Chinese lessons in diplomacy The External Affairs Minister has returned back from his visit to China. Despite this seemingly happy ending to the sordid border incident, inconvenient questions about China’s intentions and assertiveness persist. Arvind Gupta | May 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The TTP Factor in Pakistani Elections What we are seeing in Pakistan is the ushering in of an anti-democratic Islamic order through the ballot box. What is more, the Pakistan Army has decided to also indirectly ensure that Islam is never “taken out of Pakistan”. P. K. Upadhyay | May 10, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Rockets in Maoist Arsenal Rockets in the Maoist arsenal may seem, presently, to have nuisance value. However, the possibility of the Maoists acquiring greater capability to fire the rockets with accuracy cannot be ruled out. Many strategic and static locations would come under threat with disastrous consequences. P. V. Ramana | May 10, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Ifs and buts of Pakistan’s coming elections With an expected fractured poll results, Pakistan is further heading towards uncertainty. The question is not so much as to who forms the next government but more importantly on how it functions. Chances are that the May 11 elections could well end up making Pakistan further ungovernable. Sushant Sareen | May 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
FDI in Defence: Lessons for Developing Countries Most developed economies are already feeling threatened by increasing equity investments sponsored by foreign government-owned and/ or foreign government-controlled entities in the defence and high-tech industries. A coordinated government response for supervision of foreign investments will emerge on the horizon sooner than later. Sandeep Verma | May 07, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Amendments to DPP-2011: An Analytical Overview On April 20th, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the Ministry of Defence announced 15 major amendments to the defence procurement and production policies, with the hope to incentivise indigenous defence manufacturing while promoting transparency and efficiency in the procurement process. Laxman Kumar Behera | May 06, 2013 | Issue Brief
A new dawn for defence production in India Defence acquisitions are always much debated and scrutinised. The criticism ranges from a lack of direction in procurements to needles procedural complexities and from corruption in defence deals to bureaucratic apathy. The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the Defence Minister, has taken some bold and much needed decisions on April 20, 2013 in an attempt to address some of these issues. Amit Cowshish | May 06, 2013 | Issue Brief
Examining the Prospects of South Korea “Going Nuclear” In the aftermath of recent North Korean actions and threats, there has been in recent times some open debates and discussions about the prospects of South Korea “going nuclear” i.e. developing its own nuclear weapons. This brief argues that short of abrogating all its bilateral and multilateral treaties and obligations with heavy costs, the prospects of it doing so in the short/medium term are not that easy and may not be cost effective. G. Balachandran , Rukmani Gupta | May 01, 2013 | Issue Brief
Significance of Japan-Taiwan Fishery Pact Recently concluded Japan-Taiwan Fishery Pact warrants careful monitoring of the Cross-Strait relations as the pact displeases China. Prashant Kumar Singh | May 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The International Ambitions of Mao and Nehru: National Efficacy Beliefs and the Making of Foreign Policy by Andrew Bingham Kennedy India and China represented two of the most dynamic anomalies within the international system during the height of the Cold War era in the 1950s. Both states were considered thus, as the world, particularly Western nations, looked upon their prospective futures with varying degrees of scepticism. Melissa M. Cyrill | May 2013 | Strategic Analysis
