Storming of Lal Masjid in Pakistan: An Analysis Religious places are being increasingly used by fundamentalists and terrorists as their hideouts and strongholds to propagate their subversive ideology and launch attacks. This has often compelled states to use the military to flush them out. This use of the army has far-reaching consequences and can even alienate the population. To check and prevent such adverse fallout, a state needs to take decisive action at an early stage. S. K. Saini July 2009 Strategic Analysis
Militarized Masculinities, Female Bodies, and ‘Security Discourse’ in Post-9/11 Pakistan A nation-state has a responsibility to protect its women as equal citizens, yet states like Pakistan have structurally disenfranchised women from state protection by making them half citizens and reducing their right to be their own legal person. As a consequence, women have been excluded from discourses on internal and external security. In any armed conflict, women are the ones who suffer the most, yet they are embodied as symbols of honour for the state and society. Tahmina Rashid July 2009 Strategic Analysis
The Indian Experience of Conflict Resolution in Mizoram The case of Mizoram in India provides informative lessons for conflict resolution. Factors such as addressing the root causes of the conflict, de-escalation in violence, empathizing with the conflicting actor, surrender policy for insurgents, indigenous mediators, absence of peace-spoilers, strengthening of local institutions, formation of a pan-Mizo identity and limited 'use of force' policy all played a role in establishing peace in Mizoram. Namrata Goswami July 2009 Strategic Analysis
Heuristics for Convoy Movement Problem Convoy movement problem involves routing and scheduling military convoys across a limited route network, adhering to certain strategic constraints. This article suggests using heuristics for solving the dynamic version of the problem where the network changes over time. The performance of heuristics evaluated against lower bounds, when applied to a number of hypothetical data-sets, is found to be encouraging. P. N. Ram Kumar , T. T. Narendran July 2009 Strategic Analysis
Struggling Giant: China in the Twenty-first Century by Kerry Brown Gunjan Singh July 2009 Strategic Analysis
India and its Neighbours: Towards a New Partnership by Ashok K. Behuria (ed.) Satish Kumar July 2009 Strategic Analysis
India Woos GCC’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: Policy, Scope and Precautions In 2007, a small piece of research by Steven Jen generated ripples about the role and significance of Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in the world of finance. The term SWF was coined by Andrev Razanor in 2005, and IMF defined it as “assets held by governments in other country’s currency”. Although, SWF has a history of more than half a century, it gained currency only since 2000. SWFs have been created by the governments for different motives. Zakir Hussain June 26, 2009 Policy Brief
The 9th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit: An Assessment The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its ninth summit on June15 -16, 2009 in Yekaterinburg. The Heads of the SCO member states, observer states and guests of the host state - President of Afghanistan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Secretary-General of the Eurasian Economic Community, and Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, participated in the meeting. Meena Singh Roy June 24, 2009 IDSA Comments
