Terrorism and Electoral Politics in Assam While the study of electoral politics in the North East explains how democracy can absorb former rebels, it fails to answer the critical question of the victims’ right to justice. Kishalay Bhattacharjee | March 11, 2011 | IDSA Comments
An Arab Revolution? While the Arab Revolution might or might not prove as seminal as the French or the Russian, it has changed the geopolitics significantly and irrevocably. K. P. Fabian | March 10, 2011 | Issue Brief
Wake-up Call for Persian Gulf Rulers Rulers of Gulf states should initiate reforms to accommodate the voices and aspirations of different sections of their societies. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | March 08, 2011 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2011-12 The defence budget for 2011-12 has not been unduly impacted by the fiscal consolidation process, and reflects the MoD’s ability to spend resources within the stipulated time. Laxman Kumar Behera | March 07, 2011 | IDSA Comments
EU needs Turkey more than ever before With Turkey’s accession negotiations for EU membership going nowhere, Ankara is pursuing other diplomatic options. Rajorshi Roy | March 07, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Kan Naoto’s Uncertain Political Future Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is walking a tight rope with plunging popularity and growing demands for his resignation. Rajaram Panda | March 07, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir The demand for autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) followed by heated discourses on the subject has been appearing and fading intermittently. The demand as well as discourses, articulated by particular parties in the state, receives equal responses from political parties and analysts at the national level. In fact, the subject has acquired sharp political overtones over a period of time. Riyaz Punjabi | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The India–China Nuclear Relationship The India–China nuclear-strategic relationship has been surprisingly under studied, given the rising interest in the strategic interaction between the two countries. 1 Part of the reason is that India's nuclear capabilities have been relatively limited vis-à-vis China, though this is exaggerated by the tendency among Indian analysts to focus on the need to target Beijing. There is no evident reason why China should not be deterred by the targeting of other cities that are closer to India. Kartik Bommakanti , Rajesh M. Basrur | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Did India Change its Nuclear Doctrine?: Much Ado about Nothing Fears by some analysts that India has recently altered its nuclear doctrine, and particularly its no first use policy, are unfounded. Vipin Narang | March 01, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Addressing Kashmir The spate of rioting which plagued Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from June 2010 is testimony to the mismanagement of developments by both the state and central governments. This is all the more unfortunate as near normalcy had been established in Jammu and Kashmir following the November 2008 elections and the downtrend in insurgency through 2009 and early 2010. Satish Chandra | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
