The Perils of Strategic NCO and Tactical General War is a too serious a business to be left to NCOs and Generals must be involved both at the strategic and tactical levels to ensure the moral and disciplined manifestation of a professional military. P. K. Gautam | March 15, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Gross National Happiness in Bhutan: A Policy in Making India should thus take a regional lead to push Bhutan’s idea of ecological preservation forward, an action which will further generate goodwill and understanding between the two countries. Medha Bisht | March 15, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The New US-North Korea Nuclear Understanding The real test of the latest deal will be when the IAEA inspectors visit North Korea’s nuclear facility and file their report on the moratorium. Preeti Nalwa | March 14, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Iran in the Israeli Calculus Israel is likely to calculate that it would better to wait and use diplomacy to push the major global and regional powers towards some kind of a joint venture against the much feared nuclear designs of Iran. Jagdish N Singh | March 13, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Technology For The Future IAF: The Case For Hypersonic Craft The re-equipment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the medium- to long-term requires a careful look at the costs and technical problems associated with Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). The country may gain from examining alternative means of achieving the benefits in capability offered by FGFA through the possibly cheaper hypersonic route, especially if pursued indigenously. Vivek Kapur | March 09, 2012 | Issue Brief
Gilgit Baltistan: Neither ‘in’ Pakistan Nor ‘of’ it? Pakistan has failed to address the aspirations of the people under subjugation in PoK leading to frequent political outbursts as being witnessed now, outbursts that are only likely to grow given Pakistan’s indifference towards the region as well as its internal security dynamics and external preoccupations. Priyanka Singh | March 06, 2012 | IDSA Comments
A Critique of MoD’s Joint Venture Guidelines The intention of the JV guidelines notwithstanding, the policy document suffers from certain weaknesses which may impact its objective of enhancing national defence industrial capability. Laxman Kumar Behera | March 05, 2012 | IDSA Comments
A Critique of MoD’s Joint Venture Guidelines The intention of the JV guidelines notwithstanding, the policy document suffers from certain weaknesses which may impact its objective of enhancing national defence industrial capability. Laxman Kumar Behera | March 05, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Vice-President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States Xi Jinping tried his best to lower the temperature by suggesting that the vast Pacific Ocean has ‘ample space’ for both China and the United States. R. S. Kalha | March 01, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Iran’s Influence: A Religious-Political State and Society in Its Region by Elaheh Rostami-Povey Elaheh Rostami-Povey focuses on the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the speedy consolidation of the Islamic Republic. She argues that the Islamic Revolution did not dismantle history and progress within Iran. Rather, it provided an opportunity to form progressive grassroots movements to resist the highly autocratic and repressive nature of the Iranian state. Rostami-Povey tries to discover the links between Iran's internal political development and Islamist ideology and their connection with its mostly regional but also worldwide role. M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | March 2012 | Strategic Analysis
