SINAI: The Middle East’s New Hot Spot Since the revolution that toppled Mubarak, Sinai has become a no man’s land where jihadists from Egypt and Gaza as well as local Bedouins have begun to engage in militant... Rajeev Agarwal | November 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
Officers’ Promotion Policy in the Army It is desirable that policies are not tinkered with after every change of command and are allowed to stabilise over a period of 5 to 10 years before they are... Rumel Dahiya , Vivek Chadha | November 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
The New Defence Offset Guidelines: Challenges Ahead MoD has to assume the leadership role and provide some kind of a single-window service to the defence industry to steer the offsets in a direction that helps achieve the... Amit Cowshish | November 30, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Second India-China SED The SED is an important forum that can render valuable service to the cause of greater economic cooperation and work like an effective confidence building measure. Prashant Kumar Singh | November 30, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Obama’s Visit to Myanmar Obama’s visit strengthens the hands of President U Thein Sein and has raised expectation that it would encourage the Myanmar government to address the democratisation and ethnic challenges. Udai Bhanu Singh | November 29, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Renewed American Engagement with Nepal’s Maoists America’s removal of Nepal’s ruling Maoist party from the list of global terrorist groups not only recognises the party’s transformation from a “violent” political outfit to a political party committed... Monalisa Adhikari | November 27, 2012 | Issue Brief
Four Years Hence: A Review of the Coastal Security Mechanism While India has put in place a comprehensive mechanism for securing the country’s coasts, there is still a great deal to be done in terms of addressing issues relating to... Pushpita Das | November 26, 2012 | IDSA Comments
“Peace” for Gaza: Lessons from Israel’s “brutish” stand-off with Hamas Both sides appear to have wisely avoided a gruelling battle of attrition by opting for a tactical truce - not seemingly on account of a preference for peace but because... Abhijit Singh | November 26, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Towards an Asia-Pacific Alliance Coincidentally or not, China’s maritime disputes with its neighbours in the littoral have been gaining global attention ever since Obama’s announcement in January 2012 of his country’s “pivot” strategy in... Sarosh Bana | November 26, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Political Stalemate and Transitional Justice in Post-conflict Nepal Failure to provide justice will significantly undermine the capacity of the state to uphold the rule of law and undermine the foundations of the new institutions that are being instituted. Monalisa Adhikari | November 21, 2012 | Issue Brief
