Issue Brief

In the backdrop of various corruption scandals marring the political scenario in Brazil, the 2018 general elections will probably be marked by uncertainties and contradictions of the competing coalition politics.

• Erik Ribeiro
• July 21, 2017
• Issue Brief

Consisting of five major hydropower projects including the Diamer Bhasha Dam, the North Indus Cascade will cut across Gilgit Baltistan as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

• Priyanka Singh
• July 19, 2017
• Issue Brief

It is difficult for India’s aviation sector to replicate EMBRAER’s success without perhaps a reorientation of priorities.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• July 03, 2017
• Issue Brief

The vision document considers maritime security cooperation as a lynchpin in the MSR and attempts to redesign the existing maritime security architecture in the oceanic arena of MSR.

• Abhay Kumar Singh
• June 28, 2017
• Issue Brief

While developing critical defence technologies has undeniable benefits, their acquisition through Transfers of Technology brings numerous complexities and eventually may deliver limited benefits.

• Kevin A. Desouza
• June 20, 2017
• Issue Brief

Paraguay’s military faces the twin challenges of maintaining internal and external security, and fighting narco-trafficking while facing bloc obsolescence of its existing assets.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• June 12, 2017
• Issue Brief

As India enters the Eurasian integration path, it needs to be aware that there is an emerging trend in favour of intra-regional cooperation in Central Asia.

• P. Stobdan
• June 07, 2017
• Issue Brief

The Imam Shamil Battalion has claimed responsibility for the April 3 metro bombing in St. Petersburg and conveyed that the attack was retaliation against Russia’s targeting of jihadis in Syria, Libya and Chechnya.

• Prabha Rao
• May 25, 2017
• Issue Brief

The DNC and En Marche hacking instances offer a peek into the future: data leaks and cyber means of electoral intervention are likely to become an unfortunate and inevitable part of the electoral process.

• Munish Sharma
• May 22, 2017
• Issue Brief

Behind the media hype about India's ‘unwavering support' for the Palestinian cause, there is a subtle but unmistakable shift in its policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• May 18, 2017
• Issue Brief