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
The Sino-Japanese Rare Earths Row: Will China’s Loss be India’s Gain? Following the dispute over the seizure of a Chinese trawler and its crew by Japan in the disputed waters in the East China Sea believed to be rich in oil and gas resources, Beijing has been flexing its muscles against Tokyo in another area. However, this one may have far deeper consequences not only for Japan but for the rest of the world. Shebonti Ray Dadwal | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan: Crisis is Inherent On March 23 every year a ritual is performed in Pakistan: observation of Pakistan Day. Forty-two years ago on this day, the Muslim League, which then was 34 years old, adopted a resolution in Lahore demanding separation of Muslims from India. The president of the League, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, expounded a theory that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations. Samuel Baid | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Public Diplomacy in India’s Foreign Policy The last few years have witnessed an incredible change in global communications as well as politics. The proliferation of 24/7 news channels, the spread of the Internet and the ready availability of mobile phones with digital cameras are having a profound impact on the international media and on the manner in which governments formulate their media strategies. At the same time, global issues like terrorism, climate change or even multilateral trade negotiations have come to be closely intertwined with the domestic political agenda. Navdeep Suri | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security by Gregory D. Koblentz Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2009, pp. 256, $35, ISBN 978-0-8014-4768-6 Monalisa Joshi | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
