Debating the Doctrine of Military Intervention The emerging doctrine of intervention is built around the ability of the international community, mainly the US-led western alliance, to impose its collective will in order to restore a deteriorating... Gurmeet Kanwal | September 13, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Implications of New States in the Union of India Creation of new states is likely to undermine India’s polity and governance and consequently the socio-economic progress. Cost-benefit analysis suggests that only in some respects the newly-created states have performed... Gautam Sen | September 12, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Come November in Nepal… The transitional politics in the Himalayan Kingdom has entered choppy waters with the breakaway radical faction of the Maoist party vowing to disrupt the election to a new constituent assembly... Post Bahadur Basnet | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Great Gas Game over Syria New energy find in West Asia will set forth new political equations. Syria alone has discovered huge proven gas, oil and shale reserves. Whether the Assad regime survives or a... Gulshan Dietl | September 09, 2013 | IDSA Comments
How has the West responded to ‘gassing’ in West Asia? It is not so much because of the use of chemical weapons that will unleash US fire-power, but the fact that the Assad regime might be winning the civil war... R. S. Kalha | September 04, 2013 | IDSA Comments
China-India Joint Military Drill: Time for a Review Joint military exercises hold strategic relevance but India must consider seriously that despite the Annual Defence Dialogue mechanism and joint training exercises, incursions in the border regions have increased over... Jagannath P. Panda | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Indian Airpower Afloat The Indian navy has long aspired for a true blue water capability and the aircraft carrier project is a critical part of safeguarding India’s maritime interest that includes providing security... Vivek Kapur | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Vietnam-US Rapprochement: A New Phase Vietnam’s president Sang’s visit to the US is historic in many ways and promises to bring in a new era of partnership through active trade relations and strategic alliance as... Rahul Mishra | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Arrest of Yasin Bhatkal: An Analysis The arrest of Bhatkal, head of the Indian Mujahideen, highlights the measures taken by security agencies including improved coordination in different states to apprehend a number of terrorists in the... Anshuman Behera | September 02, 2013 | IDSA Comments
The Kenya-ICC Standoff Uhuru Kenyatta's election as the president of Kenya is important both with respect to the Kenyan internal politics and the larger implications for the legal regime of the International Criminal... Saurabh Mishra | September 2013 | Africa Trends
