Keeping Capstone in Context: Evaluating the Peacekeeping Doctrine The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping ‘Capstone doctrine’ is the first attempt by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Department of Field Support (DPKO/DFS) to formulate a coherent doctrine for peacekeeping/peacebuilding missions beyond... Brent Thomas Gerchicoff | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Taming India’s Maoists: Surrender and Rehabilitation This article seeks to make a preliminary assessment of the surrender and rehabilitation policy being adopted towards Naxalites. The examples/experiences cited in this paper refer largely to cadres and leaders... P. V. Ramana | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
The Afghan Game: Interests and Moves In Afghanistan, the third Great Game is still on. The end of US–NATO combat operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 will be read by many as ‘Obama’s Vietnam’,... J.K. Baral | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Why is the UN Security Council Discussing Climate Change? The G8, Pakistan and the Pacific island states have pushed for a discussion in the United Nations (UN) Security Council on the security dimensions of climate change. As the issue... Mukul Sanwal | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Australia’s Defence White Paper 2013: Seeking a Fine Balance On 3 May 2013, Australia’s former Prime Minister Julia Gillard released the Defence White Paper (DWP) 2013, making it the sixth White Paper on defence in the history of Australia,... Rahul Mishra | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Russia and China in the Arctic: A Team of Rivals The Arctic is beginning to test the stage-managed optics of China and Russia’s ‘strategic partnership’. Friction was most recently on display after the Arctic Council’s May 2013 decision to confer... Lincoln E. Flake | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
India–US Strategic Dialogue: An Assessment India–US strategic dialogue was initiated in 2009, and is organised annually in different capitals. The first round of dialogue took place against the backdrop of pessimism in the bilateral relationship.... Chintamani Mahapatra | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Will Pakistan’s India Policy under Sharif Shift Strategically? The May 2013 parliamentary elections in Pakistan led to a stable government under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Prime Minister Sharif promised a shift of the country’s India policy. Given... Ishtiaq Ahmad , Hannes Ebert | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Avro replacement Programme on the Cusp of Hope and Despair The avro replacement is not a design and development programme which will involve extensive use of the airfields for test flights. It is an aircraft that is already flying and... Amit Cowshish | October 31, 2013 | IDSA Comments
BDCA with China and its Implications for India The new architecture admittedly is a rehash of previously signed (1993, 1996, 2005 and 2012) de-escalatory measures. Most of the Clauses outline mechanisms for exchanging information, consultations about military activities... P. Stobdan | October 29, 2013 | IDSA Comments
