Issue Brief - MP-IDSA

The Sochi Summit: Fresh Moves on The Grand Eurasian Chessboard

At their second Summit in Sochi on August 18, 2010, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan agreed to reinforce their cooperation. The United States has supported the Russian initiative due to...

Smita Purushottam |
August 27, 2010 |
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If India Tests? The Implications for the Indo-U.S. Civil-Nuclear Deal

In the event of a test, it’s a safe bet that several factors will play into determining U.S. response. This response will be constrained by the strength of the U.S.-India...

Justine Isola |
August 26, 2010 |
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Indonesia’s New Foreign Policy – ‘Thousand friends- zero enemy’

Indonesia is trying to gain the leadership position in Southeast Asia through constructive and cooperative gestures and balanced bargaining between major powers.

Irfa Puspitasari |
August 23, 2010 |
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Deflecting the Assassin’s Mace: The Pentagon’s New AirSea Battle Concept and its Strategic Relevance to India

Indian strategists may well find that many of the tactical quandaries faced today by the US carrier fleets cruising through the Asia Pacific are destined to become those of the...

Iskander Rehman |
July 07, 2010 |
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US Sanctions on Iran and their Impact on India

Will the recent US Treasury sanctions and impending Congress sanctions on Iran influence Indian companies from doing business with the Islamic Republic?

Shebonti Ray Dadwal , M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi |
June 21, 2010 |
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Economic Crises, Currencies and Geopolitical Turning Points

The serial financial crises have exposed deep fault lines in the international financial system, and have prompted a search for a better and more stable global financial structure.

Smita Purushottam |
June 14, 2010 |
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Countering the Naxals

The Grid-Guard-Govern strategy would do away with the sequential application of socio-economic solutions by undertaking security-led governance cum development action.

Harinder Singh |
June 11, 2010 |
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Promises, Compromises and a Tie-Breaker: NPT RevCon 2010 was an Otiose Event

The RevCon, after abundant manoeuvring and political one-upmanship, finalised quite ‘consensually’ a much diluted and defeatist document that promises to ensure that disarmament remains a dream.

A. Vinod Kumar |
June 09, 2010 |
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Peacekeeping Partnerships: Cooperation or Conflict

This paper seeks to understand the nature of cooperation between the UN and other IGOs in ongoing conflicts. It will examine the security framework in which these multilateral arrangements were...

Mayank Bubna |
May 24, 2010 |
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Humanitarian Diplomacy & Failed States: Case Study of the WFP Operations in Somalia

Most aid groups have pulled out of Somalia because of the continuing dangers. Yet, the World Food Program (WFP) continues to operate in the region, and has been doing so...

Mayank Bubna |
May 7, 2010 |
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Anti-Naxal Operations: Employment of Armed Forces

Whereas employing Armed Forces may appear to be an attractive idea to control the naxal menace, the adverse effects of their long term commitment, particularly of the Army, need to...

Rumel Dahiya |
May 04, 2010 |
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The ICC’s Role in Sudan: Peace versus Justice

In order for ICC jurisdiction to truly have a sway it needs to be credible as a deterrence mechanism, and it should keep track of the political strategies used by...

Mayank Bubna |
April 28, 2010 |
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Likely Impact of Current Developments on the Pakistani State and its Army

India has very little leverages in shaping a peaceful, stable and friendly Pakistan but its own progress can make Pakistani society, fearful of being left behind, force a change in...

Rumel Dahiya |
April 19, 2010 |
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The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill

The basic principles of the Bill are as per international norms and seem adequate and it should be enacted at the earliest.

R. Ramachandran |
April 15, 2010 |
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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 |
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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 |
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An Assessment of Insurgencies in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in 2009

The North East of India has been plagued by insurgencies since independence in 1947. Most violent amongst the armed movements had been the Naga National Council in the 1950s and...

Namrata Goswami |
April 05, 2010 |
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The Dragon’s Shield: Intricacies of China’s BMD Capability

China undertook a BMD test on January 11, 2010, which it claimed was an exoatmospheric interception. Though Beijing was known to be developing missile defence systems for long, there were...

A. Vinod Kumar |
February 25, 2010 |
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The Case for Mercenaries in Africa

Despite the concerns surrounding the use of mercenaries, they remain an indispensable force on the African continent, so much so that they have been welcomed by governments, and grudgingly even...

Mayank Bubna |
February 16, 2010 |
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Cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures between India and Pakistan: A Giant Leap or a Small Step towards Peace?

The report examines the reaction of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to various cross-LoC contacts that have been initiated by India and Pakistanwhich is an important bilateral Confidence-Building Measure...

Smruti S. Pattanaik , Arpita Anant |
February 12, 2010 |
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