Should MoD Persist with Defence Offsets? - IDSA
The draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020, released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on March 20, exempted foreign vendors from discharging offset obligation in all ‘Buy (Global)’ cases exceeding Rs 2,000 crore other than those processed on the single-vendor basis under specific Inter-governmental Agreements (IGAs), including the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme of the US ...
Defence Reforms – Agenda for the New Government - IDSA
Since the publication of the Kargil Review Committee Report, there has been intense public debate on the nature and scope of Defence Reforms needed in the country. The Group of… Continue reading Defence Reforms – Agenda for the New Government
CAATSA Sanctions and India - MP-IDSA
Ever since the Countering American Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) was enacted on August 2, 2017, there had been much speculation in India about its potential impact on India-Russia defence relations especially in the context of India’s possible purchase of …
Making ‘Make-in-India’ Move in Defence Production - IDSA
The ‘Make-in-India’ drive of the government has created a conceptual parallax in so far as the defence manufacturing sector is concerned. Foreign companies, and even governments, seem to view it… Continue reading Making ‘Make-in-India’ Move in Defence Production
The Arms Trade Treaty and India - IDSA
From July 2 to 27, 2012, the international community is assembling in the United Nations, New York, to negotiate the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The Treaty’s stated objective is “to create a level playing field for international arms transfers by requiring all States to abide by a set of standards for transfer controls, which will ultimately benefit the safety and security of people ...
India and Central Asia: Need for a Pro-active Approach
In the post cold war period, the Central Asian countries have engaged themselves in nation building and consolidation of their statehoods. The pessimistic scenarios feared in the early nineties of… Continue reading India and Central Asia: Need for a Pro-active Approach
Indian Foreign Policy and China - MP-IDSA
The global political architecture is undergoing a transformation with power increasingly shifting from the West to the East, according to most political observers.1 The two most populous nations, China and India, are on their way to becoming economic powerhouses and are shedding their reticence in asserting their global profiles. Japan is gradually raising its military profile and the ...
India Rising: A Multilayered Analysis of Ideas, Interests, and ...
For many years now, India’s position as a rising power has been a topic of discussion revolving around questions such as what are the factors that shape India’s conduct at… Continue reading India Rising: A Multilayered Analysis of Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
Bringing the Semi-Conductor to India - IDSA
The current brouhaha over semiconductors is reminiscent of the Y2K bug at the turn of the century, when there was a fear that the bug would affect software and bring… Continue reading Bringing the Semi-Conductor to India
India and the Container Security Initiative - MP-IDSA
While the amorphous threat of terrorism can be extrapolated on the basis of what happened on 9/11, this constitutes only the ‘visible horizon’ of the extent of the terrorists’ innovation.… Continue reading India and the Container Security Initiative