New Gambles in Ladakh It all appears that the Indian army this time got clear orders to hold the ground and undo what the previous UPA government did – dismantled huts, bunkers and observation posts in exchange of PLA moving back from the Indian territory. P. Stobdan | September 25, 2014 | IDSA Comments
XI’s visit and the boundary issues In the Chinese mind the settlement of the border issue with India cannot be divorced from regional, political and larger strategic issues. China has used the threat of intrusions across the LAC, as a part of its coercive diplomacy and it is too valuable an asset to give up. Mukul Sanwal | September 24, 2014 | IDSA Comments
A primer on the Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 During PM Modi’s visit to US, one of the topics that is likely to be high on the agenda will be the still incomplete US-India nuclear cooperation by way of sales of nuclear reactors to India because of the Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010. G. Balachandran | September 23, 2014 | Backgrounder
PLA Asserts as Modi-Xi Jinping Talk The military gap between Indian and China is growing steadily as the PLA is upgrading the military infrastructure in Tibet to enable rapid deployment. China will stall resolution of the territorial dispute till it is in a much stronger position. Gurmeet Kanwal | September 22, 2014 | IDSA Comments
India and China: Ready to Meet Halfway Can the two leaders go further and recognize the regional strategic interests of each other in the Pacific and the Indian Oceans? What about full support for India’s membership of the Security with the two countries working together in that forum? Mukul Sanwal | September 22, 2014 | IDSA Comments
India Mission to Mars: Ready to Orbit The orbit insertion scheduled for September 24 will be a landmark achievement. The Mars accomplishment could assist the global efforts towards the possible human colonization of the Red Planet and would automatically increase India’s status. Ajey Lele | September 19, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Strategising India’s Defence Exports What the Strategy for Defence Export tries to achieve is to create institutional mechanisms and establish clear-cut procedures within the overall ambit of the Foreign Trade Export for facilitating arms exports through export promotion/facilitation and export regulation. Laxman Kumar Behera | September 17, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Xi’s Visit: Dawn of a New Era? Modi should talk to Xi and seek an interim boundary solution at least by having some sort of Friendly Pillars, call them Shanti Stupas along the border (almost 500 kilometers) in the Western Sector. P. Stobdan | September 16, 2014 | Issue Brief
Strategic Significance of the India-Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement As Australia and India have to deepen their security cooperation for a peaceful prosperous and stable Asia-Pacific region, both the countries will have to manage global nuclear commerce together. Rajiv Nayan | September 15, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Islamic State not invincible: Need to take Russia, China on board China, like Russia, suffers from domestic terrorism (the Uyghur East Turkestan Islamic Movement). Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has put China on a list of countries accused of persecuting Muslims, thus making it a target for jihad. Sandhya Jain | September 15, 2014 | IDSA Comments
