Political Stalemate and Transitional Justice in Post-conflict Nepal Failure to provide justice will significantly undermine the capacity of the state to uphold the rule of law and undermine the foundations of the new institutions that are being instituted. Monalisa Adhikari November 21, 2012 Issue Brief
What did China Gain at the End of the Fighting in November 1962? By first crossing the McMahon Line and then retreating north beyond the McMahon Line on the conclusion of hostilities, the Chinese only served to further reinforce the validity of the McMahon Line as the international frontier. R. S. Kalha November 21, 2012 IDSA Comments
India-Japan Join Hands to Challenge China’s Rare Earth Monopoly The most interesting aspect of India and Japan coming together is that they are also proposing to engage with other states where REEs are available for excavation. Ajey Lele November 20, 2012 IDSA Comments
The Gaza Escalation With reports noting that the Israeli government had authorised the mobilisation of close to 75,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion, international attention is currently focussed on preventing this possibility S. Samuel C. Rajiv November 20, 2012 IDSA Comments
Can Israel Afford the Risk of Operation Cast Lead Part 2? While the United States stands committed to Israel, though in a much muted tone, there has been outrage in the region, particularly from Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia as well as the Arab League. Agarwal, Rajeev November 19, 2012 IDSA Comments
China to Launch Satellite for Sri Lanka: India’s Missed Opportunity? India has much to learn from China with regard to using space as an ‘instrument of influence’ and also needs to expand the global footprint of its expertise. Ajey Lele November 16, 2012 IDSA Comments
Japan-China spat over the Senkakus shows no sign of abating To avoid further deterioration in the bilateral relationship, both Japan and China need to now abandon their hard-line stance and stop escalating nationalistic sentiments among their people. Pranamita Baruah November 14, 2012 IDSA Comments
India and the Outgoing Chinese Leadership: Change with Continuity A noticeable aspect of the close political relationship between India and China is the fact that in spite of changes in regimes the relationship has continued to grow. R N Das November 14, 2012 IDSA Comments
Cut in Defence Budget 2012-13: Prospects and Consequences On the capital side, there may not be much of an adverse impact of reduction in allocation if the MMRCA contract gets pushed to the next year. On the revenue side, procurement of ammunition and other equipment as well as maintenance of legacy systems would be adversely affected. Amit Cowshish November 14, 2012 IDSA Comments
Change of Guard in China: The Context and the Actors Due to circumstances prevailing inside and outside China, a lot is expected from the new leaders and thus this leadership change is a vastly important process for China and for the world. Avinash Godbole November 12, 2012 IDSA Comments
