Ajey Lele

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article on US move to cancel the North Korea Summit, titled ‘Implications of Donald Trump cancelling North Korea summit with Kim Jong-un’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on May 5, 2018.

The article analyses the US president’s decision and argues that he must understand that at times diplomacy is also about losing a battle to win a war.

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• Published: 25 May, 2018

Senior Fellow, IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article on NASA’s moon mission, titled ‘Trump's push to NASA for Moon mission is a game changer’ was published in ‘Daily O’ on December 14, 2017.

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• Published: 14 December, 2017

Given the advertisement surrounding the use of MOAB, it is possible that the Trump administration is signalling to its adversaries the very lethal weapons in its arsenal and its willingness to use them.

• Published: April 18, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Human rights, privacy and protection of confidentiality are important issues, but so are the requirements of intelligence agencies which have to contend with the inhumane activities of terrorist groups and individuals.

• Published: April 07, 2017
• IDSA Comments

North Korea has blatantly breached the chemical weapons ‘red line’ in the killing of the half-brother of Kim Jong-un in Kuala Lumpur on February 13.

• Published: March 06, 2017
• IDSA Comments

In view of China’s adverse reaction to India’s missile testing, this year’s Republic Day parade could have been used for strategic signalling to arrogant entities questioning India’s ‘strategic autonomy’. Nuclear deterrence is also about demonstration and display of capabilities. If you have it, then flaunt it!

• Published: February 09, 2017
• IDSA Comments

While the December 2016 White Paper sheds enough light on China’s growing ambitions in the space sector, it at the same time only reveals what China wants the rest of the world to know.

• Published: January 06, 2017
• Issue Brief

For India, at this point in time, ISRO developing expertise with multiple launch technology is more important from the commercial perspective.

• Published: June 28, 2016
• IDSA Comments

At present, the entire debate on ‘right to be forgotten’ is mainly focused on individual freedom and individual rights. However, it is important to look at this issue from a security angle too.

• Published: June 06, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The cyber-attack on the election commission of The Philippines demonstrates the need for democracies to have a strong cyber security mechanism in place for the smooth conduct of elections.

• Published: May 12, 2016
• IDSA Comments