IDSA Comments

The Government of India may perform a catalytic role to activate community-cum-family based endeavours with particular emphasis on sports-related and youth activities—areas in which the Manipuris naturally tend to excel.

• Gautam Sen
• May 04, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Chen’s departure from the US embassy in Beijing points to the unwillingness and inability of the US to bring to bear any pressure on China on human rights issues.

• Rukmani Gupta
• May 03, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The issue of Chen Guangcheng will require much time and many rounds of negotiations so that neither China nor the US “lose face”.

• Rukmani Gupta
• May 01, 2012
• IDSA Comments

From a Realist perspective, the key problem with a Nehruvian/Liberal approach to foreign policy is that it misunderstands power and ignores the centrality of balance of power politics in interstate relations.

• Rajesh Rajagopalan
• May 01, 2012
• IDSA Comments

ISRO has done its job and now the onus lies on other agencies to make appropriate and timely use of the inputs that will be provided by RISAT-1.

• Ajey Lele
• April 27, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The delegation seems to have got its message across, that effective engagement with the TNA cannot be avoided by the Rajapakse government.

• Gautam Sen
• April 26, 2012
• IDSA Comments

In order to obviate myopic policies that could jeopardise the bonhomie in India-Bangladesh relations, the technical underpinnings of the project need to be jointly undertaken by both countries.

• Medha Bisht
• April 25, 2012
• IDSA Comments

In order to obviate myopic policies that could jeopardise the bonhomie in India-Bangladesh relations, the technical underpinnings of the project need to be jointly undertaken by both countries.

• Medha Bisht
• April 25, 2012
• IDSA Comments

In the wake of the Gyari incident, India and Pakistan need to conduct more joint scientific studies and put in place an AGPL agreement within a reasonable time frame.

• P. K. Gautam
• April 25, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The Agni-V launch is a significant milestone for the Indian scientific community as this is the first missile with a strike-range covering major Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai.

• Abhijit Singh
• April 23, 2012
• IDSA Comments