IDSA Comments
Clean Energy Transitions in Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges Even as Vietnam has Southeast Asia's largest installed solar and wind power capacity, coal will continue to be the country’s primary source of energy till 2030. Shubham Rai | March 21, 2023 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Lessons from ‘Triple Lock’: COVID Containment Strategy of Kerala Police This Article reviews Kerala’s efforts to check the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) without additional expenditure or infrastructure and employing the state police forces. This was remarkable in the face of the fact that healthcare systems were stretched the world over and were struggling beyond capacity to treat the number of people affected by the virus. To add to the overstretched healthcare systems, there were reports of attacks on healthcare workers and facilities. The state of Kerala was among the first to report a coronavirus case in January 2020. D. Padma Kumar Pillay , Vijay Sakhare | March-April 2023 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Space Policy and Counter-Space Capabilities As contestation in outer space has evolved into increased militarization since the Cold War era, multiple stakeholders have come to play a significant role in shaping the international regime governing activities of State and non-State actors in outer space. India has interacted with this international regime in a dynamic manner, and currently contributes about 2 per cent to the US$ 360 billion global space industry. Anushka Saxena | March-April 2023 | Strategic Analysis
Evolution of Pakistan’s Influence Operations in Jammu & Kashmir: An Analysis Influence Operations (IOs) are tailored actions to shape perceptions of a targeted audience within the information domain. They pursue political, economic, social, or military outcomes. Their adaptable transparent nature poses challenges for containment. Pakistan’s IOs, active since Partition, target India a (especially Jammu and Kashmir) through State agencies like the Inter-Services Public Relations and its support to non-State entities. Their objectives vary from destabilization to reshaping the culture of J&K. Tejusvi Shukla | March-April 2023 | Strategic Analysis
A Need for an Autonomous Agency for Overseas Development Assistance There is a need for India to establish an autonomous agency to execute overseas development assistance programmes. D. Padma Kumar Pillay | March 15, 2023 | IDSA Comments
Historic 7 March 1971 Speech of Bangabandhu* “My brothers, I have come before you today with a heart laden with sadness. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | March-April 2023 | Strategic Analysis
