Back Channel with Pakistan Army: A Gambit Worth Trying The aversion in India to dealing directly with Pakistan's military establishment is entirely understandable, but is also unreal given the power dynamics of Pakistani politics. Sushant Sareen | April 26, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Emerging Dynamics of Pakistan’s Internal Situation and the Security Challenge for India As of now, institutions within Pakistan are strong enough to prevent both the balkanisation of Pakistan as well as the possibility of the state falling into theocratic hands. Pakistan is... Dhruv C Katoch | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
ISRO’s Successful PSLV-C16 Flight With the successful sixteenth flight of the PSLV-C16, the “feel good” factor has returned to ISRO which was buffeted by failures and controversy over the last year. Ajey Lele | April 25, 2011 | IDSA Comments
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
