Iraq Desperate to Appease Iran Without Losing the United States M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi November 2008 Strategic Analysis
India and Pakistan: Introspecting the Indus Treaty Uttam Kumar Sinha November 2008 Strategic Analysis
International Relations Theories and the Contemporary World Arvind Gupta November 2008 Strategic Analysis
Race, Reconciliation, and Security: Managing India’s Diversities Namrata Goswami November 2008 Strategic Analysis
Nehru’s Concept of Indian Defence No aspect of Jawaharlal Nehru's policies and leadership came under as severe an attack as those on defence. Unfortunately till this day no scholastic appraisal of the policy he pursued in regard to national security is available and it is a great pity that the Government has not encouraged such a study. We have had a host of publications by foreigners, retired Indian Army officers, retired civil servants, journalists, academicians and politicians which are generally critical of Jawaharlal Nehru's defence policy. The bias in these works is all too obvious. Shri B.N. K. Subrahmanyam November 2008 Strategic Analysis
Indo-US Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Rhetoric Versus Substance Following the 9/11 attacks on the American homeland, India and Pakistan emerged as important states in the US-led Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The gathering momentum in the Indo-US relations during the Clinton Presidency underwent a dramatic transformation. Although increased cooperation in defence issues is understood to have 'led' the India-US relationship to its current level, it has not culminated in enhanced counter-terrorism cooperation. This perceived lack of cooperation can be located within the perceptual differences on key security issues. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza November 2008 Strategic Analysis
Anthrax Case: The Mystery Remains In early August 2008 most of the US newspapers were highlighting the ‘suicide’ of the marked man suspected for his involvement in the spread of anthrax through letters in 2001.… Continue reading Anthrax Case: The Mystery Remains Pankaj K Jha October-December 2008 CBW Magazine
Can India ever Trust China? The two recent glorious achievements - the Olympics and spacewalk mission – seem to have transcended China to a new global height with wide implications for the world’s strategic balance. From all accounts, analysts suggest that China will not only survive but has also gained from the recent global financial meltdown. P. Stobdan October 27, 2008 IDSA Comments