IDSA Comments

Triumphant Trump and American Foreign Policy

President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy pronouncements during the campaign have led to alarm and concerns among America’s strongest allies.

K. P. Fabian
November 22, 2016
IDSA Comments

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Japan

While the highlight of the visit was the signing of the nuclear agreement, other agreements signed will continue the rising trajectory in the strategic, economic, political and security partnership between the two countries

Adarsha Verma
November 18, 2016
IDSA Comments

Internal Security Challenges Preclude Military Reorientation in Trinidad & Tobago

The Trinidad Military, which should be concentrating on the maritime domain, is forced by expediency, to take on internal land operations.

Rivlin’s Visit to India: Envisaging Expectations

India-Israel Relations reach a new milestone with the forthcoming visit of President Reuven Rivlin to India.

Amit Mukherjee
November 11, 2016
IDSA Comments

Blacklisting Policy on the Anvil

The proposed blacklisting policy of the Ministry of Defence must be comprehensive enough to ensure that no loose ends are left to be tied at time of implementation.

Amit Cowshish
November 10, 2016
IDSA Comments

Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Conundrum: No End in Sight

Riyadh’s military intervention has neither forced the Houthis to the negotiating table nor has it restored the Hadi government in Sa’naa.

Caribbean Air Arms Requirements Offer an Opportunity for India

India can become a player of significance as its current MR/ LTA – the Dornier Do-228 – is admirably suited to meet the requirements of Caribbean Air Arms.

Can Stronger Regional Partnerships Help The UN Promote Global Stability

Though no one questions the promise of regional partnerships, there are many impediments in practically achieving it as is evident from past partnership missions of the UN.

Rajeesh Kumar
November 04, 2016
IDSA Comments

Need for Persevering with the Dialogue Process in Jammu & Kashmir

It is essential that the dialogue process continues and additional steps are taken to resolve the deep sense of alienation presently prevailing among the civil society in the Kashmir Valley.

Gautam Sen
November 01, 2016
IDSA Comments

Is Turkey’s insistence on a military role in Mosul a strategic miscalculation?

Turkey’s insistence on a role for itself risks escalating the already fraught sectarian situation in Iraq, undermining Iraqi sovereignty and not yielding any significant military or political gains for itself.