China’s Regime Politics: Character and Condition Specialists on Chinese studies are divided on whether or not China is moving towards democracy. Many scholars forcefully argue that China by now is fairly democratic. While conforming to these views, this article prompts the thesis that China is already somewhat democratic today and is becoming more so. This is argued by highlighting the trends and the progressive character in its emerging regime politics. On the surface, these progressive trends and character may be seen as rhetorical and more as a communist proposition to legitimize its ruling. Jagannath P. Panda | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
A Contrarian Perspective! Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri Ashok K. Behuria | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
The US Navy in Distress In February 2009, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser U.S.S. Port Royal ran aground about a half mile south of the Honolulu airport. The Navy's investigation found that the ship's navigational gear was broken and that the ship's fathometer wasn't functioning. In simple terms the bridge didn't know where the ship was. The investigation subsequently discovered that the commanding officer was exhausted, sleep-deprived, and that sailors who were nominally assigned to stand watch against such incidents were assigned elsewhere in the ship to cover manning shortages. Seth Cropsey | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Caretaking Democracy: Political Process in Bangladesh, 2006–2008 by Sreeradha Datta Shantanu Chakrabarti | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
A Delphi Assessment on the Current Developments in Pakistan Arvind Gupta , Ashok K. Behuria | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
A New Perspective in Iranian Politics The New Iranian Leadership: Ahmadinejad, Terrorism, Nuclear Ambition, and the Middle East by Yonah Alexander and Milton Hoenig M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | January 2010 | Strategic Analysis
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
