India’s National Hydrogen Mission and Prospects for Cooperation with GCC India and GCC share convergence of ideas and interests along with the political will to collaborate in the hydrogen energy sector. There is a need to provide impetus to the public and private partnerships in this sector as it has a strong potential for growth in future. Lakshmi Priya August 27, 2021 Issue Brief
Framing Japan’s Economic Security Agenda The COVID-19 pandemic has situated the policy conversation on economic security at the centre stage of national security calculus not just in US and Europe but also in Japan. For Japan, it would entail attaining “strategic autonomy” in critical supply chains at the national level, and pursuing “strategic indispensability” at the global level. Titli Basu August 25, 2021 IDSA Comments
What Beijing’s Expanding Digital Silk Road Means to India? The Digital Silk Road can give China the power to shape global digital governance norms in its favour and the political, economic and strategic tools to be a technological hegemon, posing enormous challenges to emerging economies like India. Jagannath P. Panda August 24, 2021 Issue Brief
Public Procurement Framework in India The GFR 2017 permit individual ministries to issue detailed instructions to address the needs and complexities of procurement carried out by them. The question is whether those principles and rules come in the way of the Ministry of Defence evolving a more efficient procurement procedure that meets the armed forces’ aspirations. Amit Cowshish August 19, 2021 IDSA Comments
Implications of Political Dissonance in the Maldives The domestic politics of the Maldives might significantly change if the position of the MDP government weakens. It might change the flavour of India–Maldives bilateral relationship and will also have an impact on the security environment in the Indian Ocean region. Anand Kumar August 13, 2021 IDSA Comments
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has not succeeded in adding any additional universal stigma to nuclear weapons. It lacks the support base needed for replacing the Cold War vintage “Mutual Assured Destruction” with “Mutual Assured Abstinence”. The nuclear weapon countries’ faith in the deterrence logic remains intact. Rajiv Nayan August 11, 2021 IDSA Comments
Viable Alternatives Required to Replace Existing Procurement Procedures If existing procurement procedures are a hindrance in acquiring state-of-the-art defence materiel expeditiously, a case needs to be made out, based on demonstrable drawbacks of the existing system for a detailed blueprint of what system should replace it. Amit Cowshish August 10, 2021 IDSA Comments
Build Back Better World Initiative: A Partnership Against or Beyond China? Envisioned as a sustainable alternative to China’s BRI, US-led Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative seeks to narrow down infrastructure deficit in the developing world. However, with their several distinct areas of focus, BRI & B3W can possibly share both complementary & competitive equations. Jagannath P. Panda August 09, 2021 Issue Brief
Bangladesh Looks to Russia to Resolve Rohingya Crisis The Russia–Myanmar relationship is gathering strength. Bangladesh wants to use the increasing bonhomie between Russia and Myanmar to start a tri-lateral process to reach an amicable solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis. Anand Kumar August 06, 2021 IDSA Comments
Self-Reliance in Defence Sector The Ministry of Defence has taken significant steps in recent times to boost domestic defence manufacturing and increase the role of the private sector to reduce dependence on imports and achieve self-reliance. Richa Tokas August 04, 2021 IDSA Comments
