Strategic Analysis

Water as a Source of Conflict and Instability in China

China’s focus on high economic growth over the last decade and ‘economy first’ principle have put serious strain on its water resources. China has only 7 per cent of the...

The Politics of Reform in China: Deng, Jiang and Hu

This paper seeks to understand the political dynamics that operates behind reforms in China. To interpret the political influences that have, and are, determining the course and trajectory of the...

Radical Islamic Movements: Gender Construction in Jamaat-i-Islami and Tabligh-i-Jamaat in Pakistan

Muslim women are generally viewed as victims of prevailing religious and patriarchal discourses. Their subjectivity and subordinate position is discussed as imposed, through textual representations by orthodox and radical Muslims....

MMA-Democracy Interface in Pakistan: From Natural Confrontation to Cohabitation?

The myth regarding religious parties in Pakistan possessing street power sans political power was broken with the success of the Muttahida Majlise Amal’s (MMA)—a coalition of Muslim parties and groups—...

Religious Extremism in Ferghana Valley

A series of disturbing events— from the Tashkent bombing in February 1999 to the May 13, 2005 incidents in Andijon city in Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan— have drawn attention to...

Central Asia and South Asia: Potential of India’s Multilateral Economic Diplomacy in Inter-Regional Cooperation

The unique feature of the Indian economy over the past few decades has been a combination of high growth and stability. It has proved its strength and resilience through this...

India-Russia Defence Cooperation

Co-operation in the field of defence constitutes one of the most important features of Indo-Russian bilateral ties. However, the relationship is undergoing significant changes in the new context of market...

Closure of the Pakistan-Based A.Q. Khan Network Case: A Hasty Burial?

North Korea’s and Iran’s showdown with the US and the West on the nuclear proliferation issue are closely related to their dubious proliferation connections with the Pakistan-based A Q Khan...

Agni-III

On July 9, 2006, the long awaited Agni-III ballistic missiles test finally took place. This was the first test of this version of Agni designed with a range of 3,000...

Dragon in the Savanna: China’s Rising Influence over Angola

China’s relations with Angola have traditionally been friendly due to the fact that both countries were and still are ruled by Marxist Leninist regimes, but until recently the PRC’s presence...

Rise of Islamic Forces in Somalia

Somalia has entered into a new period of crises with the rise of Islamic forces in the country. After months of fierce fighting, on June 4 this year the militias...

Dangerous Symptoms

When noted journalist Bertil Lintner first broke the story in April 2002 about the growth radicalism in Bangladesh, it was ridiculed and dismissed as a malicious story. There was complete...

North Korea: The Final Frontier?

The Guerrila Dynasty – Politics and Leadership in North Korea by Adrian Buzo, I.B. Tauris & Co., London, 1999 Price: GBP: 12.95 pp. 323 North Korea in the World Economy

Defence Economics: Core Issues

Defence can seldom ignore the standard economic problem—the need to make critical often hard resource choices. Yet the output of defence studies focuses almost entirely on professional and strategic issues,...

Regional Implications of the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan

Muslims comprise the second largest population after Hindus in South Asia. They are, however, not a monolithic community. The rise of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan and the official patronage it...

Islamist Extremism: Challenge to Security in South Asia

Emergence of radical and extremist Islamist movements has proved to be a major source of instability in South and Central Asia. Radical Islamist groups emphasise that political power is indispensable...

K. Warikoo |
January 2006 |
Strategic Analysis

Balochistan: Continuing Violence and Its Implications

State-building efforts in Pakistan have been increasingly come under challenge from ethno-national movements. The current spate of insurgency in Balochistan is a product of repressive policies coupled with historical grievances...

Alok Bansal |
January 2006 |
Strategic Analysis

Sumita Kumar |
January 2006 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis

Water as a Source of Conflict and Instability in China

The Politics of Reform in China: Deng, Jiang and Hu

Radical Islamic Movements: Gender Construction in Jamaat-i-Islami and Tabligh-i-Jamaat in Pakistan

MMA-Democracy Interface in Pakistan: From Natural Confrontation to Cohabitation?

Religious Extremism in Ferghana Valley

Central Asia and South Asia: Potential of India’s Multilateral Economic Diplomacy in Inter-Regional Cooperation

India-Russia Defence Cooperation

Closure of the Pakistan-Based A.Q. Khan Network Case: A Hasty Burial?

Agni-III

Dragon in the Savanna: China’s Rising Influence over Angola

Rise of Islamic Forces in Somalia

Dangerous Symptoms

North Korea: The Final Frontier?

Defence Economics: Core Issues

Regional Implications of the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan

Islamist Extremism: Challenge to Security in South Asia

Balochistan: Continuing Violence and Its Implications

Warlords, Drugs and the ‘War on Terror’ in Afghanistan: The Paradoxes

Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Seeking a Transformative Way Out

Pakistan and Regionalism