The Quest for Nuclear Energy in West Asia: Energy Security or Strategic Necessity Most of the countries in West Asia have expressed an interest in developing nuclear energy. For them their growing demand of electricity owing to the increasing population, growing industries, their eternal reliance on the desalinated water and environmental protection are the major drivers of their decision to produce nuclear energy. Importantly, they would like to use nuclear energy for domestic consumption and supply oil and gas to earn more revenues. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
European Energy Security: Facing a Future of Increasing Dependency by Peter Truscott Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Geopolitics of Energy in West Asia: Competing Foreign Interests and Prospects for Regional Realignment The article analyses international politics surrounding the Iranian nuclear crisis, and its implications for stakeholders such as the United States and its western allies as well as for emerging market countries including India, China, and Turkey which are especially interested in Iran's energy resources. Given the existence of multiplicity of interests of these countries, often conflicting, the article analyses three possible scenarios of how the Iranian nuclear crisis is likely to be addressed. Atul Aneja | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The Economics and Politics of Climate Change by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn (Eds.) P. K. Gautam | November 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India, US and The Entity List The US government has had a system to control exports through much of their history. In modern times, this aspect of export controls took a new meaning and role with the onset of the cold war in the late 40s. G. Balachandran | October 29, 2010 | Issue Brief
India-United States 2020 This report summarizes the conclusions of a study that was initiated earlier this year on the future of India United States relations in the coming decade. Untitled , Untitled , Anurag Bisen | October 29, 2010 | Policy Brief
NASA Engaging China NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited Beijing on October 16 – 21 to discuss cooperation in manned space flight. While one swallow does not make a summer, it may signal that the US may be considering greater engagement with China in outer space, particularly manned flight. Gunjan Singh | October 29, 2010 | IDSA Comments
PM’s visit to Japan: CEPA will transform India-Japan Ties The fruits of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Japan can be seen in the conclusion of negotiations on the long-pending CEPA, start of the negotiations on a civil nuclear pact and sharing of views on Afghanistan, UN reform, and on engaging China as a responsible stakeholder for peace and stability in Asia. Rajaram Panda | October 29, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Will CIL’s IPO lead to revolutionary transformation of the coal sector? The long awaited IPO of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Limited, is finally ready to issue on Dalal Street next week. It is hoped that it will herald a significant transformation of the sector and usher in much needed restructuring and reform to make it more efficient and productive and ensure India’s long term energy security. Shahana Joshi | October 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Should India Sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation? This paper argues that the CSC does not confer any benefit to India and that it may in fact prove to be detrimental to Indian interests and why it should, therefore, not be signed. G. Balachandran | October 27, 2010 | Issue Brief
