Is India–Nepal–China Trilateral Cooperation Possible? Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, the chairman of the United Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN) (Maoist), visited India on April 27–30, 2013, shortly after he had returned from a week-long visit to China. During his visits to China and India, Prachanda proposed trilateral cooperation between India, Nepal and China. Although he assured India that this trilateral cooperation would be founded on the bilateral relations that Nepal already shares with India, he clearly did not elaborate on the nature of this trilateral cooperation and the issues that need to be discussed within this framework. Editorial Board | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Northern Sea Route: Humming with Activity As the ice thins in the Arctic, the commercial feasibility of the northern sea route is increasing rapidly. Five years ago there was no activity; this year about 1.5 million tonnes of cargo will be transported through the NSR. Arvind Gupta | August 27, 2013 | IDSA Comments
National Cyber Security Policy 2013: An Assessment The public-private partnership and emphasis on research and development are the key features of the document calling for collaborative engagements and operational cooperation with industry and academia. Sanjiv Tomar | August 26, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Israel-Palestine Talks: Enablers and Prospects Prospects of a solution will hinge on the ability of the two sides to moderate their maximalist positions and the ability of the Obama administration to play the role of an ‘honest broker’. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | August 26, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Women in Maoist Ranks Women join as fighters and participate in raids and attacks on police. The military training they receive is as rigorous and strenuous as their male counterparts. P. V. Ramana | August 20, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Locked in LOC: Exploring Cyber Offensive Option for India India’s niche military and intelligence technologies in the field of cyber, space, robotics and jamming can have potential deterrence value and a ‘war minus’ option against Pakistan. Ajey Lele | August 20, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan Policy reduced to a Single Binary Recent events has exposed the absence of any sort of strategic clarity at the political level and sheer lack of options at the diplomatic level on how India should deal with Pakistan. Sushant Sareen | August 14, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Ambush on the LoC: Rethinking the Response There have reportedly been 57 ceasefire violations of the LoC this year, which, according to the MoD, are 80 per cent more than the same period last year, and the number of infiltration attempts have doubled. Vivek Chadha | August 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Anatomy of India and Pakistan Reconciliation Islamabad remains sanguine that as long as it can leverage both cross border terrorism as well as conventional asymmetry by playing the nuclear card, it can easily manage relations with India. Arun Sahgal | August 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Sino-ASEAN Strategic Partnership: The Missing Trust The China-ASEAN strategic partnership marked its 10th year recently but given China’s maritime assertiveness in South China Sea, mistrust remains between China and ASEAN, prompting many to review China’s rise. Jagannath P. Panda | August 07, 2013 | IDSA Comments
