Research Associate under the Pakistan News Digest Project, IDSA, Dr. Zainab Akhter’s article on the attack on famous Sufi shrine Data Darbar in Lahore, titled ‘The Data Darbar Suicide Attack’ has been published by All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on May 10, 2019.

Crude oil prices have firmed up after the Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) waiver granted by the US to eight nations, including India, allowing them to import gradually diminishing quantities of oil from Iran, ended on May 2. The hardening of prices is inevitable if additional oil supplies do not reach the market to compensate for the approximately 1.3 million barrels per day (mbd) reduction in Iranian oil.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr. Mohd. Muddassir Quamar’s commentary on Asia Cooperation Dialogue, titled ‘Asia Cooperation Dialogue: Promoting Partnership for Peace and Prosperity’ has been published by All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on May 05, 2019.

Research Associate under the Pakistan News Digest Project, IDSA, Dr. Zainab Akhter’s article on Lok Sabha elections in Ladakh, titled ‘Elections in Ladakh: Internal fault lines’ has been published in the opinion section of ‘Rising Kashmir’ on May 05, 2019.

In Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, Ladakh is the largest Lok Sabha constituency area wise and is divided into four broader constituencies, Leh, Nubra, Kargil and Zanskar. The politics in the region is complicated due to internal fault-lines and underneath simmering communal tension between Kargil and Leh, writes Dr. Akhter.

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article on India’s space programme, titled ‘India makes strides towards space security’ has been published in East Asia Forum on May 04, 2019.

India has a vibrant space programme and is keen to use space for developmental and commercial purposes. In the coming decades there could be a ‘space race for resources’ with asteroid mining becoming a reality. India needs to ensure that all treaties in the space domain are fair, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

Research Analyst, IDSA, Dr. Mathew Sinu Simon’s article on Internal Security, titled ‘Internal Security: Issues and Challenges’ appeared in the April-June 2019 issue of Raksha Aniverda magazine (pp 48-51).

The issues and challenges for internal security are multiple-fold and complex. What is required is political will emphasised for resolution of disputes, coupled with sound administration of development in conflict prone districts, ground based strategic communications to counter extremist narratives and efficient counter insurgency operations, writes Dr Simon.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Meena Singh Roy’s article on India-Iran relations, titled ‘India’s Iran Dilemma’ has been published in the Economic Times on April 29, 2019.

Given the current volatile situation in Yemen and Libya combined with major uncertainty in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan it is extremely important to engage Iran to find long-term solutions to the regional problems through smart, balanced diplomacy and dialogue, writes Dr Roy.

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Senior Fellow, IDSA, Dr Ashok Behuria’s article on radicalization in South Asia, titled ‘South Asia Faces the Threat of Radicalisation’ was published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on April 27, 2019.

A report on the 20th Asian Security Conference, co-authored by Research Fellow, IDSA and Conference Coordinator, Dr Jagannath Panda and Assistant Coordinator, Ms Atmaja Gohain Baruah, was published in the April 2019 issue of India Strategic.

The Asian Security Conference was organised by IDSA on March 26-28, 2019, and sought to discuss the theme of the state of Multipolarism in Asia and the various tectonic shifts that are driving it.

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Consultant to Indigenous Historical Knowledge Project at IDSA, Col PK Gautam’s article ‘Military-Ecology Interface’ has been published in the Journal of the United Service Institution of India (USI), Vol. CXLIX, No. 615, January-March 2019.