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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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,... Melissa M. Cyrill | May 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Twenty-First Century Sea Power: Cooperation and Conflict at Sea by Peter Dutton, Robert S. Ross and Oystein Tunsjo (eds.) The volume under review is part of the CASS Series on Naval Policy and History edited by the acclaimed maritime affairs expert Professor Geoffrey Till, and is also the 50th... C Uday Bhaskar | May 2013 | Strategic Analysis
