IDSA Comments

India-Pakistan Game-Theoretic Interplay

To make the transition from the prevalent Nash Equilibrium with its lower payoffs to Pareto-optimal which will yield higher pay offs, India and Pakistan must break away from their traditional thinking of making no concessions.

Kan Naoto’s Political Skills Under Test

If the political infighting continues, Japan will be left rudderless and the gigantic task of reconstruction will get complicated.

Rajaram Panda
April 20, 2011
IDSA Comments

Yury Gagarin and Space Rivalry

On the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight, the space scenario appears to be at a crossroads. Because of the economic and other geopolitical compulsions, major powers are found trading cautiously.

Ajey Lele
April 20, 2011
IDSA Comments

Time to Reassure Nepal

S.M. Krishna should reassure the people of Nepal that India has always acted in the interests of the Nepalese people and that it has no intention to interfere in the internal politics of the country.

Japan Continues to Battle Fukushima Nuclear Crisis

After the threat level for the Fukushima plant was raised from 5 to 7, Japan’s claims about the situation getting stabilised are being received with a degree of scepticism.

Rajaram Panda
April 18, 2011
IDSA Comments

Nexus of Drug Trafficking and Militancy Exposed at New Delhi

Drug trafficking has become a major source of funding for armed groups in the north east and contributes to the continuance of militancy in the region.