Making Sense of ‘Nasr’ In rethinking Cold Start as a default option and working towards proactive ‘contingency’ options, India is a step ahead in doctrinal shadow boxing. Ali Ahmed | April 24, 2011 | IDSA Comments
China’s Expanding Footprint in Nepal: Threats to India Nepal used to be a safe zone for India. China was least interested in Nepal till 1950s. But strategic design changed once China forcefully occupied Tibet. Nehru tried to strengthen... Satish Kumar | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Outcome Budgeting in India: The Need for Re-Engineering The transformation from the comforts of outlay budgeting to an environment of accountability with outcome budgeting is difficult but not impossible. This re-engineering is essential as in the absence of... Sanjeev Mishra | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Alex Mintz and Karl DeRouen Jr., Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making Leaders make decisions to go to war, make peace, form alliances, establish diplomatic relations, take a position on nuclear nonproliferation, impose economic sanctions, or ratify global environmental agreements. The focus... Saroj Bishoyi | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
China’s Aircraft Carrier: Some Observations China’s aircraft carrier programme will not only affect the balance of power in the Asia Pacific region but also add impetus to the Chinese maritime intent. Avinash Godbole , Sarabjeet Singh Parmar | April 21, 2011 | IDSA Comments
India-Pakistan Game-Theoretic Interplay To make the transition from the prevalent Nash Equilibrium with its lower payoffs to Pareto-optimal which will yield higher pay offs, India and Pakistan must break away from their traditional... Arvind Gupta , Sarita Azad | April 20, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Kan Naoto’s Political Skills Under Test If the political infighting continues, Japan will be left rudderless and the gigantic task of reconstruction will get complicated. Rajaram Panda | April 20, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Yury Gagarin and Space Rivalry On the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight, the space scenario appears to be at a crossroads. Because of the economic and other geopolitical compulsions, major powers are found trading... Ajey Lele | April 20, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Time to Reassure Nepal S.M. Krishna should reassure the people of Nepal that India has always acted in the interests of the Nepalese people and that it has no intention to interfere in the... Ashok K. Behuria , Nihar R. Nayak | April 19, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Outcome Budgeting for Naval Dockyards The Indian Navy (IN) has one Naval Dockyard (ND) each at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam and one Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY) each at Kochi, Port Blair and Karwar. The repair... Gaurav Gautan , KA Sureshan | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
