Tedim Road—The Strategic Road on a Frontier: A Historical Analysis The article is an attempt to study the history of the Tedim Road, a 265 km transborder road connecting Imphal (the capital of Manipur in India) with Tedim in the... Pum Khan Pau | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
UCPN (Maoist)’s Two-Line Struggle: A Critical Analysis The objective of this article is to critically analyse the discourse within the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) or known as UCPN (Maoist) since its evolution and find out... Nihar R. Nayak | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Will the Indus Water Treaty Survive? The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is the most significant confidence-building measure between India and Pakistan. Despite the wars and hostilities, the IWT has functioned well since it was signed in... Uttam Kumar Sinha , Arvind Gupta , Ashok K. Behuria | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Strategy and Tactics of the Indian Maoists: An Analysis Naxals of the Communist Party of India (CPI) (Maoist), better known as Maoists, characterised more than once by the Indian prime minister as the gravest threat to our internal security,... V.K. Ahluwalia | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Bangladesh–India Relations, Challenges and Prospects The relations between Bangladesh and India are important and have a strong historic basis. The prospects for these relations to grow in strength are indeed enormous if they are pursued... Begum Khaleda Zia MP | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Legitimacy Crisis and ‘Popular Uprisings’ in North Africa The recent wind of ‘popular uprisings’ blowing across North Africa, most notably Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Libya, is monumental and unprecedented. Indeed, the world was taken aback by these... J. Shola Omotola | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Space Sustainability: Consent to Security Insurance On 6 June 2012 the European Union (EU) launched a multilateral diplomatic process to discuss and negotiate an International Code of Conduct (CoC) for outer space. This CoC is designed... Ajey Lele | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
China and Africa: The Relationship Matures The strum and drang that has accompanied China's arrival as a major economic and diplomatic actor in Africa has divided the continent into advocates, alarmists and analysts. 1 For the... Chris Alden | September 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Rafale MMRCA Deal: Last Minute Glitches? The Rafale deal is especially important as it is IAF’s best bet to stem and even reverse the recent and continuous fall in the combat aircraft squadrons fielded. Vivek Kapur | August 30, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Don’t Shoot the Messenger: The ‘Un-Social’ Strategy The raging controversy on social media regulation post the violence in Assam has left the government in a losing perception battle. It is time to engage with the new media... Shruti Pandalai | August 28, 2012 | IDSA Comments
