Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict? 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
Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict? 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 ‘Orchid Revolution’ in Singapore 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
Pakistan’s Flood Redux: Need for Institutional Disaster Preparedness 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
Sino-Indian Trade: Smoothening the Rough Edges 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
The party’s over in the Hindu Kush: It’s time for the US to call it a day 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 at the 66th UNGA session: Indian Foreign Policy in Search of a Balance? 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
Indian Nuclear Posture: Confusing Signals from DRDO 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
India and the South China Seas: The Need for a Second Look 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
Rabbani Assassination: An Assertive Taliban and America’s Dilemmas With Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination, the reconciliation process with the Taliban is dead. Ashok K. Behuria | September 22, 2011 | IDSA Comments
