Peace or War Journalism: Case Study of the Balochistan Conflict in Pakistan Analysing peace journalism is a difficult task, especially within the context of an ongoing conflict. This study looks at peace journalism as it relates to the Balochistan/Pakistan conflict. Balochistan is... Aarushi Prakash | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Space Awareness: A Need for a Multilateral Mechanism This article discusses the utility and limitations of existing space surveillance networks to address the issue of spaceflight safety and proposes a way forward. Specifically, it begins with a brief... Ajey Lele | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
The Changing Politics and Geopolitics of Burma Burma’s two decades-old alignment with China, which was always an uneasy one, is being reordered to better reflect Burmese national interests. In an attempt to reach out to the West,... Prem Mahadevan | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
EU Weapons Embargo and Current Chinese Foreign Policy This article examines the EU weapons embargo on China as a major foreign policy challenge that China’s new leadership has inherited. The article argues that the continuation of the embargo... Sonika Gupta | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Rereading Mao’s Military Thinking Although the nature of warfare has changed beyond recognition since the 1920s and 1930s when Chairman Mao Zedong penned his main military writings, his military thoughts are still a point... Prashant Kumar Singh | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Leadership Change and Its Tibet Policy Two new factors have appeared on the Tibetan political scene after the recent leadership change in China. First, the ‘spiritualisation’ of politics: paradoxically, the atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP), also... Claude Arpi | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Turkey, Islamic Politics and the ‘Turkish Model’ In more than three decades, ever since the Islamic-oriented National Order Party was formed in 1969, Turkish politics has been analysed by many in terms of two straitjacketed views: Islamists... Mehmet Ozkan | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Maritime Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: An Assessment of the INS Sudarshini Expedition INS Sudarshini, India’s Sail Training Ship (STS), was sent on a commemorative expedition to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries for six months along the monsoon... Rahul Mishra | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Overcoming the Ways of Matsya Nyaya Ancient Indian political thought as given in the niti (moral law) lays down that matsya nyaya (big fish swallowing the smaller fish), which is a law of nature, must be... P. K. Gautam | September 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Northern Sea Route: Humming with Activity As the ice thins in the Arctic, the commercial feasibility of the northern sea route is increasing rapidly. Five years ago there was no activity; this year about 1.5 million... Arvind Gupta | August 27, 2013 | IDSA Comments
