Applying Failure Mode, Effects And Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Ensuring Mission Reliability of Equipment FMECA of equipment is an effective scientific tool to identify the assemblies, sub-assemblies and components that are critical for the satisfactory performance of equipment. Mahendra Prasad May 08, 2012 Issue Brief
Precision Weapons in Aerial Warfare Precision in aerial warfare, which initially lay in the individual skills of combatants, has shifted to machines through the incorporation of advanced technology. Vivek Kapur May 08, 2012 Issue Brief
US Strategic Thinking in an Era of Energy Self Sufficiency With the United States possibly becoming self sufficient in oil and natural gas, a profound change in its strategic thinking is bound to take place. R. S. Kalha May 08, 2012 IDSA Comments
Intellectual Property Rights in China The crux of the problem in China lies in the lack of efficient enforcement of IP laws because of the disconnect between the law as it exists in theory and as it is practiced. Prathima R. Appaji May 08, 2012 IDSA Comments
The Conscription of Children as Ultras in Manipur The Government of India may perform a catalytic role to activate community-cum-family based endeavours with particular emphasis on sports-related and youth activities—areas in which the Manipuris naturally tend to excel. Gautam Sen May 04, 2012 IDSA Comments
Chen Guangcheng and US-China relations: An Epilogue Chen’s departure from the US embassy in Beijing points to the unwillingness and inability of the US to bring to bear any pressure on China on human rights issues. Rukmani Gupta May 03, 2012 IDSA Comments
Chen Guangcheng and US-China Relations The issue of Chen Guangcheng will require much time and many rounds of negotiations so that neither China nor the US “lose face”. Rukmani Gupta May 01, 2012 IDSA Comments
Nonalignment 2.0: A Realist Critique of An Establishmentarian Perspective From a Realist perspective, the key problem with a Nehruvian/Liberal approach to foreign policy is that it misunderstands power and ignores the centrality of balance of power politics in interstate relations. Rajesh Rajagopalan May 01, 2012 IDSA Comments
Making the Law of the Sea – A Study in the Development of International Law by James Harrison The cornerstone of international law is ‘applicability of law based on consent’. Being bereft of any legislative machinery to legislate international law in the international sphere, the statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) adumbrates ‘treaty, customary international law and general principles of law, etc.’, as the sources of international law. Treaties (both bilateral and multilateral) formulation, however, is one such mechanism of codification of international law in which consent is given explicitly to a rule of international law. B.M. Dimri May 2012 Strategic Analysis
Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century by James R. Holmes, Andrew Winner and Toshi Yoshihara The 44th book in the Cass Series on Naval Policy and History, this book is an academic study of India's emerging maritime strategy from a Western perspective. Not surprisingly, therefore, it attempts to offer a systematic analysis of the shadow play between Western military thought and Indian maritime traditions. Rikeesh Sharma May 2012 Strategic Analysis
