China launches a communications satellite for Pakistan China’s launch of Pakistan’s first communications satellite demonstrates a deepening of their technological cooperation. Ajey Lele August 24, 2011 IDSA Comments
NASR: A Disadvantage for Pakistan It makes little sense whether a strategic or tactical nuclear weapon is used by Pakistan, since India’s general response would be to carry out a punitive attack on the adversary. Reshmi Kazi August 19, 2011 IDSA Comments
Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology, NSG and India Even the otherwise vague 2011 NSG public statement which inserted the NPT angle into the guidelines underlined that the NSG would implement the India-specific exemptions fully. Rajiv Nayan August 19, 2011 IDSA Comments
UNSC Condemns Syrian Crackdown The powers in the Security Council and other prominent countries and groupings have hesitated to take action against Syria because of its profile and ability to manipulate events in West Asia. Saurabh Mishra August 17, 2011 IDSA Comments
The Uses of Public and Cultural Diplomacy Leveraging public diplomacy and cultural diplomacy is key to enable India graduate from being a regional power in South Asia to a great power in the Asia-Pacific. Balaji Chandramohan August 17, 2011 IDSA Comments
What Does Pakistan Hope to Achieve with Nasr? The commentary addresses the pros and cons of Pakistan’s development of Nasr and concludes that it can be neutralised by India through innovative measures. Ali Ahmed August 17, 2011 IDSA Comments
Game-theoretic Understanding of India-Pakistan Relations Game theory can be helpful in understanding how India and Pakistan can get out of the low paying unhelpful situations, throw light on crisis escalation and crisis stability, and to understand their nuclear thresholds. Arvind Gupta August 16, 2011 IDSA Comments
ULFA’s Unrealistic ‘Charter of Demands’ ULFA’s “Charter of Demands” with the inherent claim that the outfit speaks for Assam as a whole needs to be questioned and analysed. Namrata Goswami August 11, 2011 IDSA Comments
Japan-South Korea Spat over Takeshima/Dokdo If allowed to fester, the territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea will have serious repercussions for East Asian security. Shamshad A. Khan August 10, 2011 IDSA Comments
A Case for Increasing FDI up to 100 per cent in India’s Defence Industry Given the sensitivity attached to defence-related FDI, each investment should be subject to wider review and impact analysis following which the FDI percentage could be determined varying between zero and 100 per cent. Laxman Kumar Behera August 09, 2011 Policy Brief
