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
The Delicate Balance: Israel and India’s Foreign Policy Practice India's foreign policy interactions with Israel are marked by a political discreetness which is in contrast to its prominent political engagement with the Palestinians and countries of the Arab world.... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Velayat-e-Faqih (Supreme Leader) and Iranian Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis There has been an increasing assertion of the velayat-e-faqih in Iranian politics in recent years. This has led to tensions between them and the presidential office in Iran. Against this... M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Cooperation Problems on Human Rights Though the original focus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was primarily economic cooperation, the adoption of the ASEAN charter in November 2007 officially included cooperation on human... Nehginpao Kipgen | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
The Emerging Nuclear Security Regime: Challenges Ahead everal measures are being initiated by the international community to secure sensitive materials. Al Qaeda's open interest in acquiring nuclear weapons and the rise of terrorist activity in nuclear-armed Pakistan... Rajiv Nayan | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Managing India’s Land Borders: Lessons from the US Experience India has been grappling with the problem of devising an efficient border management strategy that would prevent the entry of dangerous elements while at the same time allowing the legitimate... Pushpita Das | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Bhutan’s Foreign Policy Determinants: An Assessment This article assesses the shifting preferences of Bhutan towards the foreign policy determinants. Three determinants (national security, political culture and economic engagement) have been studied as they play a significant... Medha Bisht | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Examining China’s Hydro-Behaviour: Peaceful or Assertive? China is a thirsty country desperately in need of water—a lot of it. In order to meet its water and energy requirements in the densely populated and fertile northern plains,... Uttam Kumar Sinha | January 2012 | Strategic Analysis
