Bangladesh Beats Global Recession Through Exports The tremendous growth in Bangladesh’s exports has been due to three factors – the global recession, new markets and China’s spectacular economic growth. Anand Kumar | September 27, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Genetics and Immigration – The public debate about Muslims in Germany Liberal democratic European countries are suddenly discovering their ‘national heritage’ and their ‘national culture’ because of the desire to maintain the majority position and the privileges that come with it. Alexa Bankert | September 24, 2010 | IDSA Comments
New START and the Obama Administration: Hurdles Still Ahead With the Senate Committee on Foreign Relatons agreeing on September 16 to send the New START to the full Senate for ratification, the prospects of realising the potential of the Obama administration’s signal foreign policy achievement seem to have improved considerably. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 23, 2010 | Issue Brief
Chinese New Nuclear Power Reactor Supply to Pakistan? The NSG will be in trouble if China goes ahead with its plan to sell nuclear reactors to a non-NPT country like Pakistan. Ch. Viyyanna Sastry | September 23, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Chumbi Valley: Economic Rationale but Strategic Resonance Shaping responses towards the issue of Chumbi Valley would perhaps require a penetrating understanding of the “reality” that defines China’s political trajectory in South Asia in coming years. Medha Bisht | September 23, 2010 | IDSA Comments
China, Japan spat in East China Sea If the China-Japan maritime dispute in the East China Sea is not tackled and left to linger, it would have a serious impact on regional security. Shamshad A. Khan | September 22, 2010 | IDSA Comments
What will Obama have for India? Though expectations are high, it is unlikely that Obama’s India visit would provide a fillip to the strategic partnership which has lost its sheen or reinvigorate the relationship. A. Vinod Kumar | September 22, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Can the Rise of ‘New’ Turkey Lead to a ‘New’ Era in India-Turkey Relations? What will define the future of Turkey-India relations in not Cyprus or Pakistan, but the stress on mutual strengthening of their economies and providing an environment for greater understanding of each other. Mehmet Ozkan | September 21, 2010 | Issue Brief
Defining a New Conceptual Framework: Defence Economic Infrastructure If basic equipment shortfalls that the defence sectors face are to be addressed, then Indian defence planners need to use the DEI framework to create solution models. Varun Bhaskar | September 20, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India-China Defence Cooperation and Military Engagement Defence cooperation and military engagement between India and China are aspects of the complex mix of conflict and cooperation approach to bilateral relations between the two Asian giants. It is based on the presumption that there is a security dilemma between the two countries. However, it recognises the framework and postulates of what is called cooperative security. Through the liberal institutionalist’s perspective, it argues that India-China defence cooperation and military engagement are not only possible but also desirable. R N Das | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
