Peace Gestures in Manipur: Will it Work? Gestures for peace talks in Manipur by the government indicate a willingness to engage in dialogue with armed groups, which in itself is a step towards reconciliation. Equally important is to ensure that these gestures are seen as a genuine desire to engage with the real issues. Namrata Goswami | September 23, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India’s approach to Asia Pacific This policy brief discusses some of the key trends in the Asia Pacific and sets out a long-term approach for India so as to maximise its security and developmental opportunities. Arvind Gupta | September 19, 2013 | Policy Brief
Defence Technology Indigenisation: Need to go beyond Lip Service Though public-private partnerships is encouraged, privately the government continues to retain its monopoly on research and development and defence production through the DRDO, the ordnance factories and the defence PSUs. Gurmeet Kanwal | September 19, 2013 | Issue Brief
Need to effectively manage the India-Nepal Border Transforming the India-Nepal border from an ‘open border’ to a ‘closed border’ would severely damage the traditional socio-cultural and economic ties. It would be prudent to keep the border open but manage it more effectively through mutual cooperation. Pushpita Das | September 19, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Maoists’ Urban Movement The Urban Movement has a defined role in the political strategy and military strategy of the CPI (Maoist). The Maoists envisage that they would mobilise and organise the industrial workers. P. V. Ramana | September 13, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Debating the Doctrine of Military Intervention The emerging doctrine of intervention is built around the ability of the international community, mainly the US-led western alliance, to impose its collective will in order to restore a deteriorating situation or to prevent a nascent conflict from burgeoning into full blown war with wider ramifications. Gurmeet Kanwal | September 13, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Implications of New States in the Union of India Creation of new states is likely to undermine India’s polity and governance and consequently the socio-economic progress. Cost-benefit analysis suggests that only in some respects the newly-created states have performed better. Gautam Sen | September 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Come November in Nepal… The transitional politics in the Himalayan Kingdom has entered choppy waters with the breakaway radical faction of the Maoist party vowing to disrupt the election to a new constituent assembly slated in November this year. Post Bahadur Basnet | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Great Gas Game over Syria New energy find in West Asia will set forth new political equations. Syria alone has discovered huge proven gas, oil and shale reserves. Whether the Assad regime survives or a change of regime happens there would determine the global gas system in a large way. Gulshan Dietl | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
How has the West responded to ‘gassing’ in West Asia? It is not so much because of the use of chemical weapons that will unleash US fire-power, but the fact that the Assad regime might be winning the civil war in conjunction with its Iranian and Hezbollah allies. R. S. Kalha | September 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
