Why Culture Matters? While earthquake resistant buildings and safety of dams and nuclear plants are important, orderly public behaviour under stress, as demonstrated by the Japanese people, is also vital. P. K. Gautam , Shamshad A. Khan | March 18, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Impact of the Earthquake on the Japanese and Global Economies The Prefectures affected the most are Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki, which represent about 7 per cent of Japan’s economy and house steel plants, oil refineries, nuclear power plants and factories manufacturing parts for cars and electronic goods. Rajaram Panda | March 18, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Japan Faces a Nuclear Disaster Japan is in a state of panic as the situation in the Fukushima nuclear power plant continues to intensify. Rajaram Panda | March 18, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Internal Security in a Multi-Party Federal Polity Internal threats to national security have assumed centre-stage in the debates on Indian security. They have a pan-Indian presence and are no longer confined to India’s north and north-eastern frontiers.