Empowering the Kashmiris Insurgencies as well as popular unrests are generally rooted in political, social and economic deprivations, which in turn lead to the alienation and estrangement of a community. A popular sentiment... Iftikhar Gilani | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir The demand for autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) followed by heated discourses on the subject has been appearing and fading intermittently. The demand as well as discourses, articulated by... Riyaz Punjabi | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Addressing Kashmir The spate of rioting which plagued Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from June 2010 is testimony to the mismanagement of developments by both the state and central governments. This is all... Satish Chandra | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Public Diplomacy in India’s Foreign Policy The last few years have witnessed an incredible change in global communications as well as politics. The proliferation of 24/7 news channels, the spread of the Internet and the ready... Navdeep Suri | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
West Asia and Oil Politics Today hardly any part of the world is untouched by the interplay of oil and international politics. Consumers as well as producers are concerned about the impact of national and... M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Taking the Arms Control Debate Forward: The Hague Code of Conduct and India This article evaluates the opportunities associated with The Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) for India. HCoC is a stand-alone agreement against ballistic missile proliferation. Since the 1974 Pokharan nuclear tests... Ajey Lele | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The GCC–Iran Conflict and its Strategic Implications for the Gulf Region Continuing conflict, competition and rivalry have been a regular phenomenon in the Gulf region over the past few decades. Among other reasons, the troubled relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Energy Crisis and Potential in Bangladesh The present energy crisis in Bangladesh is partly due to over-dependence on gas which fulfils more than 70 per cent of its energy needs. The present gas deficit against the... Badrul Imam | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Flotsam and Jetsam: Towards Ending Somali Piracy on Shore Since the overthrow of its last ruler Siad Barre in 1990, Somalia's conditions have worsened and, barring a few islands of peace, are degenerating rapidly; its waves of insecurity surge... Frank Charles van Rooyen PB MMM ndc(K) | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
A Doctrine at Work: Obama’s Evolving Nuclear Policy and What it Bodes for India President Obama made history by coming to office with the promise of working towards a nuclear weapons-free world. Envisioning a new non-proliferation momentum, Obama promised to revive the Treaty on... A. Vinod Kumar | March 2011 | Strategic Analysis
