China’s ‘Military Diplomacy’: Investigating PLA’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations The central focus of this article is to understand the evolution of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's engagement with UN peacekeeping operations in the light of China's military diplomacy. The... Prashant Kumar Singh | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
China’s ‘Aggressive’ Territorial Claim on India’s Arunachal Pradesh: A Response to Changing Power Dynamics in Asia The Chinese territorial claim on the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has negatively affected India–China relations for many decades now. In recent years, China has become visibly aggressive with regard... Namrata Goswami | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Prospects for India–US Cyber Security Cooperation Cyber security cooperation should be a natural area of cooperation between India and the United States for a number of reasons; both countries are democracies, with similar values and economic... Cherian Samuel | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Can the South Asian Gas Pipeline Dilemma be Resolved through a Legal Regime? South Asian countries, and particularly India, are hydrocarbon-deficient, and given the pace of economic growth in many of these nations, all of them need huge energy resources to sustain their... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Challenges for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Chemical science has a direct relationship with human life. In order to celebrate the value of chemistry, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2011 as the ‘International Year of Chemistry’.... Ajey Lele | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
India–Bangladesh Land Border: A Flawed Inheritance and a Problematic Future India shares 4095 kilometres of land and river boundaries with Bangladesh. The border is porous, criss-crossed by rivers and hilly and mountainous terrain which has made the guarding of this... Smruti S. Pattanaik | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka: Time to Move Beyond Complacency Much water has flown down the Mahaveli since the elimination of V. Prabhakaran and decimation of LTTE, the terror outfit he led, in Sri Lanka in May 2009. President Mahinda... Ashok K. Behuria | September 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Is the Mumbai Police Geared up to the Task of Combating Terrorism? This Issue Brief reviews the progress or lack thereof on the front of modernization of police forces under the Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) Scheme, with specific reference to the... Amit Kumar | August 30, 2011 | Issue Brief
Issues Before the 7th Biological Weapons Review Conference Given its record and its efforts to promote bio-security and bio-safety, India should adopt a proactive role in strengthening the BTWC further. Arvind Gupta | August 30, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Why India’s Coastal Security Arrangement Falters? If India’s coastal security has to become strong, it is essential for the police forces in the coastal states to shed their land centric outlook and turn their attention to... Pushpita Das | August 26, 2011 | IDSA Comments
