The Tamil Nadu factor reappears in India-Sri Lanka Relations The much-talked about Tamil Nadu factor in India-Sri Lanka relations has come to the fore recently again in the wake of strong reactions of the provincial government to the training... Gulbin Sultana | September 12, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Violence in Bodo Areas: The Risks of Conceding ‘Exclusive’ Ethnic Homelands The recent violence in the Bodo areas indicates the risks associated with the formation of exclusive ethnic homelands based on the demands of the majority population (belonging to an ethnic... Namrata Goswami | September 12, 2012 | IDSA Comments
PM’s address to police chiefs: A Wake up Call The Prime Minister’s address highlighted critical threats to internal security and expected counter-measures with the aim of refocusing the attention of the police forces on these vital issues. Vivek Chadha | September 12, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Importance of Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie’s Visit to India Chinese defence minister’s visit to India assumes special significance in the context of growing Chinese concerns about American rebalancing strategy in the Asia Pacific and growing Indo-US relations. India should... R. S. Kalha | September 11, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Ershad’s Visit to India Whets His Political Ambition Ershad’s recent visit to India seems to have whetted his political ambition. In the last election he was hoping for the post of president, a ceremonial position in Bangladeshi political... Anand Kumar | September 10, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Arab Spring and the Non-Arabs of West Asia Iran, Israel and Turkey have adopted a two pronged approach to deal with the Arab Spring: avoid the negative consequences of the uprisings while at the same time deriving mileage... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | September 07, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Invisible War in West Asia The two recent malware attacks on energy companies in West Asia are particularly worrisome since they represent a rapid escalation in capabilities and intent on the part of the perpetrators. Cherian Samuel | September 07, 2012 | IDSA Comments
India’s Maoists: The Party shall be over! Although there has been little change in the influence of Naxalites across the country over the past couple of years, patience and concerted effort shall no doubt make the Maoists... P. V. Ramana | September 07, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Power, Conservatism and India’s Nuclear Disarmament Policy Given the fact that there is a lot of noise being made to prod India into doing more on nuclear disarmament counter-intuitively suggests that India is actually doing very less... Yogesh Joshi | September 05, 2012 | IDSA Comments
China’s Defence Minister in India: Raising Military Relations to the Next Level? General Liang’s visit could see the emergence of a fresh agenda in military cooperation, one which can set the course for a more meaningful and positive interaction between the two... Mandip Singh | September 04, 2012 | Issue Brief
