IDSA Comments

Quad’s Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative Needs Time to Deliver

The Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) Initiative aims to enhance regional maritime security via technology and training support.

Quad and Cybersecurity

The Quad has cautiously carved out a practical and cooperative agenda on issues of cybersecurity.

India–Russia Energy Cooperation in Russian Far East

The exit of Western oil companies from energy projects in the Russian Far East provides opportunities for India to enhance its stakes in these projects.

Agnipath: Addressing the Manpower Challenges of the Indian Armed Forces

The Agnipath scheme provides an opportunity for the armed forces to leap into the next generation of warfare with a manpower that can embrace technological challenges.

Security and Foreign Policy Priorities of Australia’s New Labor Party Government

The new Labor Party government in Australia is likely to show continuity on AUKUS and Quad initiatives in the Indo-Pacific, while policy approaches on Pacific Islands and China, as also on climate change, may get a re-look.

R.P. Singh
June 15, 2022
IDSA Comments

China’s Response to Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Beijing’s pushback against the Washington-backed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is likely to result in an intense regional geo-economic competition.

Decoding Turkey’s Foreign Policy Recalibration in West Asia

The change in Turkey’s foreign policy approach in West Asia underlines a desire on part of Ankara to eschew confrontationist politics.

Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament Decision and Security Assurances

Ukraine’s security predicament in the face of the Russian military onslaught brings into focus the vacuity of big power security assurances in the absence of legally binding security guarantees and treaty commitments.

Mukesh Kumar
June 10, 2022
IDSA Comments

India–Bhutan Hydropower Cooperation and Bhutanese Economy

Hydropower cooperation between India and Bhutan should not only help achieve the larger aspirations of the Bhutanese people for peace, prosperity and happiness but also further strengthen bilateral bonds.

Spain’s Policy Shift on Western Sahara

Spain extending support to the 2007 Moroccan plan of granting an autonomous status to Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty is a significant foreign policy shift.