Prosecution of War Criminals in Bangladesh: The Verdict Starts Coming Punishing war criminals would not only meet a long-standing demand of Bangladesh’s freedom-fighters but also take the country further on the path of secularism. Anand Kumar | January 22, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Promoting SEZs to Boost the Indian Aerospace Sector India’s first aerospace-focussed SEZ that QuEST Global has set up at Hattargi village near Belgaum seeks to transform the Indian aerospace sector by striving to create a well-endowed aerospace ecosystem at one location. Radhakrishna Rao | January 22, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Will Netanyahu’s Return Lead to Increased Israeli Isolation? Going by Netanyahu’s present term, the return of a stronger Right Wing coalition may lead to increased friction in the region and increased Israeli isolation as well. Rajeev Agarwal | January 19, 2013 | Issue Brief
India and Pakistan: Getting Along with the Peace Process Even as it presses for action against the people responsible for beheading of Indian soldiers, India should take care not to disengage from the process of dialogue. Smruti S. Pattanaik | January 18, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Assessing Pakistan’s Transgression on the Line of Control The declining domestic standing of the Pakistan Army is likely to be bolstered through military tensions on the LoC, social upheaval in Jammu & Kashmir and religious hysteria within Pakistan as a prelude to adopting a more proactive role in Kashmir. Vivek Chadha | January 16, 2013 | Issue Brief
A Level-Playing Field that Isn’t: How India’s Defence Offset Procedures Could Discriminate against Indian Bidders It is time that India’s offset regulations and defence procurement procedures are weeded for provisions formalising differential treatment against Indian bidders. Sandeep Verma | January 15, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Beijing is choking (and can’t hide it anymore) Beijing’s smog, while recurrent, has been at its worst this winter and is an example of what is wrong with China’s political economy. Avinash Godbole | January 15, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Cooperation Between Indian and Myanmar Armed Forces: Need to Move Away from a Weapons & Equipment Supply-Based Relationship While India has supplied arms and equipment quite selectively to Myanmar, the outcome, which was expected to serve India’s interests, has not been commensurate. Gautam Sen | January 15, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Decoding the International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities by Ajey Lele (ed.) After becoming the first country to oppose the annual non-binding UN resolution ‘Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space’ in 2005, the US made it clear to the United Nations that it ‘will continue to consider the possible role that [S]pace-related weapons may play in protecting [its] [S]pace assets.’ This was only a precursor to the 2006 National Space Policy of the US that has cleared the way for the deployment of Spacebased weapons by the US. Ajey Lele | January 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
Peace is Everybody’s Business by Arjun Ray The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been ravaged by terror for over two decades. The scourge of terror, which was largely limited to the Kashmir valley and Jammu region, cast a shadow on Ladakh, the largest district of the state. In 1999, Ladakh, and in particular the area of Kargil, earned fame for the bloody battle that was fought between India and Pakistan. The inhabitants of Ladakh, largely Muslims of the Shia faith and Buddhists, were alienated, victims of apathy and neglect, living in abject poverty and denied governance. Mandip Singh | January 2013 | Journal of Defence Studies
