IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

National Investigation Agency: A Good Start but not a Panacea

On January 1, 2009 the National Investigative Agency Bill became a law. It provides for setting up a special agency at the national level “to investigate and prosecute offences affecting...

Pushpita Das |
January 12, 2009 |
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Changing Face of Bodo Insurgency

Intense internal rivalry among Bodo insurgents has proved to be the biggest hurdle to peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam. Internal differences within the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB),...

M. Amarjeet Singh |
January 12, 2009 |
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Will The Fall Of Killinochchi End Ethnic Crisis In Sri Lanka?

After nearly four months of intense conflict, the Sri Lankan military has finally taken control of Killinochchi, a key northern Sri Lankan town and the de facto capital of the...

M. Mayilvaganan |
January 12, 2009 |
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Towards Better India-Bangladesh relations

The landslide victory of the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina in the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections ended the two-year old political uncertainty in Bangladesh and marks the return...

M. Shamsur Rabb Khan |
January 09, 2009 |
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Oil Price Volatility and India’s Energy Security: Policies and Options

The recent downslide in crude oil prices from a peak of US $147 a barrel to below $40 and speculated to fall further to $25 has evidently provided relief to...

Zakir Hussain |
January 09, 2009 |
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Pakistan’s Accountability and International Obligations

Undoubtedly, the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks was an international tragedy. It was a crime under international law and as the serious concerns expressed by the UN Security Council demonstrates, it...

S. R. Subramanian |
January 06, 2009 |
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New Challenges of Cyberwar: Stocktaking from Mumbai Experience

The November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have highlighted the new challenges posed by cyberwar. A faked telephone call from the India Foreign Minister to the Pakistani President caused a diplomatic...

P. K. Gautam |
December 31, 2008 |
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Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis November 2008

‘Transformational Elections’ in Bangladesh

As Bangladesh is holding its most closely watched general elections, the apprehension remains whether democracy would prevail in the country. All the uncertainties about the elections were removed when the...

Anand Kumar |
December 29, 2008 |
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Brazil in South America: The Awakening of the Giant

Since the beginning of the Lula administration in 2003, Brazilian foreign policy has been re-oriented towards a renewed and more extended approach to regional politics. Under Lula, Brazil’s foreign policy...

Marco Vieira |
December 24, 2008 |
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Serial Blasts in Assam: Are Planners and Perpetrators Different?

The October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam were the most horrific that the state has witnessed till date. These blasts have completely confused the investigating agencies, which still seem...

Anand Kumar |
December 24, 2008 |
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An Elected Government in Bangladesh and India’s Options

If all things go well, Bangladesh should have an elected government in January 2009 following the Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament) elections. Contrary to much scepticism, the caretaker government headed by...

Sreeradha Datta |
December 23, 2008 |
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Imperative of Exercising Control over the ISI

The deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai is set to derail India-Pakistan bilateral relations. With all the evidence pointing towards Pakistan, it has become difficult to advocate that India must go...

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
December 11, 2008 |
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Mumbai Attacks and the Need for Enhanced India-US Defence Cooperation

The staggered attacks on Mumbai across seven places were extremely demanding on time and resources required for counter operations. The attacks have also amply demonstrated that there is no scope...

Arvind Dutta |
December 11, 2008 |
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Lessons from the 9/11 Commission

The unprecedented scale of the terror attacks in Mumbai and the fact that citizens from more than 20-plus countries were killed or injured in the attacks have evoked an international...

Cherian Samuel |
December 10, 2008 |
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The Pakistan Link to the Mumbai Terror Attacks

Investigations into the attacks in Mumbai and subsequent developments point to the role of the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as the key player that orchestrated the well coordinated attacks. The...

Shanthie Mariet D'Souza |
December 05, 2008 |
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Fishing in Troubled Waters

Investigations into the Mumbai attacks have revealed that the terrorists came in from the sea. It has been reported that in the course of their journey from Karachi they had...

Pushpita Das |
December 05, 2008 |
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Mumbai Attacks: A Deadly “Performance”

For 62 hours, from the night of November 26 to the morning of November 29, the city of Mumbai was held hostage to terror attacks. A significant element in these...

Namrata Goswami |
December 05, 2008 |
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China and the Global Financial Crisis

The global financial crisis which had been brewing for some time began to unfold in the middle of 2008. Stock markets around the world have nosedived, large financial institutions have...

Gunjan Singh |
December 04, 2008 |
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The Need to Refine India’s Response to Terrorist Incidents

The November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai which left more than 170 people killed and close to 300 injured did not conform to the pattern to which Indian security agencies...

Satinder K. Saini |
December 03, 2008 |
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