Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on SCO Summit, titled ‘Modi in Qingdao: China and Russia See SCO as Pivot for India-Pakistan Entente’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on June 9, 2018.

Though the SCO’s charter prohibits the raising of bilateral issues, Moscow and Beijing seem eager to make the organisation a pivot for closer India-Pakistan entente, writes Ambassador Stobdan.

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Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on Chabahar, titled ‘Chabahar India’s Gateway to Eurasia’ has been published by China-India Dialogue on June 9, 2018.

India’s participation in Eurasian connectivity projects will serve to address the integration process under the EAEU and the SCO in more viable ways, writes Ambassador Stobdan.

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Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on India’s regional diplomacy in SCO, titled ‘SCO Summit Will Show if Modi's ‘Informal’ Talks with Putin, Xi Were a Success’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on June 8, 2018.

For India, navigating regional diplomacy in the SCO will likely prove to be far more complex and challenging than in any multilateral forums so far, suggests the article.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar’s article on President Donald Trump’s nuclear policy, titled ‘Trump's volatile nuclear policy begins to take effect’ has been published by the British American Security Information Council on June 7, 2018.

As in many other policy realms, Trump’s nuclear mission also seems to be aimed at reversing the legacy of his immediate predecessor, while having no notable contribution to the initiatives pursued by his Republican predecessor to curb proliferation, even if through proactive means, argues the article.

Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Jagannath Panda’s analysis on Europe’s role in the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, titled ‘Is There a Place for Europe in the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor?’ was published in the Asia Global Online on June 7, 2018.

India and Japan must enlist the European Union (EU) to make the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor successful, writes Dr Panda.

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Research Assistant, IDSA, Ms Nagapushpa Devendra’s article on the recent United States led strike in Syria, titled ‘The Revival Of Cold War: US Strike In Syria’ was published in Oriental Review.org on June 05, 2018.

The Syrian conflict may eventually change the nature of war, marking the beginning of another cold war where Russia will fight archrival US all over again. Thus the Syrian conflict might continue for few more years, suggests the article.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Md Muddassir Quamar’s article on India’s options in the wake of the Syrian conflict, titled ‘Hot War in Syria and Options for India’ was published in the June 2018 edition of Defence and Security Alert.

Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Dr Udai Bhanu Singh’s article on India-Indonesia bilateral relations, titled ‘Emerging India, Indonesia maritime axis’ was published in Free Press Journal (Newspaper) on June 1, 2018.

The article analyses the bilateral relations between the two countries, which after a long hiatus, seem to be headed in a direction where the immense potential may begin to be realised.

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Research Fellow IDSA, Col Vivek Chadha’s article on Pakistan’s Ceasefire proposal along the LoC, titled ‘India should agree to Pakistan's ceasefire proposal, but only on one condition’ has been published in ‘Daily O’ on June 1, 2018.

Peace must return not only along the LoC, but should extend beyond to areas where the terrorists continue with their violent activities.

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Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article on Artificial Intelligence, titled ‘Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Work’ was published on Al-Arabiya TV channel website on May 29, 2018.

Notwithstanding the debate over the prospects and consequences of Artificial Intelligence reaching singularity (exceed human intelligence), the article points to this technology worsening the problem of unemployment for an already struggling global economy.