IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Are Drone Strikes in Pakistan Legally Justified?

Pakistan as the host state for non-state actors cannot escape responsibility towards the latter’s acts whether these are committed with or without its knowledge, and it must do everything in...

Ashutosh Misra |
April 03, 2012 |
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BRICS: In Search of Unity?

While their growing economic clout has brought Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa together, translating the hand holding gestures at the end of each summit into real unity is...

Ruchita Beri |
April 03, 2012 |
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The Changing Discourse of NSCN (IM)

For the first time one of the main leaders of the NSCN (IM) has acknowledged the sincerity of the Union government to resolve the Naga issue, signalling a distinctive change...

Namrata Goswami |
March 30, 2012 |
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Gilgit Baltistan: Pakistan’s Growing Travails and India’s Inexplicable Silence

A course correction coupled with a proactive policy of nurturing the growing pro-India constituency in Gilgit Baltistan is the need of the hour.

Emerging Trends in Cyber Security

The absence of agreed norms of conduct in cyberspace and the scope for conducting a myriad range of malafide activities with limited risk of retribution is leading to both vertical...

Cherian Samuel |
March 28, 2012 |
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Is China Edging Towards Political and Economic Uncertainty?

As China heads towards leadership changes after the 18th Party Congress, there is uncertainty both as regards economic policy as well as internal dissidence.

R. S. Kalha |
March 20, 2012 |
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India’s Defence Budget 2012-13

An expansionary fiscal policy has been the prime mover for the large increase in the budget of the defence ministry, which would otherwise have come under severe budgetary pressure.

Laxman Kumar Behera |
March 20, 2012 |
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The American inability to provide effective leadership in the Middle East is a sufficient incentive for Indian defiance over unilateral oil sanctions against Iran. Yes, this defiance has difficulties and...

P. R. Kumaraswamy |
March 19, 2012 |
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India’s Iran Defiance

The American inability to provide effective leadership in the Middle East is a sufficient incentive for Indian defiance over unilateral oil sanctions against Iran. Yes, this defiance has difficulties and...

P. R. Kumaraswamy |
March 19, 2012 |
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New Delhi BRICS Summit: New Prospects, But More Challenges?

The real challenges for the New Delhi summit are issues that are linked not only with the future of BRICS but also with the conduct and approach of its members...

Jagannath P. Panda |
March 19, 2012 |
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UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka: India’s Options

India must use the opportunity to extract a commitment from Sri Lanka to initiate a serious process of dialogue aimed at evolving a political solution to the Tamil issue.

Gulbin Sultana |
March 19, 2012 |
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The Perils of Strategic NCO and Tactical General

War is a too serious a business to be left to NCOs and Generals must be involved both at the strategic and tactical levels to ensure the moral and disciplined...

P. K. Gautam |
March 15, 2012 |
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Gross National Happiness in Bhutan: A Policy in Making

India should thus take a regional lead to push Bhutan’s idea of ecological preservation forward, an action which will further generate goodwill and understanding between the two countries.

Medha Bisht |
March 15, 2012 |
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The New US-North Korea Nuclear Understanding

The real test of the latest deal will be when the IAEA inspectors visit North Korea’s nuclear facility and file their report on the moratorium.

Preeti Nalwa |
March 14, 2012 |
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Iran in the Israeli Calculus

Israel is likely to calculate that it would better to wait and use diplomacy to push the major global and regional powers towards some kind of a joint venture against...

Jagdish N Singh |
March 13, 2012 |
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Gilgit Baltistan: Neither ‘in’ Pakistan Nor ‘of’ it?

Pakistan has failed to address the aspirations of the people under subjugation in PoK leading to frequent political outbursts as being witnessed now, outbursts that are only likely to grow...

Priyanka Singh |
March 06, 2012 |
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A Critique of MoD’s Joint Venture Guidelines

The intention of the JV guidelines notwithstanding, the policy document suffers from certain weaknesses which may impact its objective of enhancing national defence industrial capability.

Laxman Kumar Behera |
March 05, 2012 |
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A Critique of MoD’s Joint Venture Guidelines

The intention of the JV guidelines notwithstanding, the policy document suffers from certain weaknesses which may impact its objective of enhancing national defence industrial capability.