Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Set to Chart a New Trajectory The most important though understated aspect of Obama’s visit to India was the forward movement on almost all facets of defence cooperation. Gurmeet Kanwal November 23, 2010 IDSA Comments
Indonesia- China relations: Challenges and Opportunities During the course of their sixty year-old bilateral relationship, Indonesia and China have gone through many ups and downs. A great part of the formative years of this relationship was marred by mutual apathy, if not distrust. Rahul Mishra , Irfa Puspitasari November 22, 2010 Issue Brief
Why Japan’s economy is ailing? Japan needs to structurally transform domestic demand by focusing on its service sector – medical services, education, environment, and health. Rajaram Panda November 22, 2010 IDSA Comments
Cold Start as Deterrence against Proxy War As long as the sub-conventional deterrence holds, the enunciation of the Cold Start doctrine actually introduces a degree of strategic stability in the region. Sushant Sareen November 22, 2010 IDSA Comments
North Korea – Construction of Nuclear Power Plant In the latest game of one-upmanship, North Korea has up the ante by announcing to the world that there is no stopping its nuclear development programme. Rajaram Panda , Ch. Viyyanna Sastry November 18, 2010 IDSA Comments
The 2010 U.S. Mid-Term Elections and American Foreign Policy International security analysts must begin a discussion on how reductions in the U.S. defence budget will influence the nature of bilateral security relationships across Asia Peter Maher November 16, 2010 IDSA Comments
Karachi is Burning, Pakistan is Tottering The continuing spiral of violence in Karachi signals the slow but gradual melting of a nuclear-armed State controlled by a military allied with global terrorist networks. Rajeev Sharma November 15, 2010 IDSA Comments
Russia-China-India Trilateral: Calibrating a Fine Balance The importance of the RIC trilateral initiative lies in the fact that India, Russia and China, as countries with growing international influence, can make substantive contributions to global peace, security and stability. R N Das November 15, 2010 IDSA Comments
New Zealand’s Defence White Paper 2010 As an island country deep down in the Pacific, New Zealand’s security is under no great direct threat from any external source, though turbulence in the neighbourhood would be a matter of concern. Rajaram Panda November 15, 2010 IDSA Comments
Obama’s Visit and the Nuclear Conundrum The joint statement on nuclear issues reflects the combined endeavour of the two countries to find a new common ground, though the final outcome reflects the struggle of the traditional contending approaches of India and the United States. Rajiv Nayan November 12, 2010 IDSA Comments
