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.

• Rajaram Panda |
• October 03, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Since the infliction of unacceptable damage may not deter Pakistan from breaking the nuclear taboo, a ‘tit for tat’ strategy in case of lower order nuclear use is worth considering.

• Ali Ahmed |
• October 03, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

To say that DRDO scientists have no right to think or pass judgements over strategic doctrines may be correct in terms of policy requirements but is certainly not rich academically.

• Yogesh Joshi |
• October 03, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Until the US figures out an answer to the larger Pakistan problem, like India it too will have to resist the temptation of responding to Pakistani provocation with force.

• Sushant Sareen |
• October 03, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

While businesses, especially industries, face a real dilemma, the long-term solution is the isolation of the Maoists by winning over the local people through projects that benefit local communities.

• P. V. Ramana |
• October 03, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Lower riparian countries likely to be affected by China’s construction of dams and river diversion projects in Tibet need to initiate a bilateral or multilateral dialogue with China.

• Hari Bansh Jha |
• September 30, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Lower riparian countries likely to be affected by China’s construction of dams and river diversion projects in Tibet need to initiate a bilateral or multilateral dialogue with China.

• Hari Bansh Jha |
• September 30, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

The PAP needs to make itself more responsive to the common Singaporean’s demands in order to remain the single-most powerful representative of the people of Singapore.

• Rahul Mishra |
• September 30, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

While the institutional reforms and structures are in place, often their effectiveness is impeded by corrupt practices and lack of proper maintenance and implementation on ground.

• Medha Bisht |
• September 30, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

The composition of the Indian delegation to the ongoing Strategic Economic Dialogue is suggestive that issues such as telecom, water, infrastructural development and railways are being discussed on a priority basis.

• R N Das |
• September 27, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Left behind will be a quasi-theocratic Afghan state compelled to accommodate Talibani-style cultural medievalism and a Pakistani state teetering on the brink of political self-destruction and social chaos.

• Harold A. Gould |
• September 26, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

The PM’s speech in the UN General Assembly shows that Indian foreign policy may be rediscovering age old themes which had become subdued in recent years.

• Arvind Gupta |
• September 26, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

India is currently in the midst of a battery of scheduled missile tests at its Chandipur test range off the coast of Orissa, including scheduled tests of the Prithvi-II and Agni-II. On Saturday, India tested, for the third time, a 750-km semi-ballistic missile named Shourya. The Shourya has roughly the same range as the Agni-I but is designed to be more mobile, with a reduced logistics trail.

• Vipin Narang |
• September 26, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

There is no point in acting with bravado when we do not have the necessary military capacity to take on the Chinese in the South China Seas.

• R. S. Kalha |
• September 23, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

With Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination, the reconciliation process with the Taliban is dead.

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• September 22, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Piecing together Thailand’s fractured polity and society will not be an easy task especially given that the Shinawatra government has to live up to the expectations of its supporters while allaying the opposition’s apprehensions.

• Rahul Mishra |
• September 20, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Only a well-formulated and decisive stance on issues would make India’s case for a permanent seat at the horse-shoe table well-earned.

• Keerthi Sampath Kumar , Saurabh Mishra |
• September 19, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Introduction

• Arvind Gupta , Sarita Azad |
• September 17, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

China’s employment of a considerable force including Special Forces to cut off the limited axis of maintenance along with tactics of infiltration over a wide frontage would leave India at the receiving end.

• Virander Kumar |
• September 13, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Pakistan needs to practice greater respect for individual rights and allow indigenous political outfits to participate in the political processes in PoK.

• Anwesha Ray Chaudhuri |
• September 13, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments