India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue: Another Positive Step The SED should eventually create a greater interface at the sub-national level by including other arenas of cooperation like defence, tourism, sports, and cultural interaction involving a wider exchange at the level of people. Joe Thomas Karackattu | October 03, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Prospects and Challenges for Expanding India-Japan Economic Relations A new tide is visible in Japan for expanding Indo-Japan relations based on mutual complementarities. Makoto KOJIMA | October 03, 2011 | Issue Brief
South Korea’s Naval Base on Ulleung Island South Korea hopes that the new base will help strengthen its territorial rights on Dokdo as the base would enable its ships to reach the islands quickly. Rajaram Panda | October 03, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Richard Bonney, Tridivesh Singh Maini and Tahir Malik (Eds.), Warriors after War: Indian and Pakistani Retired Military Leaders Reflect on Relations between the Two Countries, Past, Present and Future This is an interesting book which offers views, insights and analyses of the relations between India and Pakistan through the interviews with top 26 ex-military officials from both the nations. These officers from both the sides held important positions and provided crucial leadership to their respective militaries in the years after the birth of two nations in 1947. The book attempts to explore whether sustainable peace is possible between both the nations and what are the prospects for the resolution of all outstanding issues between the two nations including the Kashmir dispute. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict? Lower riparian countries likely to be affected by China’s construction of dams and river diversion projects in Tibet need to initiate a bilateral or multilateral dialogue with China. Hari Bansh Jha | September 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict? Lower riparian countries likely to be affected by China’s construction of dams and river diversion projects in Tibet need to initiate a bilateral or multilateral dialogue with China. Hari Bansh Jha | September 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
The ‘Orchid Revolution’ in Singapore The PAP needs to make itself more responsive to the common Singaporean’s demands in order to remain the single-most powerful representative of the people of Singapore. Rahul Mishra | September 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Flood Redux: Need for Institutional Disaster Preparedness While the institutional reforms and structures are in place, often their effectiveness is impeded by corrupt practices and lack of proper maintenance and implementation on ground. Medha Bisht | September 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Sino-Indian Trade: Smoothening the Rough Edges The composition of the Indian delegation to the ongoing Strategic Economic Dialogue is suggestive that issues such as telecom, water, infrastructural development and railways are being discussed on a priority basis. R N Das | September 27, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Indian Nuclear Posture: Confusing Signals from DRDO India is currently in the midst of a battery of scheduled missile tests at its Chandipur test range off the coast of Orissa, including scheduled tests of the Prithvi-II and Agni-II. On Saturday, India tested, for the third time, a 750-km semi-ballistic missile named Shourya. The Shourya has roughly the same range as the Agni-I but is designed to be more mobile, with a reduced logistics trail. Vipin Narang | September 26, 2011 | IDSA Comments
