Wake-up Call for Persian Gulf Rulers Rulers of Gulf states should initiate reforms to accommodate the voices and aspirations of different sections of their societies. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan March 08, 2011 IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2011-12 The defence budget for 2011-12 has not been unduly impacted by the fiscal consolidation process, and reflects the MoD’s ability to spend resources within the stipulated time. Laxman Kumar Behera March 07, 2011 IDSA Comments
EU needs Turkey more than ever before With Turkey’s accession negotiations for EU membership going nowhere, Ankara is pursuing other diplomatic options. Rajorshi Roy March 07, 2011 IDSA Comments
Kan Naoto’s Uncertain Political Future Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is walking a tight rope with plunging popularity and growing demands for his resignation. Rajaram Panda March 07, 2011 IDSA Comments
Did India Change its Nuclear Doctrine?: Much Ado about Nothing Fears by some analysts that India has recently altered its nuclear doctrine, and particularly its no first use policy, are unfounded. Vipin Narang March 01, 2011 IDSA Comments
Pakistan: Crisis is Inherent On March 23 every year a ritual is performed in Pakistan: observation of Pakistan Day. Forty-two years ago on this day, the Muslim League, which then was 34 years old, adopted a resolution in Lahore demanding separation of Muslims from India. The president of the League, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, expounded a theory that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations. Samuel Baid March 2011 Strategic Analysis
Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security by Gregory D. Koblentz Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2009, pp. 256, $35, ISBN 978-0-8014-4768-6 Monalisa Joshi March 2011 Strategic Analysis
Makers of Modern India by Ramchandra Guha Penguin Viking, New Delhi, 2010, Rs. 799, ISBN 9780670083855 Priyanka Singh March 2011 Strategic Analysis
India and China – Neighbours, Strangers by Ira Pande (ed.), HarperCollins, India 2010, Rs. 699, ISBN 978-81-72223-960-2 Gunjan Singh March 2011 Strategic Analysis
The Frugal Superpower: America’s Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era by Michael Mandelbaum PublicAffairs, New York, 2010, pp. 213, ISBN 978-1-58648-916-8 Peter Maher March 2011 Strategic Analysis