India is being subjected to increasing pressure from the developed countries to cut down on its carbon emissions on the grounds that it is the fifth largest consumer of energy. This comes even as there are forecasts that India's energy consumption will increase incrementally as it tries to address the challenges of its social and development goals by increasing and sustaining economic growth at around 8–10 per cent of its GDP.

• Authors: Shebonti Ray Dadwal
• January 2010
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: Darini Rajasingham Senanayake
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

That two countries, India and the United States of America, with so much in common should have drifted apart for so long has baffled many. Of course, there are reasons for it, but there are equally compelling arguments in favour of forging better ties. Perhaps the most important factor contributing to the drift has been the inability of the two to identify common interests. Both have been seized by many misconceptions; both have tended to look upon their mutual relations in the context of third countries.

• Authors: Dinesh Singh
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: Sumita Kumar
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: Gunjan Singh
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: M. Amarjeet Singh
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: Arvind Gupta
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

• Authors: Christopher Clary
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

This article deals with financing of Islamist terror in Bangladesh, which on occasions becomes jihadi in nature, especially when it is directed towards India. The exercise undertaken studies developments in the area of terrorist finance in Bangladesh post-9/11, but does not claim to fully estimate the volume of terror financing in that country. The attempt has been made to throw some light on an area where little research has been done. The article argues that the Government of Bangladesh has shown a half-hearted approach towards checking the finance of terrorism.

• Authors: Anand Kumar
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis

For several decades, religion has been a visible and potent force in the domestic politics of Muslim countries. Within Asia, the issue has attracted considerable debate and a good case study of this is Malaysia. Issues of religious conversion, demolition of temples, apostasy, and Islamic state discourse have widened fault lines among different religious communities in Malaysia.

• Authors: Pankaj K Jha
• November 2009
• Strategic Analysis