Elections in Pakistan: Perspectives from Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir In the run-up to the May 2013 elections, the political scene in Pakistan was absorbed in electoral rhetoric, active campaigning and a hectic poll process. It culminated with an expected... Priyanka Singh | January 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Interventionism and Human Security The conflict in Syria is inexorably turning into a quagmire as more entities get dragged into the sludge. From a hands-off policy to one of humanitarian support, the West has... Manmohan Bahadur | January 2014 | Strategic Analysis
Politics, Security and Nuclear Abolition: Beyond the Idealist Rhetoric Disarmament and non-proliferation are rightfully viewed as two sides of the same coin: the two imperatives that need to be met if the prospect of the complete elimination of nuclear... Dimitrios Machairas | January 2014 | Strategic Analysis
A Year-end Security Review of Southern Asia It has been a year of unstable regional security with the endless conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s half-hearted struggle against the remnants of the al Qaeda, Sri Lanka’s inability to find... Gurmeet Kanwal | December 31, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India-China Relations: Scenario 2014 The India-China relations in 2013, in spite Depsang incident, had a more positive than negative tone. Premier Li chose India as his first overseas stop and the pronouncement to deepen... P. Stobdan | December 30, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India’s Maoists: Financing the war machinery In a document entitled ‘Our Financial Policy’, the Maoists mention that they have three types of economic needs, viz. the needs of war, political propaganda and the people. To cater... P. V. Ramana | December 27, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Delegation of Powers to the Armed Forces in a Time Warp MoD, according to news reports, has instructed the Army HQ that its permission will need to be taken before changing the structure or role of the units in future. This... Amit Cowshish | December 26, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Taking Stock of Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s One Year Rule In the last one year, Xi’s has consolidated his position within the Standing Committee of the Party Politbureau, elevated information security as China’s core concern and focused on internal security... R. S. Kalha | December 20, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India’s Nuclear Triad: A Net Assessment This paper discusses such delivery mechanisms commonly known together as nuclear triad in the Indian context. The paper has four major parts. The first part attempts to set the context... Ajey Lele , Parveen Bhardwaj | | Occasional Papers
Iftikhar Choudharys Judicial Activism and the Pakistani state: Time for a rethink? While Choudhary’s judicial activism did restore a degree of sanity to Pakistan, it came at the expense of other institutions and created an imbalance of power. Pakistan, to become a... Wajahat Qazi | December 18, 2013 | IDSA Comments
