IDSA Comments

Japan-China stand-off over Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

The rise of nationalism in both Japan and China and the sovereignty issue over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea is a highly explosive mix, perhaps even more...

R. S. Kalha |
August 27, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

The Inadequacies of the UN Arms Register

The shortcomings of the UN Register of Conventional Arms have led to the failure of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). For the Treaty to be robust and meaningful, the weapon...

Prashant Dikshit |
August 24, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Iran factor in India’s Afghan Policy

As India plans to stay engaged in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Iran has emerged as a critical component of India’s Afghan policy. Despite US pressures, India needs to adopt a pragmatic...

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
August 24, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Effect of the Financial Crisis on European Defence: The Case of France

The ongoing global financial crisis has had an increasing strain on the defence budgets of different European countries. In the case of France, an intelligent and anticipatory/ preventive planning has...

Adrien Frossard |
August 24, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Pakistan’s Descent into Chaos

The terrorist strike on Minhas airbase in Kamra on August 16, in which one Pakistani soldier and nine terrorists were killed, is but the latest manifestation of the state’s inability...

Gurmeet Kanwal |
August 19, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Chinese Inroads into Bhutan: Diplomatic Gimmick or Strategic Reality?

The question of Sino-Bhutan diplomatic relations, which is essentially linked to a settled boundary line between the two countries, is a matter of strategic choice for Bhutan.

Medha Bisht |
August 14, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Japan-South Korea Diplomatic Standoff over Takeshima/Dokdo

Irritants like the Dokdo/Takeshima issue, if allowed to linger further, will affect Japan-South Korea relations including the security cooperation they have envisaged given common regional security concerns.

Shamshad A. Khan |
August 14, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

The Persecuted Rohingyas of Myanmar: Need for Political Accommodation and India`s Role

While India is not immediately affected by the Rohingya refugee migration from Myanmar, it cannot be oblivious to the regional dimensions of such human migrations based on ethnic discontent.

Gautam Sen |
August 13, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Robot now, Human Later: America’s Mars Dream

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

Ajey Lele |
August 09, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Robot now, Human Later: America’s Mars Dream

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

Ajey Lele |
August 09, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Violence in the Bodo Areas: Deciphering the Causes

The need of the hour is to activate a clean and transparent record keeping of land by the state so that violence based on the fear of outsiders forcibly taking...

Namrata Goswami |
August 09, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Alienated People and an Overcautious state in China’s Xinjiang

While China’s desire for economic prosperity in Xinjiang may be achievable, it has not seemingly found any solution to the sense of alienation felt by the local Uighurs.

Avinash Godbole |
August 09, 2012 |
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Japan’s Defence White Paper 2012 and China’s Critical Response

Like in the 2011 edition of the Defence White Paper, this year too, the report warns that China’s military movements are “a matter of concern” for the Asian region and...

Pranamita Baruah |
August 09, 2012 |
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Yongxing Island: China’s Diego Garcia in the South China Sea?

China’s decision to set up a military garrison on the Yongxing Island and creating a city administration could be seen as a step in firstly expanding its military reach, secondly...

Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee: A Midway Solution

The Chairman COSC will neither be the Commander of India’s Armed Forces nor will he be able to do justice to his advisory role because of the constraints that will...

Rajneesh Singh |
August 07, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

The Beginning of the End in Syria

The WMD insinuation by the West, the debate over the impending genocide in Aleppo, and the swelling ranks of refugees, all point to an orchestrated shift in the narrative of...

Abhijit Singh |
August 07, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

China Consolidates the Rare Earth Industry and Builds Strategic Reserves

China’s success in the rare earth industry is the result of both careful thought and consideration at the highest policy making levels which have constantly expedited reform in the industry.