Are Drone Strikes in Pakistan Legally Justified? Pakistan as the host state for non-state actors cannot escape responsibility towards the latter’s acts whether these are committed with or without its knowledge, and it must do everything in... Ashutosh Misra | April 03, 2012 | IDSA Comments
BRICS: In Search of Unity? While their growing economic clout has brought Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa together, translating the hand holding gestures at the end of each summit into real unity is... Ruchita Beri | April 03, 2012 | IDSA Comments
India Africa Ties: Surging Ahead India’s relations with African countries are surging ahead in the political, economic and multilateral spheres. To an extent, this reflects India’s recognition of the economic and political transformation of Africa... Ruchita Beri | April 2012 | Africa Trends
Russian Presidential Elections: Domestic Realities and Foreign Policy Initiatives Although Putin's return to the presidency will probably ensure an element of continuity in the system when looked through the prism of managed democracy, bureaucratic capitalism, and widespread corruption, political... Rajorshi Roy , Joyce Sabina Lobo | March 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Changing Discourse of NSCN (IM) For the first time one of the main leaders of the NSCN (IM) has acknowledged the sincerity of the Union government to resolve the Naga issue, signalling a distinctive change... Namrata Goswami | March 30, 2012 | IDSA Comments
China’s Defence Budget 2012: An Analysis China’s Defence Budget for 2012 continues to follow anticipated trend lines in keeping with its plan of carrying out Revolution in Military Affairs in a calibrated, coordinated and comprehensive manner. Mandip Singh , Lalit Kumar | March 28, 2012 | Issue Brief
Gilgit Baltistan: Pakistan’s Growing Travails and India’s Inexplicable Silence A course correction coupled with a proactive policy of nurturing the growing pro-India constituency in Gilgit Baltistan is the need of the hour. Anwesha Ray Chaudhuri | March 28, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Emerging Trends in Cyber Security The absence of agreed norms of conduct in cyberspace and the scope for conducting a myriad range of malafide activities with limited risk of retribution is leading to both vertical... Cherian Samuel | March 28, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Japan’s Nuclear Energy Debate: A Year After the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis The massive earthquake and tsunami which triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis on March 11, 2011 has shattered the Japanese people’s faith in the safety of nuclear power generation. Shamshad A. Khan | March 22, 2012 | Issue Brief
Afghanistan: Bad Options, Worse Outcomes The Indian policy establishment needs to start factoring into its security calculus the fallout of a Talibanised Afghanistan and eventually a Talibanised Pakistan. Sushant Sareen | March 20, 2012 | Issue Brief
