Rajaram Panda

With 120 members belonging to his faction, Ozawa still wields decisive influence to make or unmake the government led by the DPJ.

• Published: October 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

South Korea hopes that the new base will help strengthen its territorial rights on Dokdo as the base would enable its ships to reach the islands quickly.

• Published: October 03, 2011
• IDSA Comments

If Noda falters, Japan’s importance in the global community would be considerably diminished and it will be left with the role of a marginal power

• Published: September 06, 2011
• Issue Brief

The Jeju naval base is intended to serve two objectives: to protect the country from possible missile attacks from North Korea and to allow the United States to station Aegis class destroyers.

• Published: September 01, 2011
• Issue Brief

The significance of the India-RoK nuclear deal lies in the fact that it allows India to tap into ROK’s nuclear expertise and it takes the pressure off the India-Japan nuclear deal.

• Published: August 04, 2011
• IDSA Comments

A continuation of Australia’s ban on the sale of uranium to India is likely to hinder the goal of building a strategic partnership and exploring complementarities in the defence and maritime domain.

• Published: July 06, 2011
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Significant policy differences between the DPJ and LDP and New Komeito’s unwillingness to lose its identity will prevent the formation of a grand coalition.

• Published: June 10, 2011
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North Korea is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapon development programme which has deterrence value especially considering that it does not trust China to come to its rescue in case of a threat to its security.

• Published: June 01, 2011
• Issue Brief

The summit ended with the hope of increased cooperation in East Asia, bolstered popular support for Sino-Japanese friendship, and set out a strategy for maintaining regional peace, stability and prosperity.

• Published: May 26, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Because an FTA would raise issues like market access, elimination of tariffs, quantitative restrictions etc., negotiations are likely to drag on for several rounds

• Published: May 20, 2011
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