Sino-Indian Relations: Are Trade Issues Likely To Cause Even More Problems? The Indian political class should seriously ponder without engaging in fruitless ideological debates – for we may be leaving ourselves with no choice – whether to acquiesce to a China-dominated commercial and economic landscape in Asia. R. S. Kalha | December 24, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Challenges Before Shinzo Abe Rebuilding Japan’s foreign policy will be another challenge for the Abe Administration, especially in view of the rising tension between Japan and its neighbouring states - China and South Korea – over territorial disputes. Pranamita Baruah | December 20, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Update on India’s Membership of Multilateral Export Controls Regimes Both the government as well and the strategic community are convinced that India must not join the Australia Group without a road map for the MTCR and the NSG. Rajiv Nayan | December 19, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Ballistic Missile Proliferation: Implications for India To counter the consequences flowing from growing ballistic missile proliferation in its neighbourhood, India must expand its BMD programme to include boost phase and mid-course phase intercept capability. Vivek Kapur | December 19, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Return of Shinzo Abe as Japan’s new PM: What does it mean for India? With China increasingly wary of the developments taking place on its Pacific seaboard, it would perhaps be in a much better frame of mind to listen to Indian concerns. R. S. Kalha | December 19, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Peace and Stability in Afghanistan: The Role of Neighbours The security deficit can be filled to a large extent by Afghanistan’s neighbours if they can be persuaded to accept the responsibility, including by contributing troops to a UN-mandated peacekeeping force. Gurmeet Kanwal | December 13, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Murky Waters: Politics in the South China Sea What makes the South China Sea compelling is its global strategic significance both in terms of trade and energy, which has given rise to the strategic presence of a dangerous number of actors cast in multiple roles. Melissa M. Cyrill | December 11, 2012 | Backgrounder
Egypt in Crisis: Learning the Hard Lessons of Democracy Egypt is realizing that democracy is not an easily procured fruit, especially in a nation where political movements have been suppressed for decades and peoples’ sentiments can be easily swayed either way. Rajeev Agarwal | December 08, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Trespassers will be Prosecuted: China’s latest Billboard in the South China Sea The issuance of these ordinances will not only add to the growing tensions in the disputed areas, specifically the South China Sea, but also add to the growing suspicions about Chinese intent. Sarabjeet Singh Parmar | December 08, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Sectarian Violence in Karachi: Is Pakistan Closer to the Precipice? Unity of purpose and synergy between state institutions required to deal with sectarian violence is largely missing and, as a result, the Pakistani state is responding to the growing Taliban threat in Karachi in a knee-jerk manner. P. K. Upadhyay | December 07, 2012 | IDSA Comments
