2012: The Changing Geopolitical Environment and Tasks before Indian foreign policy While India’s ability to handle the challenges may be constrained by a slowing economy, it would need to manage them through requisite diplomatic skill and finesse. Arvind Gupta | January 03, 2012 | IDSA Comments
North Korea after Kim Jong-Il: Implications for East Asian Security The demise of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on December 17, 2011 has introduced a new dimension to the security situation in Northeast Asia. The future of East Asian... Rajaram Panda , Victoria Tuke | January 02, 2012 | Issue Brief
Changing Media, Changing China by Susan L. Shirk (ed.) The opening up of the Chinese economy in 1978 was a watershed event in Chinese history. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) decided to open up certain sections of the economy... Gunjan Singh | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Rising Global Profile: The Great Power Tradition by Harsh V. Pant China's global presence is indisputable, yet for most of the Cold War, China shied away from an international role. However, as China's economic profile has risen, so too has its... Victoria Tuke | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Out of the Frame: The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel by Ilan Pappe Ilan Pappe's Out of the Frame is a personal narrative about Jewish society in Israel and an intellectual commentary by a historian on the state of Israel. Khinvraj Jangid | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Negotiating for India (Lessons of Diplomacy) by Jagat Mehta Jagat Mehta joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in March 1947 before India became independent. In 1976, at the age of 53, he became India's first foreign secretary without an... Arvind Gupta | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan, Harper Collins MJ. Akbar brings his English literature background, writing skills and experience as a journalist with a notable body of work behind him to bear on a topic that has been... Ali Ahmed | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Emerging Space Powers by Brian Harvey, Henk Smid and Theo Pirard Within the ever expanding genre of conflict and security-related literature, there is a less investigated field that pertains to futuristic technologies and the harnessing of science for the purposes of... Ajey Lele | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks and Power in India by Robert S. Anderson Science and the Baconian spirit of scientific rationality have long inspired Indians, many of whom, including the country's first prime minister, regarded the superiority of Western science as the root... Jayita Sarkar | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
A Time Series Forecast of Geopolitical Market Concentration (GMC) Risk: An Analysis of the Crude Oil Diversification Portfolio of India The oil-rich Middle East region is always seen as a politically volatile region, but it has been the source of crude oil supply to all major consumers worldwide for decades.... Neeladri Chatterjee | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
