India’s ‘deep-sea mining’ capability gets a fillip India’s acquisition of a deep-sea exploration ship ‘SamudraRatnakar’ is a noteworthy development. ‘Deep-sea mining’ has now been officially recognised as a future frontier of scientific research, a notion first outlined... Abhijit Singh | November 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
India’s Nuclear Policy: The Year After On 11 May 1998, two events took place: (1)India carried out nuclear tests; and (2)India declared itself to be a state with nuclear weapons.1 Jasjit Singh | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
R.I.P. Air Commodore Jasjit Singh AVSM, VrC, VM, IAF (Retd) (1934–2013) Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, AVSM, VrC, VM, IAF (Retd), aged 79, passed away on August 4 2013 after a brief illness. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his condolence message,... Arvind Gupta | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace Post-Cold War structural change (from bipolar to unipolar) brought about by the demise of the Soviet Union, redefined the role and responsibilities of the United Nations (UN). The constraints imposed... Vikash Chandra | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India by Patrick Olivelle is an annotated translation of Kautilya’s Arthasastra. It has 15 chapters and three appendices, which allow the author to stay... Jean Langlois-Berthelot | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Prospects and Challenges of ASEAN Regionalism has been an important force in international relations since 1945. The aim of this article is to make an assessment of one of the major regional organisations from the... Kunal Mukherjee | November 2013 | Strategic Analysis
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
