“We do not need to be told. We do not need to be taught”: Sri Lanka at the 22nd UNHRC, Geneva This year, India needs to be reminded that the situation in Sri Lanka has drastically deteriorated: the GoSL has weakened democracy, dismantled the judiciary and not followed through on any... Thiruni Kelegama | March 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Neville Maxwell’s War Neville Maxwell's book, India's China War (Jaico Publishing House, Bombay, 1970) has already been subjected to extensive comments by a number of senior journalists in this country. By and large,... K. Subrahmanyam | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West by Ahmed Rashid In the recent past, Pakistan has earned the distinction of being the most dangerous place on earth. According to some analysts it is a failed state, while others insist that... Ashish Shukla | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Rethinking Class in Russia by Suvi Salmenniemi (ed.) Class is a normatively charged concept rooted in ideas of oppression, exploitation and domination. The collapse of the Soviet Union engendered an unprecedented rise of social inequalities in Russia. Social... Awadhesh Kumar Jha | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Russian Energy Security and Foreign Policy by Adrian Dellecker and Thomas Gomart (eds.)London/New York, Routledge, 2011, 256 pp., $135, ISBN 0-203-81673-0 (master e-book), 978-0-415-54733-8 (hbk), 978-0-203-81673-8 (ebk) Russian Energy Security and Forei This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars focusing on the energy security of Russia and how it plays a dominant role in Russia's foreign policy. The main... Abhimanyu Behera | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Vortex of Conflict: US Policy toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq by Caldwell Dan The United States is currently facing daunting security challenges in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. In the midst of a growing domestic economic crisis and anti-Americanism abroad, there is an ongoing... Saroj Bishoyi | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Internal Conflicts: Military Perspectives by V.R. Raghavan (ed.)Vij Books, New Delhi, 2012, 324 pp. Internal Conflicts: Military Perspectives by V.R. Raghavan (ed.) India's tryst with destiny began on 15 August 1947. It did not take long for both conventional and sub-conventional challenges to manifest in the onward journey of the nascent country... Vivek Chadha | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World by Muchkund Dubey Muchkund Dubey's book on India's foreign policy is quite different from similar books written in recent times. Most books either reveal a nostalgia for the Nehruvian past or reject it... Arvind Gupta | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Essays on the Kuki–Naga Conflict: A Review The Kuki–Naga conflict, which was mainly fought on land and identity issues, resulted in the uprooting of hundreds of villages, with the loss of more than 1,000 lives and enormous... Thongkholal Haokip | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
Understanding Diverse Global Thoughts on Air Power Air power has gone through a lot over the last two decades—from being a decisive tool of war fighting during Operation Desert Storm and operations over Kosovo, to a more... Arjun Subramaniam | March 2013 | Strategic Analysis
