Thailand’s Recurrent ‘Colour’ Protests The central question is whether democracy or semi-democracy should be subordinated to the personal ambitions of a few leaders like Thaksin or should the rule of law prevail. Pankaj K Jha April 12, 2010 IDSA Comments
Myanmar Since its independence in 1948, Myanmar has consistently taken stance against all kinds of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It has been a signatory to various international protocols and conventions… Continue reading Myanmar Pranamita Baruah April-June 2010 CBW Magazine
Terror Without Tags: Need For A Comprehensive National Security Policy Modern Nation States show striking proclivity in establishing a hierarchy of objectives. Among others, the pursuit of security is placed as a primary objective without which other goals remain vulnerable.… Continue reading Terror Without Tags: Need For A Comprehensive National Security Policy S Sasikumar April-June 2010 CBW Magazine
Mark Fitzpatrick, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Avoiding Worst-Case Outcomes, 2008, Routledge, Oxon This book explores the options for building a fence between dormant Iranian nuclear-weapons ability and a real weapon, both in practice and in terms of observation. There is no definite firewall between the peaceful nuclear activities as Iran claming allowed under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and weapons abilities, but there are some ways to make the difference between the two wider and more visible. M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Indian Aerospace Power Modern aerospace power is the only instrument that would give the country an assured capability to project precision fire power at great distances with or without mid-air refuelling and AWACS support and therefore, continues to remain the best instrument for deterrence and instantaneous and calibrated response to emerging threats. Whatever India decides, it cannot but modernise its aerospace power. Ramesh Phadke April 2010 Journal of Defence Studies
Tackling Naxalism: Post-Dantewada If naxal activities have to be stopped, the government must act firmly even if they have to be neutralized by the selective use of the armed forces including the Indian Air Force. K C Dixit April 08, 2010 IDSA Comments
Detonating Chemical Weapons: Technology and Safety Paradox The United States has one of the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons some of which dates back as far as World War I. By end of January 2010, the US… Continue reading Detonating Chemical Weapons: Technology and Safety Paradox Kapil Patil April-June 2010 CBW Magazine
End Game on Iran’s Nuclear Intransigence? With the possibility of ‘smart’ sanctions in the near future and muscular US military moves in the Persian Gulf, the grids for the end game on Iran’s nuclear intransigence are getting strengthened. S. Samuel C. Rajiv April 07, 2010 IDSA Comments
A Year of Multi-Party Democracy in Maldives The Maldives is well on the road towards a genuine democracy and the years to come will show how it manages modernisation, liberal democracy and Islam all together. Anand Kumar April 06, 2010 Issue Brief
Bhutan in 2009: A Retrospective View The formal coronation of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk as the fifth King of Bhutan in November 2008 concluded the first wave of democratization in Bhutan. Medha Bisht April 06, 2010 Issue Brief
