Chinese Activities in PoK: High Time for India to Put its Act Together A recent New York Times report that 11,000 soldiers of the Peoples’ Liberation Army have been stationed in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the PoK, carries important implications for India. For India to put forth its legitimate claim to the whole of Kashmir, the time is now or else, never. Priyanka Singh | September 09, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Power vacuum and impending regional race in Iraq President Barack Obama’s announcement that the “American combat role in Iraq has ended” has created fresh challenges for the region. Iraq needs to meet the daunting internal and external challenges in the wake of the American withdrawal to ensure stability. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | September 09, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Indonesia’s Protracted War on Terrorism: The Importance of Abu Bakar Ba’asyir’s Arrest Indonesia, which has been taking significant measures to curb terrorism, scored another success with the arrest of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir aka ABB, suspected of having funded and ideologically motivated Al Qaeda Aceh, in early August 2010. The arrest is just one of the steps in a long, consistent and protracted fight to maintain Indonesia’s secular, democratic and republican credentials. Rahul Mishra , Irfa Puspitasari | September 09, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Fruits of Antony’s visit to South Korea: Defence Ties Strengthen further Converging interests between India and South Korea is leading them to position themselves to work closely in the emerging Asian security architecture. Rajaram Panda | September 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Political Culture in Bhutan: A Lost Narrative Creating levers of influence and pursuing a pro-active engagement with Bhutan’s decision-makers is the most effective way of shaping political will to engage the Bhutanese establishment over the issue of refugee repatriation. Medha Bisht | September 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Non-lethal Weapons and Crowd Control There is a need to appreciate the medical, social and ethical consequences and liabilities of the use of non-lethal weapons before putting them to use. Ajey Lele | September 03, 2010 | IDSA Comments
China’s High Risk India Gamble Indian decision makers played down the problems in the India-China relationship for the past decade in the expectation that deepening engagement would influence attitudes at the top level in China and thereby enable hardened positions to soften. Sujit Dutta | September 03, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Climate Change and Environmental Degradation in Tibet: Implications for Environmental Security in South Asia Both the Chinese government and the Tibetans are in agreement over the impending issues relating to the adverse impact of climate change on Tibet while the India-specific data on glacier melt is as yet inconclusive. There is, however, a difference of perception in Sino-Tibetan discourse over the capitalist model of economic development being undertaken by China which is at variance with the cultural practices of Tibetans, informed and regulated as they are with the Buddhist values of oneness with nature. Nomadism is also fundamental to the preservation of the ecology of Tibet. P. K. Gautam | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
War Clouds Gather over Iran Whilst war is not likely in the foreseeable future, the likelihood of its occurrence further down the line has increased in the light of Admiral Mullen’s statement. Mahan Abedin | September 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Bangladesh’s Extended Continental Shelf: Navigating the Course with India and Myanmar The Bay of Bengal is the largest bay off the coast of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. With the exception of Bangladesh all the littoral states have reached agreements over their bilateral maritime boundaries. As signatories to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, India and Myanmar had to file their claims by June 29, 2009 and by May 21, 2009 respectively, and Bangladesh has to file its claim by July 27, 2011 to the Commission on the limits of the continental shelf. Sreeradha Datta | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
