Tasks before Indian Foreign Policy India is contesting elections for the non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term, 2011–12. If elected, it will return to the Security Council after a gap of 18 years. During this long hiatus, the geopolitical environment in the world has changed dramatically. As a member of the UNSC, India will be called upon to deliberate over a host of new issues and threats to international security. Arvind Gupta | January 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Bhutan 2010: Foreign Policy Developments Security and development cooperation have become the twin pillars of the India-Bhutan relationship. Medha Bisht | December 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India’s Season of Summits The world needs India as a balancer – in trade, as a market, as an alternative model, and as a world power. Sujit Dutta | December 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India-China Relations: It’s the economy, and no one’s stupid This Brief uses irony to communicate five propositions, that can be found in several discourses on Sino-Indian ties. It evaluates these propositions in the light of the tangible and intangible gains from Premier Wen Jiabao’s second official visit to India. Joe Thomas Karackattu | December 28, 2010 | Issue Brief
Examining the Maoist Resurgence in Andhra The Maoists are trying to cash in on major issues like Telangana to expand their mass base in Andhra from where hail their top leadership. Uddipan Mukherjee | December 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
ISRO cannot afford failures ISRO needs to conduct a thorough enquiry particularly because failure in a time-tested and launch proven “stage one technology” is undesirable. Ajey Lele | December 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Power, Interdependence and China’s Rare Earth Moment The conflict over rare earths is not only a consequence of the monopoly amassed by China but is also reflective of the current flux in global power hierarchies. Yogesh Joshi | December 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Enclaves and Adverse Possessions: Time to deliver on the promise With a friendly dispensation in Dhaka, it is an opportune moment for India to deliver on its promise to exchange the enclaves and surrender adverse possessions. Pushpita Das | December 27, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Japan’s Revised Defence Guidelines: Proactive Dynamism Pervades “Reluctant Realism” Would China’s strategic error in inviting Japanese hostility place more blocks to its rise as an unchallenged regional power or would it be able to override the Japanese threat in ample measure by altering its strategic game and finding a meeting ground with the United States? Preeti Nalwa | December 27, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Sino-Indian Relations China has all along been testing the limits of India’s tolerance and restraint and has once again given the Indian foreign ministry much home work for the next few months. Ramesh Phadke | December 27, 2010 | IDSA Comments
