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
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
China relents but cannot stop North Korea from weapon proliferation China’s objection to the early release of a UN report on North Korea’s compliance with UN sanctions stemmed from its misplaced confidence in international diplomacy. Rajaram Panda | November 12, 2010 | IDSA Comments
China Air Show-Zhuhai 16 November 2010 Thousands of aviation enthusiasts and professionals are bound to throng to Zhuhai on 16 November, but one wonders if Indian aviation companies and other SMEs would send their delegations or sell their wares at the show. Ramesh Phadke | November 11, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Indonesia-US Relations in the context of President Obama’s visit President Obama’s visit to Indonesia is expected to excise the sense of drift in the relationship that had crept in the post-Suharto phase of transition. Udai Bhanu Singh | November 10, 2010 | IDSA Comments
