Fluidity in Japanese Politics Hatoyama’s downfall was primarily brought about by his failure to fulfil the pre-election promise to relocate the US Marine Corps Air Station in Futenma outside of Okinawa prefecture. Pranamita Baruah | June 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
The “Cheonan” Fallout: Erosion of Confidence The Cheonan assault has revealed to South Korea that the threat from North Korea is still ominous and capable of delivering unexpected damage. Preeti Nalwa | June 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Escalation of Tensions in the Korean Peninsula and China’s Role The one country that has not condemned North Korea’s role in the sinking of the Cheonan is China, which has its own strategic and economic compulsions to back North Korea. Rajaram Panda | June 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Why Coal Matters in India? Issues pertaining to coal mafias, coal unions and its politics ought to be addressed if any meaningful reforms or cuts in coal consumption are to be made. Prashant Hosur | June 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India’s Future Aircraft Carrier Force and the Need for Strategic Flexibility India has long striven for a three carrier fleet comprised of one carrier battle group stationed on each seaboard, and a third carrier held in reserve. Iskander Rehman | June 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India’s Cold Start Doctrine and Strategic Stability Cold Start is a good doctrine from India’s point of view, but one that could adversely impact strategic stability given since Pakistan’s nuclear strategy is premised on countering Indian conventional military superiority with a nuclear shield. Gurmeet Kanwal | June 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Taiwan’s Unending Dialogue over ECFA The fundamental ideological difference between the KMT and DPP supporters makes the debate on ECFA more complicated than it needs to be actually, with a peculiar intermix of politics and economics. Jagannath P. Panda | June 01, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Learning from Times Square: Socialising the Counterterrorism Approach Since safeguarding the public space such as mass transportation networks, financial and industrial hubs from sporadic acts of terror is increasingly becoming difficult, socialising citizenry in democratic societies to the needs of counterterrorism assumes salience. Harinder Singh | May 31, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Israel’s Nuclear Opacity and New Challenges Given the rapidly evolving situation in West Asia, and the growing danger of new threats like nuclear terrorism, it would seem that the time has come for Israel to come clean on its nuclear arsenal. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | May 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
‘Terrorism Abandonment’ [DDR] as a Key to Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Future Unlike ‘hard’ measures, ‘soft’ ones can succeed in softening the hearts and minds of even hard-core terrorists, especially when they are disillusioned, longing for a normal life, and want to exit from terrorism. Bilveer Singh | May 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
