Chinese intrusions across the LAC China’s border intrusions have been bolstered by a steady and committed expansion of its military hardware and infrastructure in Tibet and neighbouring provinces. The improvement of surface transportation near the... Namrata Goswami | December 17, 2013 | Issue Brief
Border Roads Organisation in the North-East: Need for Priority The importance of the road network in the north-east needs no emphasis. India is now raising the 17 Mountain Corps to augment its strategic strike capability vis-à-vis China. The BRO... Gautam Sen | December 16, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Mission Mars: India’s Quest for the Red Planet Publisher: Springer ISBN 978-81-322-1521-9 Price: 49,99 € The objective of the book is to find an answer to the rationale behind the human quest for the Mars exploration. As a... Ajey Lele | | Book
Is It Time to Withdraw the Army from Kashmir? 2013 witnessed the highest ceasefire violations in eight years, accompanied by a sharp increase in security force casualties. Some sections within the media and intelligentsia have misunderstood the army’s presence... Vivek Chadha | December 13, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Who Sets the Agenda? Does ‘Prime Time’ Really Pace Policy? At a time when the country is seeing crises - political, social and moral, the role of the media is rising in perception as never before. But how much does... Shruti Pandalai | 2013 | Monograph
Gilgit Baltistan: Between Hope and Despair The monograph attempts to present an exhaustive account on Gilgit Baltistan (part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and now part of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)) by... Priyanka Singh | 2013 | Monograph
Climate Change Narratives: Reading the Arctic In an interconnected world with interlinked issues, understanding Climate Change and the Arctic and exploring the intersection between the two is extremely important. The monograph addresses Climate Change as a... Uttam Kumar Sinha | 2013 | Monograph
Coastal Security: The Indian Experience This monograph aims at understanding India's approach towards coastal security as it has evolved since Independence. It describes the kinds of threats and challenges that India's coasts have been facing,... Pushpita Das | 2013 | Monograph
Chief of Defence Staff must be Appointed Immediately All major democracies have opted for the CDS and India cannot ignore it any further. In the prevailing battlefield milieu of joint operations, combined operations and even coalition operations, modern... Gurmeet Kanwal | December 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
US Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific: Implications for West Asia White House has sought to assuage the West Asian states’ feelings that the ties with Asia-Pacific would not be at their expense. On the other hand, there are strong prescriptions... Gulshan Dietl | December 11, 2013 | IDSA Comments
