A Critique of India’s Defence Offset Guidelines 2012 Some of the provisions in the DOG do not seem to be well thought out, provide greater leeway to the foreign companies, and have a potentially negative potential on eligible... Laxman Kumar Behera | September 03, 2012 | Policy Brief
CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT MATTERS In the book Conflict and Development, which is a product of extensive research, Eleanor O'Gorman explains how civilians become the main victims in conflict situations, as the combatant authorities lack... Shristi Pukhrem | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
India As An Asia Pacific Power India's rise as a regional and global power could potentially alter the geopolitical landscape of the Asia-Pacific. With its economic growth and concomitant investments in military modernisation, many see India... Rukmani Gupta | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
FOREIGN POLICY AFTER TAHRIR REVOLUTION: (Re)-Defining the Role of Egypt in the Middle East Recently, we have witnessed an unprecedented series of political events in the Middle East and North Africa after a young man from Tunisia had his vegetables confiscated by the police.... Necati Anaz | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
From Hindi to Urdu: A Social and Political History Hardly any language in the subcontinent has a history as contested as that of Urdu. The history of Urdu is not just a story of linguistic evolution, but of the... Amit Julka | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
AN ANTI-TALIBAN PASHTUN PERSPECTIVE ON THE TALIBAN An old African proverb—‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’—comes to mind after reading Farhat Taj's combative, if also compelling, and to an... Sushant Sareen | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
A Resurgent China: South Asian Perspective AResurgent China: South Asian Perspective, edited by Tan Tai Yong and S.D. Muni, is a timely book. The simultaneous rise of India and China is a defining reality of the... Arvind Gupta | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
On Your Marx! When the Berlin Wall was brought down in 1989, followed by the subsequent disintegration of the Soviet Union, one is unsure whether Francis Fukuyama was actually singing a ditty with... Pinaki Bhattacharya | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
China’s National Interests: Exploring the Domestic Discourse China's emergence as a global actor has fuelled much speculation over its ‘intentions’ in the long term. Arguably, debates on the issue have centred around China's growing military and economic... Rukmani Gupta | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Bhutan–India Power Cooperation: Benefits Beyond Bilateralism The article argues that as India and Bhutan have moved into the second phase of power cooperation, it is important that the two countries revisit their policies and identify approaches... Medha Bisht | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
