India-Pakistan Relations
The ‘Cold Start and Stop’ strategy
The strategy helps sensitise Pakistan to India’s tolerance threshold and reinforces deterrence by bringing home unambiguously to Pakistan that things could get out of hand.
Water Security for India: The External Dynamics
IDSA Task Force Report
Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (2010)
Rs. 350
ISBN 81-86019-83-9
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India is facing a serious water resource problem and as trends suggest, it is expected to become 'water stressed' by 2025 and 'water scarce' by 2050. Premised on this, this IDSA Report raises fundamental questions about the forces driving water demand and the political dynamics of riparian relations, both in terms of hindrances and opportunities, amongst states in the subcontinent.
Reconciling Doctrines: Prerequisite for Peace in South Asia
This paper suggests an approach towards building conditions necessary for peace between India and Pakistan. Identifying the Pakistani army as a power centre in Pakistan, the hypothesis is that a strategic dialogue with it would achieve doctrinal balancing and help mitigate its threat perception.
Neither ‘fundamental’ nor a ‘shift’
The ISI threat assessment may be received with great enthusiasm in Western capitals and policy circles, but for observers from the subcontinent it is neither ‘fundamental’ nor a ‘shift’.
The Need for India to Engage in ‘Disaster Diplomacy’ with Pakistan
In international conflict resolution, there is a term called ‘disaster diplomacy’, which explains how a disaster in one country may open new ways of interaction and how it brings a new perspective to persisting issues.
India-Pakistan Talks-Need for a Grand Negotiating Strategy
India should now focus on handling internal differences, balancing issues across sectors and forging a domestic consensus in order to enhance its negotiating posture vis-a-vis Pakistan
Searching for Options
In the aftermath of the disastrous meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, there is an all-pervasive air of despondency if not frustration as India seems to be running out of options.
India needs to engage with the real decision makers in Pakistan
India should try and broaden its engagement with all sections of Pakistani society which is getting differentiated due to the simultaneous multiple crises in that country.
Whither Pakistan? Growing Instability and Implications for India
IDSA Task Force Report
Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (2010)
Rs. 299
ISBN 81-86019-70-7
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Pakistan has invariably evoked a great deal of interest among India’s strategic affairs community. Because of historical, geographical, economic and cultural linkages, developments in the neighbourhood have important implications for India’s politics, economy and security. The basic argument that flows from the report is that Pakistan is likely to remain unstable because of inherent weaknesses in its political, economic and security policies.
