Lech Kaczynski: In Death too He Divides In death too, Lech Kaczynski has divided the nation first by the decision of the Polish authorities to give him a resting place at Wawel Castle and then by giving Russia an opportunity to make strong overtures that could blunt the opposition of all but the strongest pro-West parties of Poland. Thomas Mathew April 21, 2010 Special Feature
Nuclear targeting caveats Nuclear exchanges in accord with targeting limitation would serve as powerful nuclear signaling to the other side in case of deterrence breakdown. Ali Ahmed April 21, 2010 IDSA Comments
Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.), China and the New International Order Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian's edited book studies the issue of how China has been transformed and reshaped as a consequence of the new international order and how China's role has been redefined. The book also attempts to study the domestic sources of China's international behaviour. Its central premise is “how China can reshape the international order depends on whether China has such a capacity, which is a function of its domestic development. Avinash Godbole April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Likely Impact of Current Developments on the Pakistani State and its Army India has very little leverages in shaping a peaceful, stable and friendly Pakistan but its own progress can make Pakistani society, fearful of being left behind, force a change in the state’s policy orientation. Rumel Dahiya April 19, 2010 Issue Brief
Chinese Puzzle in India-Bangladesh Relations If the growth of Islamic extremism and terrorism in Bangladesh is a threat to Indian security, then the presence of China with which India’s interests have the potential to clash is also of security concern. Anand Kumar April 19, 2010 IDSA Comments
China Builds Dam on Indus near Ladakh The tail-end of Indus receives so little water that today Sindh's agriculture faces extinction. Further reduction of water will increase salinity, land erosion and sea-flooding that will severely damage the Indus delta. As a consequence, rise in water table may flood cities like Karachi and Thattha. The impact of water shortage on aquatic wildlife will be detrimental. Senge H. Sering April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Ravi Vohra and P.K. Ghosh (Ed), China and the Indian Ocean Region This book is based on an International Seminar organized by the National Maritime Foundation titled “China and the Indian Ocean Region. The book has ten chapters which cover a number of aspects related to the security and politics involved in the Indian Ocean region. The papers in the book highlight the fact that the Chinese undertakings vis-à-vis the Indian Ocean is primarily aimed at securing the sea lanes of commerce. Today China is heavily depended on the import of its energy and resources in order to run the economy. The major route of this transport runs through the Malacca Strait. Gunjan Singh April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill The basic principles of the Bill are as per international norms and seem adequate and it should be enacted at the earliest. R. Ramachandran April 15, 2010 Issue Brief
Maoist Challenge: The Party shall be over! The sate and the people should be prepared for a few more Dantewada-like ‘shocks’ before the tables are eventually turned on the Maoists. P. V. Ramana April 13, 2010 IDSA Comments
John Quigley, The Ruses for War: Americanz Interventionism since World War II Though we hear a lot about Islam phobia and xenophobia in popular and political parlance in America, the fact remains that the us has a long and rich tradition of critical study and independent thinking. American foreign policy discourse does not constitute any exception to this tradition. The legendry thinker Noam Chomsky has constantly been questioning motives of American foreign policy and indicting it for many misdemeanors, which, he claims, has committed in the name of containment of communists or war on terror. Prashant Kumar Singh April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
