Egypt’s Revolution Turns One As opposed to the singular cause of last year’s protests, the anniversary demonstrations have revealed multiple lines of discord, most importantly, between those inclined towards compromising with military rule and... Princy Marin George | February 10, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Long and Ordinary Crisis The functional distortion of the arrangement of Pakistan’s major institutions—principally, the executive, the army, and the judiciary—is the cause of the current crisis. Atul Mishra | February 09, 2012 | Issue Brief
Going Beyond the Public Statement on Iranian Oil Having rejected the western demand for oil sanctions, the real test for the Indian government lies in whether it can implement its public pronouncement. P. R. Kumaraswamy | February 09, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Political Transition in Maldives Although the political situation is likely to stabilise in the short-term, multi-party democracy established in Maldives after the 2008 elections has received a definite setback. Anand Kumar | February 09, 2012 | IDSA Comments
India’s Past Year at the UN Security Council India’s overall approach at the UNSC in the past year was focused on projecting and representing the opinion of the developing world, addressing problems through regional solutions and achieving as... Keerthi Sampath Kumar | February 07, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The Eurozone Crisis and India-EU Ties In the absence of even an FTA, the main challenge before policy makers from India and the EU will be to continue justifying the relevance of a strategic partnership to... Gulshan Sachdeva | February 07, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Rafale Wins the MMRCA Competition The Rafale’s upkeep and maintenance would demand a very high level of training and skills both by the pilots and technical personnel. Above all, stupid mistakes must be avoided by... Ramesh Phadke | February 06, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Beyond the Indus Water Treaty: A Perspective on Kashmir’s “Power” Woes At the core of the Kashmiri discourse on the shortage of power is the distribution of water resources that was agreed to between India and Pakistan through the instrumentality of... Arpita Anant | February 02, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Myanmar’s Critical Role in Bolstering India’s Look East Policy Cooperation with India will help natural resources-rich Myanmar develop its true potential. And cooperation with Myanmar will help India transform the North-East, bolster its Look East Policy, and help it... Arvind Gupta | February 02, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee Report: A Valuable Process than an End Product The value of Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee lies more in the process it created and the multiple narratives it brought in from the periphery rather than... Amali Wedagedara | February 01, 2012 | Issue Brief