Afghanistan’s Political Reconciliation Policy: Ill Conceived and Self-Defeating The Afghan government’s peace and reconciliation overtures to the militants, initially at the unofficial level but later sanctioned officially, have formed a key theme of state security policy from the... Ahmad Shayeq Qassem | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Looking at Nuclear Rivalry: The Role of Nuclear Deterrence The 100th anniversary of World War I is a reminder of the risks of great power politics. The current dynamics of world politics rest on the relations among the US,... Harald Muller | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Asian States in Crisis Problems common to many Asian states suggest a pattern of crisis in Asia. The evidence suggests that the root cause is the similarity in the patterns of political development of... Björn Dressel , Michael Wesley | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s Nasr/Hatf-IX Missile: Challenges for Indo-Pak Deterrence On November 5, 2013 Pakistan conducted its fourth test of the Hatf-IX (Nasr) short range battlefield ‘nuclear’ missile. To date there have been four flight tests of the missile system.... Arun Vishwanathan | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
India–South Korea Relations and the Emerging Regional Architecture South Korean president Park Geun-hye visited India in January 2014 after India and South Korea marked 40 years of diplomatic relations the previous year.1 These developments symbolise a burgeoning relationship... Chietigj Bajpaee | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Examining the Interventionist Logic in the Arab Uprisings At first glance, there was no coherent regional and international response to the transitions triggered in the Arab world since December 2010 as external players, both regional and international, had... Melissa Cyrill | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
EU–China and EU–India: A Tale of Two Strategic Partnerships More than a decade has passed since the European Union (EU) signed strategic partnerships with China (2003) and India (2004). The EU’s ‘honeymoon’ with China was over within a few... Gulshan Sachdeva | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
The Limits of ‘Hybrid Governance’ in Afghanistan The following commentary argues that the strategic and structural solutions proffered by advocates of ‘hybrid’ governance—encompassing elements from distinctly different ideological backgrounds or schools of thought—ignore or fail to address... Srinjoy Bose , Nishank Motwani | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Addressing Violent Extremism: Lessons from Sri Lanka In the years since the hostilities in Sri Lanka ended in 2009, the understandable international focus on the evidence of war crimes by both sides has diverted attention from certain... Adam Roberts | July 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Bangladesh: A new beginning? While the visit was proposed as a good will visit, some of the issues that have been bedeviling bilateral relations came up for discussion particularly, from the Bangladesh side, the... Smruti S. Pattanaik | June 30, 2014 | IDSA Comments
