China’s Gorbachov Angst Till China’s economy gallops along developing at 9 per cent annually, there is little chance that domestic dissidence will get out of hand. But China’s Gorbachov moment will arrive if... R. S. Kalha | January 16, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Measures for Improving Management of National Security Foremost on the government’s defence and national security reforms agenda should be the formulation of a comprehensive National Security Strategy (NSS), including that for internal security. The NSS should be... Gurmeet Kanwal | January 16, 2014 | IDSA Comments
Post-CHOGM Dilemmas of Rajapaksa There is a view in Lanka that CHOGM did more harm than good and many, in fact, are questioning the wisdom of the government to host the meet. However, the... Gulbin Sultana | January 15, 2014 | IDSA Comments
A Fractured Peace Achieving a lasting and successful peace would involve addressing the root causes of the tension and a commitment to keeping peace. The world is looking to see how the youngest... George Thomas | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
African Countries and the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka The vote reflected a geopolitical contest wherein the West still has considerable influence and the Chinese influence is on the rise. The discussion and the voting pattern of the African... Saurabh Mishra | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
Crisis in Central African Republic The UN resolution comes not a moment too soon but the actual deployment of troops is still a few months away as modalities about the troop contributing nations and funding... Divita Shandilya | January-March 2014 | Africa Trends
India and Maldives: Ties Must Be Consolidated President Yameen decision to visit India soon after his election in November 2013, is an indication that he wants to put India-Maldives relations on a positive track which had received... Arvind Gupta | January 13, 2014 | Policy Brief
Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: An Indian Perspective For a maritime nation like India, its conception of maritime security of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and, specifically, its approach to maritime security has a long historical legacy. The... Sarabjeet Singh Parmar | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement: The Icebreaker in Making? The long expected Agreement on Border Defence Cooperation (BDCA) was signed between the governments of India and China on 23 October 2013 in Beijing, during the visit of the Indian... Bijoy Das | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
Is the Submarine Arm Losing its Punch? The explosions that gutted INS Sindhurakshak during the early hours of 14 August 2013 caught the imagination of an entire nation that watched the brief footage of the catastrophic event... Sataluri Govind | January 2014 | Journal of Defence Studies
