The Current Talibani Assault on the Pakistani Nation What is worrying is that the Army is clearly abandoning its earlier pretence of readiness to take the Islamic zealots head on and sections of the establishment seem more willing now to be just silent accomplices. P. K. Upadhyay November 12, 2012 IDSA Comments
DF-41: China’s answer to the US BMD efforts US efforts to improve and expand its BMD system would degrade Chinese nuclear retaliatory capability thus forcing China to go for a qualitative and quantitative improvement of its nuclear force by deploying more ballistic missiles with MIRV and MARV capability and penetration aids. Arjun Subramanian P November 12, 2012 IDSA Comments
Aftermath of Begum Khaleda Zia`s Visit to India The goodwill built up during Khaleda Zia’s recent India visit needs to be capitalised upon judiciously, by keeping a manifestly even-handed stance on the internal politics of Bangladesh. Gautam Sen November 12, 2012 IDSA Comments
Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Programme: Is it the only Threat? At the core of the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme is the challenge to West Asia’s balance of power from Iran’s growing sphere of influence, which now stretches through Iraq towards the Mediterranean. Agarwal, Rajeev November 09, 2012 IDSA Comments
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and Civil Nuclear Liability The Right of Recourse embedded in the Indian nuclear liability law has ensured that more than four years after the NSG granted exemption to enable nuclear commerce with India, India has not been able to finalise a single contract with any of the countries with which it has signed nuclear cooperation agreements for any nuclear facility. G. Balachandran , Kapil Patil November 09, 2012 Issue Brief
Chinese Aircraft Industry’s New J-31 Stealth Fighter: Implications for India Instead of inducting another fourth generation aircraft under the MMRCA programme, it may be better to replace the MMRCA with a mix of F-35s and increased numbers of Su-30MKI and LCAs. Vivek Kapur November 09, 2012 IDSA Comments
A Siachen Resolution: Why Now? India should put Pakistan on parole and watch its behaviour for 20 years before even beginning to think of any concessions in Siachen or elsewhere. Ramesh Phadke November 08, 2012 IDSA Comments
The Naga Armed Conflict: Is a Resolution Finally Here? A non-territorial resolution for the Naga armed ethnic conflict will offer a way forward to resolving many other ethnic conflicts such as those involving the Kukis, Meiteis, Bodos, Dimasas, Hmars, and Karbis. Namrata Goswami November 08, 2012 IDSA Comments
Rising Instability and Regional Naval Modernisation in East Asia Considering the complementary interests and interdependencies at stake between China and Japan as also their individual aspirations of nation building through peace and stability, a clash over the Senkakus would only result in a ‘lose-lose’ outcome. Kamlesh K. Agnihotri November 02, 2012 IDSA Comments
Introduction In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the Islamic Republic of Iran has emerged as one of the two most debated, contested and commented upon foreign policy issues in India. The other has been the US. The US has remained the pre-eminent global player, following the disintegration and demise of the USSR. Despite its preference for multi-polarity, India, like many other countries, had to recognise the new US-dominated world order and calibrate a policy that was radically different from the one it followed during the Cold War era. P. R. Kumaraswamy November 2012 Strategic Analysis
