IDSA Issue Briefs
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) is a non-partisan, autonomous body dedicated to objective research and policy relevant studies on all aspects of defense and security. Its mission is to promote national and international security through the generation and dissemination of knowledge on defense and security-related issues. IDSA has been consistently ranked over the last few years as one of the top think tanks in Asia. The issue briefs mainly focus on security and defense issues at international level as well as diplomatic relations and foreign policies of governments.
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Publications:
- Examining the Prospects of South Korea "Going Nuclear"
- Tibetans in China: Making Sense of a Visit and Five Appointments
- Addressing Pakistan's Atomisation
- Shruti and Smriti: Some Issues in the Re-emergence of Indian Traditional Knowledge
- Will Netanyahu's Return Lead to Increased Israeli Isolation?
- Assessing Pakistan's Transgression on the Line of Control
- The UN International Review Panel Report and Sri Lanka's Urgent Need for Accountability
- Is the Return of Shizo Abe Good News for India?
- LDP 'Take(s) Back Japan'
- Chinese Aerial Patrols over Senkaku Islands
- Officer's Promotion Policy in the Army
- Sinai: The Middle East's New Hot Spot
- Renewed American Engagement with Nepal's Maoists
- Political Stalemate and Transitional Justice in Post-conflict Nepal
- Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and Civil Nuclear Liability
- The Likely Composition of the Central Military Commission of the 18th Party Congress of China
- Corruption in Administration: Evaluating the Kautilyan Antecedents
- Indian Army: Internal Challenges in Capability Building and Retention
- India’s Disarmament Myths and Political Realities
- What the Chinese White Paper Says on Diao Yu Dao?
- Arab Spring: Aspirations Met or Dreams Unfulfilled?
- The Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio and the NAM Summit
- Are the Armed Forces Game for 3PL?
- Arab Spring and the Non- Arabs of West Asia
- China's Defence Minister in India
- The Arrest of Abu Jundal: An Assessment and Recommendations
- Post-2014 Afghanistan and India's Options
- The Rupee Crunch and India-Bhutan Economic Engagement
- India Struggling to Cope with Sanctions on Iran
- Transformation of the Indian Air Force over the Next Decade
- Abrogating the Inimical Discreteness of Af-Pak-In
- Opening the NATO Supply Route: Does Pakistan Have Any Option?
- An Assessment of Manmohan Singh's Visit to Myanmar
- Libya and R2P
- China's Strategic Petroleum Reserves
- Sectarian Strife in Gilgit Baltistan
- Applying Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Ensuring Mission Reliability of Equipment
- Precision Weapons in Aerial Warfare
- Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan?
- China’s Xinjiang Problem
- China's Territorial Claim on India's Eastern Sector
- The Problems with the NTI Ranking on Nuclear Security
- Russian Presidential Elections: Domestic Realities and Foreign Policy Initiatives
- China's Defence Budget 2012
- Japan’s Nuclear Energy Debate: A Year After the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
- Afghanistan: Bad Options, Worse Outcomes
- The Non-Aligned Movement and Nuclear Security
- Technology for the Future IAF
- Pakistan's Long and Ordinary Crisis
- Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee Report
- Deliberating the Space Code of Conduct
- China's White Papers on Space: An Analysis
- Challenges Before Japan in 2012
- Foreign Minister Krishna’s Visit to Israel
- Lessons from 2011: The New Media Revolution is a Strategic Asset
- The Implications of Noda's Visit to India
- 2011: A Strategic survey
- North Korea after Kim Jong-Il: Implications for East Asian Security
- The Libyan Operation and Europe's Role in Defence and Security
- South Kordofan: The Next Case for R2P?
- India's Internal Security
- India-Japan-US Trilateral Dialogue: A Promising Initiative
- Kim's Russia Visit: Evaluating Diplomatic Currency
- Ukraine's Flirtation with China and Russia's Quest for a Eurasian Union
- A Consideration of Sino-Indian Conflict
- The Palestinian Quest for Statehood at the United Nations
- Yemen's Turbulent Spring
- India-Bhutan Power Cooperation: Between Policy Overtures and Local Debates
- The Chechen Imbroglio - An Update
- Prospects and Challenges for Expanding India-Japan Economic Relations
- Challenges Before Noda Yoshihiko
- The Arctic as a Global Common
- RoK's Jeju Island Naval Base
- Is the Mumbai Police Geared up to the Task of Combating Terrorism?
- An Ocean at the Intersection of Two Emerging Maritime Narratives
- Jawaharlal Nehru and the Chief of Defence Staff
- Sudan in Transition
- China's Claim on Arunachal Pradesh: Local Perspectives
- India’s Membership of the NSG: Possible Options
- Faulty Manpower Policy in Indian Armed Forces: Time for Action
- The Situation in Sri Lanka: An Update
- Assessing China-North Korea Relations in the Wake of Kim’s China Visit
- Al Qaeda: Beyond Osama-bin Laden
- BRICS: Opportunities and Challenges
- India’s Response to the Libyan Crisis
- Protests in the Arab World: Implications for the Region and India
- Uprisings in the Arab World: Options for GOI
- Internal Security in a Multi-Party Federal Polity
- An Arab Revolution?
- An Apocalypse Lurks in the Korean Peninsula
- Piracy: A Fresh Look is Essential
- Crisis in Egypt: Implications for India
- Accelerating India's “Look West Policy” in the Gulf
- Hu Jintao's State Visit to the United States
- Public Finance and National Security
- Managing the 3Ms of Military Readiness
- India and Indonesia: Trade and Investment Complementarities
- A Critical Review of Defence Procurement Procedure 2011
- Forging India's Hard Power in the New Century
- Indonesia in India’s Look East Policy
- Why Indonesia is Important to India
- Mosaics of Cultures: Investigating the Role of Cultural Linkages in India-Indonesia Relations
- Wen Jiabao’s India Visit: A Strategic Review
- India-China Relations
- An Impact Assessment of President Obama’s Visit on the India-US Strategic Partnership
- North Korea's Artillery Attack on Yeonpyeongdo
- Professional Military Education
- Indonesia-China Relations
- Myanmar: The November 2010 Election
- India, US and The Entity List
- Should India Sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation?
- China’s Territorial Claim on Arunachal Pradesh
- Afghanistan: A Firewall is Better than Partition
- New START and the Obama Administration: Hurdles Still Ahead
- Can the Rise of ‘New’ Turkey Lead to a ‘New’ Era in India-Turkey Relations?
- As Dragon Flexes Muscle, the Rising Sun Goes Defensive
- The Sochi Summit
- If India Tests? The Implications for the Indo-US Civil- Nuclear Deal
- Indonesia’s New Foreign Policy
- Deflecting the Assassin’s Mace
- US Sanctions on Iran and Their Impact on India
- Economic Crises, Currencies and Geopolitical Turning Points
- Countering the Naxals
- Promises, Compromises and a Tie-Breaker
- Humanitarian Diplomacy & Failed States
- Anti-Naxal Operations: Employment of Armed Forces
- Peacekeeping Partnerships: Cooperation or Conflict
- The ICC's Role in Sudan
- Likely Impact of Current Developments on the Pakistani State and its Army
- The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill
- A Year of Multi-Party Democracy in Maldives
- Bhutan in 2009
- An Assessment of Insurgencies in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in 2009
- The Dragon’s Shield
- The Case for Mercenaries in Africa
- Cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures between India and Pakistan
- Hiccups in Sino-US Relations over Arms Sales to Taiwan
- Bangladeshi Illegal Migration into Assam
- Indo-Bangladesh Relations: An Enduring Partnership?
- Japan Beefs up its Naval Capability
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