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If India is indeed interested in being a ‘rule-maker’ in a multilateral world, alternative approaches to persisting problems is the basic component of it.

• Mehmet Ozkan
• August 11, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The Report lends itself to all kinds of interpretations, does not attempt to correlate responses to questions in the same section, and certainly does not provide the ‘paths to peace’.

• Arpita Anant
• August 10, 2010
• IDSA Comments

While the US may continue to keep its contacts with the Pakistani army and its political leadership and strengthen its presence in Pakistan, can it contain the tide of Islamic radicalism prospering within Pakistan?

• Ashok K. Behuria
• August 05, 2010
• IDSA Comments

China’s foray into Sri Lanka in recent years has somewhat heightened India’s engagement in the island nation, separated by the small stretch of the Palk-Strait

• R N Das
• August 05, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Over the years, a broad pattern regarding the states’ response to various arms control and disarmament agreements is becoming visible. Particularly, states which do have peaceful borders and do not envisage any military threats to their security are usually found opting for various disarmament ideas.

• Ajey Lele
• August 04, 2010
• IDSA Comments

While explicit political control cannot be questioned, it is critical to involve the military as equal partners in the overall decision making process so as to leverage their knowledge, operational experience and unmatched organisational capacities for the well being of the state.

• Harinder Singh
• August 03, 2010
• IDSA Comments

India has to prepare itself for the consequences of an unstable Pakistan headed by a weak civilian government, effectively controlled by the army.

• Ashok K. Behuria , Shamshad A. Khan
• August 03, 2010
• IDSA Comments

What is new for the observers of British foreign policy after the new coalition government came into power, is the endeavour to reposition Britain in a fast-changing global scenario

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• August 03, 2010
• IDSA Comments

To distance herself from the adverse fallout of the unpopular policy decisions taken by Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard has decided to seek a fresh mandate from the electorate.

• Rahul Mishra
• July 29, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Priyanjali Malik’s book titled ‘India’s Nuclear Debate: Exceptionalism and the Bomb’, attempts to examine the public debate which took place among the Indian elite as well as the middle class on India’s nuclear policy. It explains why international pressure on India to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was viewed by ‘attentive India’ as not only a security threat but also infringement on India’s sovereignty. According to the Dr.

• Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav
• July 2010
• Journal of Defence Studies