Radicalization of the Pakistan Army A division of forces between the proposed Indian and Pakistani dominions and creation of a separate military establishment for the latter was necessitated by the partitioning of British India. An explosion of communal violence, triggered and later fuelled by the impending partition and the ethnic cleansing of the Hindus and Sikhs that preceded it in West Punjab, the mass migration of a very large number of population from and to Pakistan, the outbreak of war with India over Kashmir and the subsequent ‘Crush-India’ campaigns gave impetus to this requirement P. K. Upadhyay | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue: Another Positive Step The SED should eventually create a greater interface at the sub-national level by including other arenas of cooperation like defence, tourism, sports, and cultural interaction involving a wider exchange at the level of people. Joe Thomas Karackattu | October 03, 2011 | IDSA Comments
India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue: Another Positive Step The SED should eventually create a greater interface at the sub-national level by including other arenas of cooperation like defence, tourism, sports, and cultural interaction involving a wider exchange at the level of people. Joe Thomas Karackattu | October 03, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Prospects and Challenges for Expanding India-Japan Economic Relations A new tide is visible in Japan for expanding Indo-Japan relations based on mutual complementarities. Makoto KOJIMA | October 03, 2011 | Issue Brief
South Korea’s Naval Base on Ulleung Island 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
Tit for Tat: A Nuclear Retaliation Alternative 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
DRDO Scientists as Heterogeneous Engineers: A Response to Vipin Narang 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
Flailing America Vs Failing Pakistan 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
The Maoist-Business Nexus 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
Richard Bonney, Tridivesh Singh Maini and Tahir Malik (Eds.), Warriors after War: Indian and Pakistani Retired Military Leaders Reflect on Relations between the Two Countries, Past, Present and Future This is an interesting book which offers views, insights and analyses of the relations between India and Pakistan through the interviews with top 26 ex-military officials from both the nations. These officers from both the sides held important positions and provided crucial leadership to their respective militaries in the years after the birth of two nations in 1947. The book attempts to explore whether sustainable peace is possible between both the nations and what are the prospects for the resolution of all outstanding issues between the two nations including the Kashmir dispute. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
