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
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
