Climate Change and Conflict in South Asia It is now commonly accepted that small island countries are facing an existential threat because of global warming and the consequent rise in the level of the oceans. P. K. Gautam | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Emerging Space Powers by Brian Harvey, Henk Smid and Theo Pirard Within the ever expanding genre of conflict and security-related literature, there is a less investigated field that pertains to futuristic technologies and the harnessing of science for the purposes of mass destruction and targeted warfare. This is the arena of space, the battlefield of major powers and the arena for power expansion into the extra-terrestrial. Ajey Lele | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Comment on ‘The Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Paradigm and India’ Rajiv Nayan's article is both important and interesting. It is important because nuclear weapons pose a threat to humanity and the planet that in magnitude, severity and immediacy is the gravest of all known risks confronting us today. Ramesh Thakur | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks and Power in India by Robert S. Anderson Science and the Baconian spirit of scientific rationality have long inspired Indians, many of whom, including the country's first prime minister, regarded the superiority of Western science as the root cause of the subcontinent's subjection to foreign rule. Jayita Sarkar | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
‘Social Capital’ and its Significance in Reimagining Chindia Writings on India–China relations in recent years are increasingly seen to be imputing Machiavellian realism to the political and, increasingly, economic sphere of interaction. Joe Thomas Karackattu | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
A Time Series Forecast of Geopolitical Market Concentration (GMC) Risk: An Analysis of the Crude Oil Diversification Portfolio of India The oil-rich Middle East region is always seen as a politically volatile region, but it has been the source of crude oil supply to all major consumers worldwide for decades. The article makes an empirical analysis of the geopolitical risk of India's diversification portfolio, which is skewed towards the Middle East. Neeladri Chatterjee | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Growing Economic Presence in Ukraine and Belarus China is gradually increasing its economic and commercial presence in Eastern Europe by signing bilateral agreements with countries that are still in transition, some of which are members of the European Union (EU). Richard Rousseau | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
The Delicate Balance: Israel and India’s Foreign Policy Practice India's foreign policy interactions with Israel are marked by a political discreetness which is in contrast to its prominent political engagement with the Palestinians and countries of the Arab world. India plays down its robust defence engagement with Israel, censures Israeli policies regarding the Palestinians, supports Palestinian-related resolutions at multi-lateral forums like the UN, differs strongly from Israeli policy on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme while being opposed to the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons capability. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Overseas Assets: Do They Contribute to Energy Security? When a resource-deficient country becomes industrialised lifestyles become increasingly energy intensive, compelling it to seek resources overseas. Shebonti Ray Dadwal | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Sino-Indian relations 2011: A Mixed Bag of Highs and Lows The year gone by witnessed India’s firm responses to bilateral issues and China’s appreciation of the Indian position, thus providing a positive momentum to India-China relations. R N Das | December 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
