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The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) is an autonomous, non-partisan organization that performs and disseminates policy-relevant studies and research on all aspects of defense and security. Its Issue Briefs Series mainly focuses on security-centered topics, although it also covers the foreign policies and diplomatic relations of governments.

Publishers:	Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
Publications:	Barcelona Attacks: India Has Cause for Disquiet Transfer of Defence Technology: Moving Beyond Self-Reliance Towards Technological Superiority Does Acquisition of Critical Technologies Through ToT Truly Benefit India? Paraguay´s Military: Internal Security Challenges vs Block Obsolescence St Petersburg Metro Bombing: Al Qaeda Redux Voter´s Dilemma: Data Leaks and Electoral Interventions Modi Redefines India´s Palestine Policy India-Turkey Relations: Frozen in Time? When the Taiwanese Came Calling: Chinese Reaction and the Indian Response India-UAE Relations: New Dimension to Strategic Partnership China´s 2016 Space White Paper: An Appraisal Cross-Strait Relations: The Lull before the Storm? Pakistan´s Tactical Nuclear Warheads and India´s Nuclear Doctrine Deciphering Pakistan´s Kashmir Lexicon A Security Council for the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects Online Radicalisation: The Example of Burhan Wani India´s NSG Bid: Let´s Set the Record Straight The Clarion Call from the Atolls All About Pay and Perks: India’s Defence Budget 2016-17 Rocket Launchers for Small Satellites 2011 Revolution in Egypt: Five Years Later Tanzania’s President John Magufuli: The Hero of the Hour Russia's New Game Plan Parliamentary Elections (2015) in Sri Lanka JCPOA and the IAEA: Challenges Ahead The Rajapakse ‘Coup’ and Upcoming Parliamentary Election in Sri Lanka The Modi factor in Central Asia 21st Century Proliferation and Tracking US-Japan Security Alliance: Standing the Test of Time The Rohingyas: Security Implications for ASEAN and Beyond ‘Operation Decisive Storm’ and Changing Geopolitics in the Gulf India’s Renewed Interest in Chabahar: Need to Stay the Course Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping: Different yet Same? Iran-P5+1 Lausanne Framework: Issues and Challenges Afghanistan and the Region India’s Defence Budget 2015-16 Some Issues in Respect of India's Nuclear Liability Law - II The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia's Approach towards the Islamic State India is a De Facto Member of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Resolving India’s Nuclear Liability Impasse Exchange Rate Variation in Defence Contracts in India ISIS in Central Asia India's Defence Procurement Procedure: Assessing the Case for Review and Reforms Xi’s Visit: Dawn of a New Era? India-China Ties: Between Personalities and Principles Beijing’s APEC Call on India: A New Twist in India-China Power Politics? Total Recount in Afghanistan: What Next? Politics of Illegal Immigration and India Bangladesh Relations Revisiting India's Nuclear Doctrine: Is It Necessary? India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) China at Your Doorstep: Looking East from India's Northeast Iran under Rouhani: From Confrontation to Reconciliation Heavy Satellite Launch Vehicles: An Assessment Internal Security Trends in 2013 and a Prognosis Political Crisis in Thailand and its Effects on Foreign Relations INS Vikramaditya - Deployment Options for India Saudi Arabia's Nuclear Thinking and the Pakistani Connection Chinese Intrusions Across the LAC Iran Nuclear Deal: The Fine Print India-Japan Relations: New Opportunities Urenco is up for Sale, is India Interested? Syria and the OPCW: Taking a Stock of the Situation Post-Morsi Egypt: Saudi Manoeuvring and Iranian Dilemma Defence Technology Indigenisation: Need to Go Beyond Lip Service Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio: The Way Forward Maoists Link in Odisha: Case of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh Defence Offset Guidelines - A Languorous Journey So Far Iran under Hassan Rohani: Imperatives for the Region and India Evolution of Aerial Combat The Increasing Complexity of the Internationalised Syrian Conflict Does China Mix Business With Politics? Domination of Pakistan by Radical Islamists Defence Procurement Procedure 2013 Li Keqiang Visit to Pakistan: Assessing the Outcome Syria and WMD: Deepening Uncertainty India and NSG: Approaches to Indian Membership Russian Military Reforms: An Evaluation Daulat Beg Oldie Standoff: An Assessment India and Iran Relations: Sustaining the Momentum Australia-China Strategic Partnership Amendments to DPP-2011: An Analytical Overview A New Dawn for Defence Production in India India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) Contract Examining the Prospects of South Korea Tibetans in China: Making Sense of a Visit and Five Appointments Addressing Pakistan's Atomisation India's Two Years at the Horse-Shoe Table 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

Publishers:

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

Publications:

Barcelona Attacks: India Has Cause for Disquiet
Transfer of Defence Technology: Moving Beyond Self-Reliance Towards Technological Superiority
Does Acquisition of Critical Technologies Through ToT Truly Benefit India?
Paraguay´s Military: Internal Security Challenges vs Block Obsolescence
St Petersburg Metro Bombing: Al Qaeda Redux
Voter´s Dilemma: Data Leaks and Electoral Interventions
Modi Redefines India´s Palestine Policy
India-Turkey Relations: Frozen in Time?
When the Taiwanese Came Calling: Chinese Reaction and the Indian Response
India-UAE Relations: New Dimension to Strategic Partnership
China´s 2016 Space White Paper: An Appraisal
Cross-Strait Relations: The Lull before the Storm?
Pakistan´s Tactical Nuclear Warheads and India´s Nuclear Doctrine
Deciphering Pakistan´s Kashmir Lexicon
A Security Council for the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects
Online Radicalisation: The Example of Burhan Wani
India´s NSG Bid: Let´s Set the Record Straight
The Clarion Call from the Atolls
All About Pay and Perks: India’s Defence Budget 2016-17
Rocket Launchers for Small Satellites
2011 Revolution in Egypt: Five Years Later
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli: The Hero of the Hour
Russia's New Game Plan
Parliamentary Elections (2015) in Sri Lanka
JCPOA and the IAEA: Challenges Ahead
The Rajapakse ‘Coup’ and Upcoming Parliamentary Election in Sri Lanka
The Modi factor in Central Asia
21st Century Proliferation and Tracking
US-Japan Security Alliance: Standing the Test of Time
The Rohingyas: Security Implications for ASEAN and Beyond
‘Operation Decisive Storm’ and Changing Geopolitics in the Gulf
India’s Renewed Interest in Chabahar: Need to Stay the Course
Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping: Different yet Same?
Iran-P5+1 Lausanne Framework: Issues and Challenges
Afghanistan and the Region
India’s Defence Budget 2015-16
Some Issues in Respect of India's Nuclear Liability Law - II
The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia's Approach towards the Islamic State
India is a De Facto Member of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Resolving India’s Nuclear Liability Impasse
Exchange Rate Variation in Defence Contracts in India
ISIS in Central Asia
India's Defence Procurement Procedure: Assessing the Case for Review and Reforms
Xi’s Visit: Dawn of a New Era?
India-China Ties: Between Personalities and Principles
Beijing’s APEC Call on India: A New Twist in India-China Power Politics?
Total Recount in Afghanistan: What Next?
Politics of Illegal Immigration and India Bangladesh Relations
Revisiting India's Nuclear Doctrine: Is It Necessary?
India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED)
China at Your Doorstep: Looking East from India's Northeast
Iran under Rouhani: From Confrontation to Reconciliation
Heavy Satellite Launch Vehicles: An Assessment
Internal Security Trends in 2013 and a Prognosis
Political Crisis in Thailand and its Effects on Foreign Relations
INS Vikramaditya - Deployment Options for India
Saudi Arabia's Nuclear Thinking and the Pakistani Connection
Chinese Intrusions Across the LAC
Iran Nuclear Deal: The Fine Print
India-Japan Relations: New Opportunities
Urenco is up for Sale, is India Interested?
Syria and the OPCW: Taking a Stock of the Situation
Post-Morsi Egypt: Saudi Manoeuvring and Iranian Dilemma
Defence Technology Indigenisation: Need to Go Beyond Lip Service
Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio: The Way Forward
Maoists Link in Odisha: Case of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh
Defence Offset Guidelines - A Languorous Journey So Far
Iran under Hassan Rohani: Imperatives for the Region and India
Evolution of Aerial Combat
The Increasing Complexity of the Internationalised Syrian Conflict
Does China Mix Business With Politics?
Domination of Pakistan by Radical Islamists
Defence Procurement Procedure 2013
Li Keqiang Visit to Pakistan: Assessing the Outcome
Syria and WMD: Deepening Uncertainty
India and NSG: Approaches to Indian Membership
Russian Military Reforms: An Evaluation
Daulat Beg Oldie Standoff: An Assessment
India and Iran Relations: Sustaining the Momentum
Australia-China Strategic Partnership
Amendments to DPP-2011: An Analytical Overview
A New Dawn for Defence Production in India
India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) Contract
Examining the Prospects of South Korea
Tibetans in China: Making Sense of a Visit and Five Appointments
Addressing Pakistan's Atomisation
India's Two Years at the Horse-Shoe Table
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