Ukraine’s Flirtation with China and Russia’s Quest for a Eurasian Union Ukraine has resisted Russian attempts to draw it into a closer political and economic embrace and has instead explored a closer association with the EU, NATO and even China. Recent... Smita Purushottam | November 04, 2011 | Issue Brief
Istanbul Conference on Afghanistan: A Feeble Attempt at a Regional Solution It will not be fair to assess the success or failure of the Conference at this stage. The fact that there was an attempt to forge regional cooperation on Afghanistan... Smruti S. Pattanaik , Arvind Gupta | November 04, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Nepalese PM’s Visit to India: “Qualified Success” Prime Minister Bhattarai’s visit will definitely help in dispelling some of the mistrust between India and the Maoist regime in Nepal. Anshuman Behera | November 04, 2011 | IDSA Comments
National Interests and International Commitments: the Problem of Enforcing Sanctions Recently it has been proposed by the United States that economic sanctions be applied by the international community against the Khomeini regime. Economic pressure is sought to be initiated against... Neera Chandhoke | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The Unfinished Global Revolution: The Limits of Nations and the Pursuit of a New Politics by Mark Malloch-Brown Books about the UN, like the politicians who support it, evidently do better when they make little outward mention of that international organisation. While the cover of most editions of... Ellie B. Hearne | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
State Sovereignty to Sovereignty of Individuals: Evolution of R2P Intervention across borders of other states with the intention of protecting the civilian population from atrocities committed against them is not a new phenomenon. According to Thomas Weiss, 1 the... Keerthi Sampath Kumar | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The Emerging Principle of the Responsibility to Protect: An Asian Perspective In the aftermath of the Second World War and the horrors of the Holocaust, during which war crimes were committed on an unprecedented scale, the international community came together to... Satish Nambiar | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The Role of UNHCR and Afghan Refugees in Pakistan The protection and shelter of millions of Afghans on Pakistan soil for over three decades has amplified the image of UNHCR as a humanitarian institution, which has worked along with... Nasreen Ghufran | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
UN’s Role in South Asia: The Case of Nepal Nepal has conducted a slew of political experiments since 2006. By inviting the Maoists into the mainstream and collectively deciding to dump the Constitution of 1990, there was hope that... Nishchal Nath Pandey | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Scaling the Nuclear Abolition Mountain: Is the United Nations up to the Task? Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top. Edmund Hillary (on scaling Mt Everest) Some have compared the goal of a nuclear weapons free world... Alyn Ware | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
