IDSA Comments

The latest White Paper differs from previous documents in notable ways. It has little to offer by way of greater transparency related to numbers and policies. The document suggests a more confident China positioning for greater activism in global affairs.

• Rukmani Gupta
• April 22, 2013
• IDSA Comments

A series of anti-Muslim campaigns particularly after the end of the Eelam War is giving an impression that the Sri Lankan Muslims are becoming the next scapegoats of majoritarianism.

• Gulbin Sultana
• April 22, 2013
• IDSA Comments

There is a lot of inaccuracy and assumption in reporting Chasma 3 nuclear cooperation between China-Pakistan. It is not conceivable in engineering terms as to how a 300 MWe Chasma 3 can be transformed into a 1,000 MWe project.

• G. Balachandran
• April 18, 2013
• IDSA Comments

China continues to pursue its agenda on the South China Sea, employing its political, diplomatic and military departments in a well-coordinated and planned manner.

• Mandip Singh
• April 17, 2013
• IDSA Comments

A global vision based on sustainable resource use for global prosperity can also overcome trust deficit within the BRICS grouping.

• Mukul Sanwal
• April 12, 2013
• IDSA Comments

By abstaining from voting on the global arms trade treaty, India has exposed the treaty’s loopholes in not addressing concerns about illegal transfer of arms to terrorist organisations, insurgents groups and other non-state actors.

• Gurmeet Kanwal
• April 08, 2013
• IDSA Comments

China and Pakistan reached a formal agreement in February 2013 to construct a third nuclear reactor in Chashma. This has caused widespread nervousness while making the NSG look weak-kneed.

• Rajiv Nayan
• April 05, 2013
• IDSA Comments

BRICS is not challenging the existing world order. It is seeking a place in the sun for developing countries. It is looking at alternative approaches but there is no desire to seek confrontation with the West.

• Arvind Gupta
• April 01, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Like all its predecessors, the government that just completed its tenure miserably failed to promote what a democratic state is supposed to first and foremost, namely, foster the multi-faceted development of all its citizens.

• Jagdish N Singh
• April 01, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Unless the leaders of varying political hue and institutional oligarchs, including the military and, above all, Su Kyi, show political wisdom, incidents such as those in Meikhtila, Yamethin, and state military action against the Karens and Kachins will continue to recur.

• Gautam Sen
• March 28, 2013
• IDSA Comments