The Obama Administration’s Approach to the Palestinian–Israeli Conflict: Opportunities and Constraints President George W. Bush was the first US president to propose a two-state solution to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict when he addressed the UN General Assembly in November 2001. His administration also launched the road-map to help achieve this goal in April 2003 in collaboration with the United Nations, the European Union, and Russia, also known as the quartet. Rathnam Indurthy | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Strategic Interests in Southeast Asia and Singapore by See Chak Mun Sandeep Anand | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Is China Desperate to Teach India Another Lesson? First it was Arunachal Pradesh, then Sikkim, and now it is Ladakh. There has been a shifting pattern in Chinese mischief along the Indian borders. But more curiously, when reports of Chinese incursions hit the headlines, China denied them while India played them down. P. Stobdan | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Renewable Energy Challenge India is being subjected to increasing pressure from the developed countries to cut down on its carbon emissions on the grounds that it is the fifth largest consumer of energy. This comes even as there are forecasts that India's energy consumption will increase incrementally as it tries to address the challenges of its social and development goals by increasing and sustaining economic growth at around 8–10 per cent of its GDP. Shebonti Ray Dadwal | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The US Approach to the Islamic World in the Post 9/11 Era by Chintamani Mahapatra Archana Mishra | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Is Pakistan Collapsing? Assumptions, Assertions, and Precautions Medha Bisht | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Geopolitical Stipulation of Central Asian Integration The overall post-Soviet and post-Cold War transformation of the five Central Asian countries is multifaceted and complicated. New geopolitics has penetrated into almost all critically important spheres of post-Soviet transformation. Geopolitics even influences spheres such as national self-identification, which is traditionally regarded as having nothing to do with geopolitics. That is why one can assume that geopolitics stipulates regional integration as well. Farkhod Tolipov | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): An Economic and Political Perspective Indian presence in the Gulf region is civilizational and has developed into a vibrant relationship over the years. With the emergence of India as a large economic power and with the Gulf region simultaneously witnessing spectacular economic growth, economic trends are reinforcing mutual interdependence. While India's economic presence in the region has transformed from barter exchanges between merchants and Indian human capital, India's political presence has remained more or less subdued. Samir Pradhan | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The Iran–Pakistan–India Natural Gas Pipeline: Implications and Challenges for Regional Security This research article examines the rationale for Iran, Pakistan, and India entering into a trade agreement to meet their economic, political, and strategic needs as well as the constraints and challenges that still hamper such an agreement from realizing its full potential. Using the gas pipeline project as a case study, the issues of energy security (as the independent variable) and of economic interdependence (as the dependent variable) highlight the importance of cooperation among these countries. Anjali Sahay , Jalil Roshandel | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
