Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajneesh Singh’s article ‘AI in warfare: Unleashing Pandora's box’ has been published in First Post on 26 May 2024.

Although companies involved in the testing and manufacturing of artificial intelligence-powered platforms claim decisions to attack targets rest with humans, no one can deny there exists an overhang of AI-powered combat robots bypassing humans, says Col Singh.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s chapter ‘India’s National Security and the Way Ahead’ has been published in NN Vohra’s edited book ‘India’s National Security Challenges’.

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘50 years of Pokhran-I’ has been published in Taaza Khabar News on 23 May 2024.

Today, while celebrating the five decades of India’s entry into the field of nuclear weaponry, it is important not to lose the site of the efforts of the scientific community towards the conduct of Pokhran-I, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘From Kautilya to Immanuel Kant: Lessons for a world at war’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 23 May 2024.

The article highlights the relevance of Immanuel Kant's ideas and India's ancient wisdom and teachings in devising a new moral compass for a global order in disarray.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article 'President Raisi's demise leaves Iran at a cross roads' has been published in Hindustan Times on 21 May, 2024.

Raisi’s rise to the presidency had been systematically brought about by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of a generational change in Iran’s political leadership, says Dr Saraswat.

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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Ashish Shukla’s article ‘The Chabahar Port and India-Iran Agreement’ has been published by the International Centre for Peace Studies, on 21 May 2024.

The article traces the history of India-Iran engagement on Chabahar, provides a critical analysis of it and identifies the challenges ahead.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘What Putin’s rejig in Kremlin mean for relations with Delhi’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 20 May 2024.

The piece analyses the recent shuffle in Kremlin by President Putin. From India's point of view, most significant is the departure of Nikolai Patrushev, long-standing Secretary of the Security Council of Russia (National Security Advisor).

Research Assistant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s chapter ‘Prospects of Multi-Track Diplomacy in India-Pakistan Relation’ has been published in Omkar Bhole and Ratish Mehta’s co-edited book ‘India’s Soft Push for Power in South Asia: Shaping A Favourable Tomorrow’, on 20 May 2024.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Smruti S. Pattanaik’s review ‘Ground Realities behind the Statistics’, of Deep Halder and Avishek Biswas’ book ‘Being Hindu In Bangladesh: 'The Untold Story’ has been published in ‘The Book Review Journal’.

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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Smruti S. Pattanaik’s article ‘Iran’s eastward push’ has been published in ‘The Kathmandu Post’ on 11 May 2024.

Iran is concerned about the presence of several countries in the Indian Ocean and wants to protect its genuine commercial interest in this region, says Dr Pattanaik.

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