A Neo-Nixon Doctrine for the Indian Ocean: Helping States Help Themselves In recent years the Indian Ocean has received significant attention from the defence-intellectual community in the United States. However, the actual strategic importance of the region to US interests is... Walter C. Ladwig III | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Critical Role in the Resilience of the Global Undersea Communications Cable Infrastructure Introduction Sarabjeet Singh Parmar , Ronald J. Rapp , Franz-Stefan Gady , Karl Frederick Rauscher | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
A European Perspective on Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), ranging from the Suez Canal in the west to the Strait of Malacca in the east, is of crucial importance for Europe. However, Europe's interest... Radu N. Botez | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
China Shakes Up the Maritime Balance in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean has long been a hub of great power rivalry and the struggle for its domination has been a perennial feature of global politics. It is the third... Harsh V. Pant | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Inside, Outside: India’s ‘Exterior Lines’ in the South China Sea New Delhi has long countenanced the idea of extra-regional operations. The Maritime Military Strategy published in 2007, for instance, lists the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean among ‘secondary... James R. Holmes | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium: Uniting the Maritime Indian Ocean Region The Indian Ocean, the third largest oceanic expanse in the world, is the birthplace of maritime civilisation and has always been an ‘active’ ocean. It is now perceived to be... P. K. Ghosh | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan? The Pakistani leadership has apparently come to the point where it realises that for the survival of the country and its structures created by Jinnah, it must buy peace for... P. K. Upadhyay | April 27, 2012 | Issue Brief
India Launches Radar Satellite ISRO has done its job and now the onus lies on other agencies to make appropriate and timely use of the inputs that will be provided by RISAT-1. Ajey Lele | April 27, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sri Lanka The delegation seems to have got its message across, that effective engagement with the TNA cannot be avoided by the Rajapakse government. Gautam Sen | April 26, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Issues of National, Ecological and Human Security in the Siachen Glacier Region In the wake of the Gyari incident, India and Pakistan need to conduct more joint scientific studies and put in place an AGPL agreement within a reasonable time frame. P. K. Gautam | April 25, 2012 | IDSA Comments
