Debating the Doctrine of Military Intervention The emerging doctrine of intervention is built around the ability of the international community, mainly the US-led western alliance, to impose its collective will in order to restore a deteriorating situation or to prevent a nascent conflict from burgeoning into full blown war with wider ramifications. Gurmeet Kanwal | September 13, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Implications of New States in the Union of India Creation of new states is likely to undermine India’s polity and governance and consequently the socio-economic progress. Cost-benefit analysis suggests that only in some respects the newly-created states have performed better. Gautam Sen | September 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Come November in Nepal… The transitional politics in the Himalayan Kingdom has entered choppy waters with the breakaway radical faction of the Maoist party vowing to disrupt the election to a new constituent assembly slated in November this year. Post Bahadur Basnet | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Great Gas Game over Syria New energy find in West Asia will set forth new political equations. Syria alone has discovered huge proven gas, oil and shale reserves. Whether the Assad regime survives or a change of regime happens there would determine the global gas system in a large way. Gulshan Dietl | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
How has the West responded to ‘gassing’ in West Asia? It is not so much because of the use of chemical weapons that will unleash US fire-power, but the fact that the Assad regime might be winning the civil war in conjunction with its Iranian and Hezbollah allies. R. S. Kalha | September 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
China-India Joint Military Drill: Time for a Review Joint military exercises hold strategic relevance but India must consider seriously that despite the Annual Defence Dialogue mechanism and joint training exercises, incursions in the border regions have increased over the years. Jagannath P. Panda | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Indian Airpower Afloat The Indian navy has long aspired for a true blue water capability and the aircraft carrier project is a critical part of safeguarding India’s maritime interest that includes providing security along the sea lanes of communication. Vivek Kapur | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Vietnam-US Rapprochement: A New Phase Vietnam’s president Sang’s visit to the US is historic in many ways and promises to bring in a new era of partnership through active trade relations and strategic alliance as a counterweight to China. Rahul Mishra | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Arrest of Yasin Bhatkal: An Analysis The arrest of Bhatkal, head of the Indian Mujahideen, highlights the measures taken by security agencies including improved coordination in different states to apprehend a number of terrorists in the last few years. Anshuman Behera | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Untold History of the United States Filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick’s The Untold History of the United States is an uncompromising and riveting account of the uncomfortable aspects of American history. The book studies the period from the beginning of the 20th century right up to the present regime of Obama and highlights the extent to which democratic ideas have been abandoned by the world’s largest democracy. Atul K. Thakur | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
