Multiple Rebel ‘Naga Armies’ in Nagaland Without rooting out the parallel structures of an illegitimate economy and violence existing in Nagaland, efforts undertaken by Naga civil society to bring about peaceful reconciliation would only deliver sub-optimal results. Namrata Goswami | July 06, 2012 | IDSA Comments
African Union COMMISSION IN A STALEMATE The imbroglio over who should be chairperson of the African Union Commission has exposed deep divisions among African states, which will undermine the effective functioning of the commission itself. Babjee Pothuraju | July 06, 2012 | Backgrounder
NATO Supply-Lines: Crocodile Tears and India Dilute Pakistan’s Ghairat Regardless of the spin and gloss that Pakistan puts on the decision to re-open NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, it was in large measure the result of sustained US economic, political and diplomatic pressure. Sushant Sareen | July 06, 2012 | IDSA Comments
SM Krishna’s Visit to Tajikistan and India’s ‘Connect Central Asia’ Policy SM Krishna’s visit marks the stepping up of India’s newly pronounced ‘connect Central Asia’ policy, although the biggest challenge is convert the proposals into reality. Meena Singh Roy | July 05, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Debating the Interlocutors’ Report on Jammu and Kashmir There is much scope for imaginative thinking on the desirability, compatibility of goals and feasibility of the political, cultural and socio-economic components of the new compact as suggested by the Interlocutors. Arpita Anant | July 04, 2012 | IDSA Comments
ULFA Talks: Focusing the Dialogue on Resolvables It is important that the ULFA talks do not get enmeshed on issues that create divisions, counter-claims and result in lack of consensus leading to a locked positional dialogue with no resolution in sight. Namrata Goswami | July 03, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Arms Trade Treaty and India Since the idea of export controls may be new for a large number of countries, and most of the proposed provisions are borrowed from existing systems in developed countries, the treaty should be flexible enough to remove redundant provisions and adopt new provisions suitable for changed circumstances. Rajiv Nayan | July 02, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Stabilising Afghanistan: Role of Key Regional Players Unless the Central Asian states, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Russia jointly contribute towards ensuring stability, Afghanistan is likely to fall to the Taliban again or even break up. Gurmeet Kanwal | July 02, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Beyond the Maoist Split: The political impasse to continue Genuine negotiation efforts, timely discussions, and broader participation of groups asserting rights based on identity are necessary to help break the impasse in Nepali politics on the issue of federalism. Monalisa Adhikari | July 02, 2012 | IDSA Comments
India’s Afghan Policy: Beyond Bilateralism The India–Afghanistan relationship is not a simple bilateral engagement. India's Afghan policy is driven by, and is dependent on, many extraneous factors such as India's troubled relationship with Pakistan, its search for a land transit to Central Asia through Iran and Afghanistan and its concerns regarding use of Afghan territory by Pakistan to the detriment of Indian interests. Given the geographical constraints, India has relied on Iran for land access to Afghanistan. This has been complicated by Iran–US relations —the two countries with whom India shares common interests. Smruti S. Pattanaik | July 2012 | Strategic Analysis
