India and the United Nations To paraphrase the mantra of realism—international politics, like all politics, is a struggle for normative ascendancy: the establishment and maintenance of the dominant normative architecture of international order created and... Ramesh Thakur | November 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Political Cost of PM Bhattarai’s India Visit The visit gave an opportunity to both India and the Maoists to settle some of their misunderstandings. However, it could be a huge risk for India to engage him more... Nihar R. Nayak | October 31, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Gaddafi’s Death: Mission Accomplished! One monarch less is good, the mission has been accomplished and whatever else is happening in Libya is just mundane. Preeti Nalwa | October 29, 2011 | IDSA Comments
The Manipur Blockade: Symptom of a Crisis in Desperate Need of Resolution Barely a year after suffering two months of road blockade by Naga groups, Manipur is in the throes of a similar crisis again. What Manipur is in desperate need of... Namrata Goswami | October 28, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Ravi Kalia, ed., Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy Abraham Lincoln, defined democracy as: “Government of the people, by the people and for the people”. Democracy is a form of government in which the authority of government is based... Saroj Bishoyi | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Pakistan: Crisis of Confidence & Credibility Pakistan has all the signs and symptoms of an ailing State that may not be able to sustain itself at the current rate of deterioration. It suffers from the crisis... Chintamani Mahapatra | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Bruce Riedel, Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of the Global Jihad This book was important when Osama bin Laden was alive and a seemingly never ending hunt was on for him. But, now, in the backdrop of his death due to... Saurabh Mishra | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Prime Minister Bhattarai’s Visit to India: Renewing Ties in a Critical Transition Phase Bhattarai’s visit was historic not for the bilateral issues that were discussed but because it provided an opportunity for meaningful re-engagement between India and the UCPN(M). Padmaja Murthy | October 25, 2011 | IDSA Comments
A Consideration of Sino-Indian Conflict There is considerable interest in a possible conflict with China. However, little discussion exists in the open domain on conflict possibilities. This Brief attempts to fill this gap by dilating... Ali Ahmed | October 24, 2011 | Issue Brief
Case Study of MV Suez and Anti Piracy Operations: Lessons for India and Pakistan A study of how the case of MV Suez a pirated vessel was handled would serve to provide some invaluable lessons on how India and Pakistan should join hands to... R. S. Vasan | October 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
