Issue Brief

Despite focused efforts undertaken by China in the aftermath of the 2009 riots, it has not been able to and, perhaps may never be able to, answer the structural problems of the Uighur discontent in Xinjiang.

• Avinash Godbole , Akash S. Goud
• April 20, 2012
• Issue Brief

India needs to shore up its military capabilities in Arunchal Pradesh in order to strengthen its defence posture in the eastern sector, improve governance in the state to gain the full backing of the people and adopt a flexible stance to resolve the border dispute with China.

• Namrata Goswami
• April 19, 2012
• Issue Brief

Indexing will provide a further opportunity for countries to make allegations that the NGOs working on nuclear security are basically pushing the agenda of the US non-proliferation community as well as of the US government.

• Rajiv Nayan , Ch. Viyyanna Sastry
• April 09, 2012
• Issue Brief

Although Putin's return to the presidency will probably ensure an element of continuity in the system when looked through the prism of managed democracy, bureaucratic capitalism, and widespread corruption, political and economic reforms are the need of the hour in Russia.

• Rajorshi Roy , Joyce Sabina Lobo
• March 30, 2012
• Issue Brief

China’s Defence Budget for 2012 continues to follow anticipated trend lines in keeping with its plan of carrying out Revolution in Military Affairs in a calibrated, coordinated and comprehensive manner.

• Mandip Singh , Lalit Kumar
• March 28, 2012
• Issue Brief

The massive earthquake and tsunami which triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis on March 11, 2011 has shattered the Japanese people’s faith in the safety of nuclear power generation.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• March 22, 2012
• Issue Brief

The Indian policy establishment needs to start factoring into its security calculus the fallout of a Talibanised Afghanistan and eventually a Talibanised Pakistan.

• Sushant Sareen
• March 20, 2012
• Issue Brief

Despite not taking a stand on nuclear security or nuclear terrorism, the NAM appears determined to adopt key elements of nuclear security.

• Rajiv Nayan
• March 16, 2012
• Issue Brief

The re-equipment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the medium- to long-term requires a careful look at the costs and technical problems associated with Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). The country may gain from examining alternative means of achieving the benefits in capability offered by FGFA through the possibly cheaper hypersonic route, especially if pursued indigenously.

• Vivek Kapur
• March 09, 2012
• Issue Brief

The functional distortion of the arrangement of Pakistan’s major institutions—principally, the executive, the army, and the judiciary—is the cause of the current crisis.

• Atul Mishra
• February 09, 2012
• Issue Brief