Strategic Analysis

Arms and Politics

Before and during World War II, India was one of the many territorial commands of the British imperial defence system. When India became independent, the country was totally reliant on...

Adeel Khan, The Politics of Identity and Stephen P Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan

The paper seeks to study the challenges faced by the Pakistani state from the perspective of its vast ethno-cultural diversity which problematises the process of-nation building attempted by the Pakistani...

Japanese Security at the Crossroads: Challenge and Initiatives

In the emerging complex security situation in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese security policies appear to be undergoing dramatic changes. The alliance with the US, especially the presence of American troops,...

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October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Japan’s Changing Role in the US-Japan Security Alliance

The US-Japan security arrangements have formed one of the most significant pillars of Japan’s security strategy ever since the end of the Second World War. However, what is noteworthy is...

Iran-Pakistan Relations: Political and Strategic Dimensions

Iran-Pakistan relations have had a distinct characteristic over the past five decades and Islamabad’s clandestine transfer of nuclear technology and materials to Iran underlines its significance. Political and strategic imperatives...

Shah Alam |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Post-War Afghanistan: Reconstructing a Failed State

Afghanistan once represented a fragmented and failed socio-economic and political entity. Operation Enduring Freedom, while targeting the Taliban and Al Qaida as part of the global war on terrorism helped...

K. R. Singh |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Trends in European Defence Industries in the 1990s: An Assessment

Significant changes have been witnessed in major centres of military production in recent times. Since the end of the Cold War, indicators of military production – expenditure, R&D expenditure, demand...

Religious Identity in Central Asia: Global-Local Interplay

This article covers the problems of religious identities in two Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – and analyses how globalisation and modernisation influenced them. International relations theories as...

Tsunami Tragedy: Indian Response and Anomalous Apathy

Narasimha Rao and the Bomb

In the background of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s obituary tribute to P.V. Narasimha Rao acknowledging the latter as the true father of Shakti nuclear test of May 11,...

China Faces Energy Crunch

Arun Sahgal |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

New US Administration and Its Approach to Foreign Policy

President Bush has announced Condoleezza Rice as the new Secretary of State in his second term. Her deputy at the National Security Council, Stephen Hadley, has been named as the...

Elections in Palestine: Progress or Regress

Yasser Arafat’s death on November 11, 2004, sparked off apprehensions regarding consequent political turmoil, civil war, increase in violence, confusion over future leadership and a subsequent state of chaos and...

Tanya Mohan |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Darfur Crisis: A Consequence of Inaction

On November 19, 2004, the UN Security Council convened an unusual session on Sudan’s doorstep, in Nairobi at the end of which they unanimously adopted a resolution promising political and...

Nivedita Ray |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Manipur and Armed Forces (Special Power) Act 1958

Introduction

Anil Kamboj |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Rear Admiral Raja Menon (Retd), ed., Weapons of Mass Destruction: Options for India

Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, collectively known as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), present a serious danger to humanity. These weapons, once recognised as tools of deterrence available to State...

Ajey Lele |
October 2004 |
Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis

Arms and Politics

Adeel Khan, The Politics of Identity and Stephen P Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan

Japanese Security at the Crossroads: Challenge and Initiatives

Japan’s Changing Role in the US-Japan Security Alliance

Iran-Pakistan Relations: Political and Strategic Dimensions

Post-War Afghanistan: Reconstructing a Failed State

Trends in European Defence Industries in the 1990s: An Assessment

Religious Identity in Central Asia: Global-Local Interplay

Tsunami Tragedy: Indian Response and Anomalous Apathy

Narasimha Rao and the Bomb

China Faces Energy Crunch

New US Administration and Its Approach to Foreign Policy

Elections in Palestine: Progress or Regress

Darfur Crisis: A Consequence of Inaction

Manipur and Armed Forces (Special Power) Act 1958

Rear Admiral Raja Menon (Retd), ed., Weapons of Mass Destruction: Options for India

New Threats to Oil and Gas in West Asia: Issues in India’s Energy Security

External Linkages and Internal Security: Assessing Bhutan’s Operation All Clear

Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: Convergence Plus Cooperation Equals Resonance

Indo-Pak Relations and the SAARC Summits