Rajaram Panda

The tsunami triggered by the quake swamped Sendai’s coast, picking up cars, ships and houses as it furiously surged three miles inland.

• Published: March 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is walking a tight rope with plunging popularity and growing demands for his resignation.

• Published: March 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The temporary hope of peace returning to the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s peace overtures dissipated no sooner than it started when North Korean negotiators walked out of the meeting room at the DMZ in Panmunjam.

• Published: February 14, 2011
• Issue Brief

North Korea’s offer of a dialogue is unlikely to elicit a positive response from South Korea which instead is militarily drawing closer to Japan to enhance deterrence.

• Published: January 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

As the first decade of the 21st century ended, India-Republic of Korea (ROK) relationship has assumed robustness in almost all dimensions – political, cultural and economic. As both countries enter the new year, a new dimension – security and strategic – that began in the preceding decade is likely to be seen in the expanding military cooperation, that began in the closing months of the preceding year. The foundation for such a relationship is already in place as both countries have identified a convergence of interests.

• Published: January 2011
• Journal of Defence Studies

Kan’s statement about sending the SDF to the Korean peninsula to rescue Japanese citizens and people of Japanese origin in the event of an emergency has raised the spectre of a possible revival of Japanese militarism.

• Published: December 20, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Both the revelation of a highly refined capacity for uranium enrichment and the shelling of South Korean military positions amply demonstrate Pyongyang’s preparedness to push the crisis to the extremes.

• Published: November 30, 2010
• Issue Brief

India and New Zealand have a great opportunity to work together for the economic wellbeing of the Pacific Island nations.

• Published: November 25, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Japan needs to structurally transform domestic demand by focusing on its service sector – medical services, education, environment, and health.

• Published: November 22, 2010
• IDSA Comments

In the latest game of one-upmanship, North Korea has up the ante by announcing to the world that there is no stopping its nuclear development programme.

• Published: November 18, 2010
• IDSA Comments