The ‘Sir Creek’ Dispute: Contours, Implications and the Way Ahead Sir Creek, the 17th and last drainage branch of the river Indus, is a meandering riverine feature approximately 92 km (50 NM) long in the low-lying marshy region of Rann... Raghavendra Mishra | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Future of India–Nepal Relations: Is China a Factor? Nepal shares an open border of 1,868 km with five Indian states (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim) and 1,415 km with Tibet. Under the 1950 Treaty of... Arun Kumar Sahu | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Chronicling the India–China Puzzle China and India are the emerging economies in Asia and are in close geographical proximity to each other. What makes this relationship complicated is the fact that India and China... Gunjan Singh | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Military Conflicts and Diplomacy: An Inside View of Decision Making by General V.P. Malik India’s 11th Five Year Defence Plan was completed on March 31, 2012. Throughout its currency, the plan did not receive the approval of the Union Cabinet. The ongoing 12th Defence... Gurmeet Kanwal | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Bargaining on Nuclear Tests: Washington and Its Cold War Deals by Or Rabinowitz In Bargaining on Nuclear Tests, Rabinowitz examines aspects relating to the US entering into informal deals with Israel, South Africa and Pakistan in order to prevent them from testing nuclear... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
The Return of Geopolitics in Europe? Social Mechanisms and Foreign Policy Identity Crises by Stefano Guzzini (ed.) The end of the Cold War was one of the defining moments in Europe’s geopolitical history. The ‘frozen spatiality’ that dominated the geopolitical space of Europe for half a century... Nachiket Khadkiwala | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy by David M. Malone In Does the Elephant Dance, David Malone identifies various aspects of Indian history relevant to foreign policy by examining the role of domestic politics and internal and external security challenges.... Uma Nabhi | March 2015 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Budget 2015 -16: The Writing on the Wall It is a fairly simple exercise to estimate what the defence budget will be given available indicators. My assessment is that the Budget Estimate for defence is likely to be... Vinay Kaushal | February 27, 2015 | IDSA Comments
India’s Non-Policy on Pakistan: U-Turn to Square One The thumb rule in making a policy U-turn is “minimise damage or maximise advantage”. What is extraordinary about the Modi government’s U-turn is that it maximises losses and minimises advantages. Sushant Sareen | February 26, 2015 | IDSA Comments
India and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation There is a general feeling among analysts that while US government lawyers may have been satisfied that the CLNDA is compatible with CSC in light of explanations offered by the... G. Balachandran | February 19, 2015 | Issue Brief
