Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap 2013 The objective of the TPCR is to give an opportunity to the Indian industry to draw up business plans for developing technologies which could be transformed into capabilities required by... Amit Cowshish | July 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Political Economy of Madrassa Education in Bangladesh: Genesis, Growth and Impact , by Abu Barkat, Rowshan Ara, M. Taheruddin, Farid M. Zahid and Md. Badiuzzaman Madrassas in Bangladesh have seen a rapid increase in their number in recent years. As per 2008 estimates, 9,827,742 students were enrolled in 54,130 Madrassas in the country. That meant... Anshuman Behera | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in the Age of Globalisation by Torkel Brekke The book is based on the premise that ‘fundamentalism’ that gives an impression of antiquity is a modern phenomenon and ‘relatively a recent thing’ (p. 17). It explains fundamentalism as... Saurabh Mishra | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
The Prabhakaran Saga: The Rise and Fall of an Eelam Warrior , by S. Murari V.Prabhakaran, the man who took up arms at the age of 17 and led one of the world's most ruthless terrorist organisations to realise the dream of the Tamil Eelam,... Gulbin Sultana | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Saudi Arabia on the Edge: the Uncertain Future of an American Ally by Thomas W. Lippman Saudi Arabia is a country the West loves and hates simultaneously. Often termed a ‘mysterious land’, Westerners largely view Saudi Arabia as a country ‘defined by oil, terrorism and veiled... Mohammed Nuruzzaman | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Two Decades of India’s Look East Policy: Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity , by A.N. Ram (ed.) This volume on the Look East Policy (LEP) is well timed. India hosted, on December 20, 2012, a Commemorative Summit to mark the two decades of partnership between India and... Yogendra Kumar | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Australia in the Asian Century: Australian Government’s White Paper, Strong and Secure: A Strategy for Australia’s National Security As Asia rises and the centre of gravity of strategic affairs shifts to the Asia Pacific, the Australian government is getting ready to exploit new opportunities and gear up to... Arvind Gupta | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty and Resource Governance in the Arctic While oil and gas industries are already well established in Siberia and Alaska, the melting of the Arctic ice cap is opening up new areas of the High North to... Åshild Kolås | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Sailing through the Northern Sea Route: Opportunities and Challenges Because of global warming, the thinning ice in the Arctic is opening up the region for navigation for a few months in the summer season. The Arctic littoral countries (Canada,... V Sakhuja | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Sovereignty is the Key to Russia’s Arctic Policy It was the privately-sponsored Russian expedition to the North Pole in August 2007 that opened a new competitive era in Arctic geopolitics, and the technologically elegant PR-trick with planting the... Pavel K. Baev | July 2013 | Strategic Analysis
