IDSA COMMENT

China’s Experiments with Weather Modification: A Cause for Concern

Weather patterns in a neighbouring state can be affected by experiments conducted on own territory. China needs to clear suspicions that have been aroused by its weather modification actions.

October 12, 2009

Cribbing Over Conditionalities

While Pakistan could still try and develop a taste for grass by rejecting US assistance, there is no way it can economically sustain the fight against the Islamist insurgency without external assistance.

October 08, 2009

Obama and Nuclear Disarmament: Drivers and Substance

Obama is the first American president to actively pursue the goal of nuclear disarmament. But roadblocks on the road to disarmament nirvana, as envisaged by Obama, remain.

October 08, 2009

Indo-Bhutan Joint Action against Insurgents

Indian insurgent groups are re-establishing camps in Bhutan and are also forging links with Bhutanese rebel groups.

October 05, 2009

Space Technology and Soft-Power: A Chinese Lesson for India

India should engage space have-nots at a different level, going beyond technological and commercial interests.

October 05, 2009

The Situation in Balochistan

Resource-rich Balochistan province has high rates of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and infant and maternal mortality.

October 05, 2009

Give Me More: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Turns 60

Indian insurgent groups are re-establishing camps in Bhutan and are also forging links with Bhutanese rebel groups.

September 30, 2009

Contours of the India-United States Strategic Partnership

The strategic partnership is moving towards a higher trajectory with growing co-operation in the areas of defence, economy, energy, education, environment, science, technology and innovation.

September 29, 2009

Afghan elections and Af-Pak Strategy

If Karzai were to become President again in the election seen as marked by fraud, his lack of legitimacy will only feed into the insurgent propaganda.

September 29, 2009

Pakistan’s Travails and China’s Aggressiveness

The aggressive posture that the Chinese have adopted along the otherwise relatively tranquil Line of Actual Control (LOAC) has come under a lot of analytical examination by Indian Sinologists. They have advanced a number of explanations for the Chinese actions, all of which have a ring of truth about them.

September 23, 2009

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