IDSA Comments

Resuming talks with Pakistan sooner rather than later is important. These should now be part of a sustained effort of diplomatic outreach towards Pakistan rather than an on-and-off affair.

• Sumita Kumar
• January 19, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The lifting of sanctions against Iran relating to its nuclear activities marks an important turning point for Iran, the region, the United States, and the rest of the world.

• K. P. Fabian
• January 18, 2016
• IDSA Comments

While China’s initial reluctance was attributed to the sheer scale of the project, costing tens of billions of dollars, in the changed CPEC-helmed geo-economic-strategic context, its re-calculations cannot be ruled out.

• Priyanka Singh
• January 18, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The longer the price of oil remains depressed, India, like other major oil importers, will not only increase its dependence on crude imports, but it will also become more dependent on OPEC.

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal
• January 18, 2016
• IDSA Comments

IAFS-III has been a 'great leap forward' compared to our limited approach earlier. Why has India taken this major step, which requires huge deployment of human and financial resources?

• Debnath Shaw
• January 13, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Free Basics actually leads to converting the internet, which is supposed to be a global public good, into a ‘controlled’ platform. For some this even amounts to compromising on their ‘human rights’.

• Ajey Lele
• January 07, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Unless addressed, the escalation of tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia can have serious adverse consequences for regional stability and peace and also for ongoing efforts to bring to an end the war in Yemen and the wars in Syria.

• K. P. Fabian
• January 06, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Like a section of the US non-proliferation community that relishes supporting and sympathising with China and Pakistan, Levy and the Center for Public Integrity have followed the same approach.

• Rajiv Nayan
• January 04, 2016
• IDSA Comments

When each dictator fell, there was hope that the country might move towards democracy even if the route might prove to be long and difficult. That hope has proved to be a mirage, except in Tunisia.

• K. P. Fabian
• December 31, 2015
• IDSA Comments

The issues confronting the defence establishment at the beginning of the year broadly related to defence policy, human resource management and operational preparedness.

• Amit Cowshish
• December 29, 2015
• IDSA Comments