Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's piece ‘Japan's new defense white paper sharpens aim at China’ has been published in Asia Times.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s article ‘Rekindling of the Indo-Iranian Ties’ has been published on the Raksha Anirveda website on July 13, 2021.

The article discusses the imperatives of the spurt in political contacts with Iran in recent months.
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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘Richard Branson’s space visit, where are Indian billionaires? Has been published in Financial Express on July 13, 2021.

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Ms Shruti Pandalai’s short essay discussing how China is driving alignments the Indo-Pacific and wider implications for the region has been published in the GP-ORF Series titled 'Brass Tacks: Unpacking the Indo Pacific’, on July 13, 2021.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s article ‘The Geopolitics of OIC Activism on Kashmir’ has been published in Financial Express on July 13, 2021.

The article underlines the historical Pakistani proclivity to use OIC to internationalize the Kashmir issue and the geopolitical competition among members of OIC for continuing its anti-India stand.
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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s Issue Brief ‘Comments on ISRO’s Draft National Space Transportation Policy-2020’ has been published by Society for the Study of peace and Conflict (SSPC), on July 12, 2021.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has presented a Draft National Space Transportation Policy-2020 in the public domain for comments. This issue brief is a humble attempt toward that effect. It identifies why ISRO has come out (timing) with this policy and offers some observations on this draft policy, says Gp. Capt. Lele.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Commentary ‘The Structural Limits of the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative’ has been published at the Pacific Forum.

The commentary essentially argues that despite its merits, the SCRI is structurally limited right now. Yet with economic transformation and post-pandemic recovery shaping regional power distribution, the expectations for the SCRI are immense. To meet expectations, the Australia-Japan-India trilateral must acknowledge the challenges and shape the initiative adequately to overcome them.

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA. Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘Celebrity guinea pigs: Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going to Space’ has been published in Financial Express on July 09, 2021.

Research Analyst, Dr. Gulbin Sultana’s article ‘India reacts to the “India Out” campaign in the Maldives’ has been published in Financial Express on July 7, 2021.

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr. Rajorshi Roy’s Op-ed ‘A Thaw in Geneva: Biden-Putin’s Tactical Shift’ has been published in ‘The Pioneer’ on July 4, 2021.