Indian Defence Industry Poised to Grow Even as the new amendments incentivise domestic companies to enter defence production, the government has made it clear that it wants a competitive environment in defence industry. Laxman Kumar Behera November 10, 2009 IDSA Comments
Community Building in the Asia-Pacific: Ideas, Concepts and the United States Notwithstanding the community formation ideas in different shapes coming from Japan and Australia, the EAS came out with as many as 42 deals on issues ranging from outstanding trade and economic matters to the launch of a human rights commission. Rajaram Panda November 06, 2009 IDSA Comments
Who is Supporting Jundullah’s Terror Campaign and Why? From its base in Pakistan’s Baluchistan, Jundallah has had opportunities to forge cooperative ties not only with the ISI but also with the Taliban as well as with the intelligence services of countries interested in stoking anti-Iranian activism. Balaji Chandramohan November 06, 2009 IDSA Comments
Shadow over the Latest Nuclear Deal with Iran The draft deal is envisaged as a test of Iran’s intentions, and from the Iranian point of view as a test of Western countries’ assurance to facilitate its peaceful nuclear programme. M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi November 05, 2009 IDSA Comments
Need for a Resource Generation and Management Cell in Defence The orientation of the existing administrative set up in Service Headquarters and in departments under the Ministry of Defence is to plan for the utilization of defence budget allocation. They are not in a position to pay attention to the aspect of defence receipts. Arvind Kadyan November 05, 2009 IDSA Comments
A Possible Afghan Denouement Post an American exit, China is likely to increase its investments in Afghanistan, provide employment to hundreds of unskilled Afghan workers, and assume the role of regional stabiliser. Ramesh Phadke November 03, 2009 IDSA Comments
America’s Afghan Sojourn The US may have satiated its desire for vengeance but risks losing sight of its objectives due to liberal atavism, inconstancy, pusillanimity and operational ineptitude. Kartik Bommakanti November 03, 2009 IDSA Comments
Indo-US Relations That two countries, India and the United States of America, with so much in common should have drifted apart for so long has baffled many. Of course, there are reasons for it, but there are equally compelling arguments in favour of forging better ties. Perhaps the most important factor contributing to the drift has been the inability of the two to identify common interests. Both have been seized by many misconceptions; both have tended to look upon their mutual relations in the context of third countries. Dinesh Singh November 2009 Strategic Analysis
The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power by Tariq Ali Sumita Kumar November 2009 Strategic Analysis
