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
Japan Continues to Battle Fukushima Nuclear Crisis After the threat level for the Fukushima plant was raised from 5 to 7, Japan’s claims about the situation getting stabilised are being received with a degree of scepticism. Rajaram Panda | April 18, 2011 | IDSA Comments
Reconciling AFSPA with the Legal Spheres The present paper analyses and examines the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in respect of legal aspects. It first discusses it in terms of domestic law, international humanitarian law... Ali Ahmed | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Restructuring the Indian Armed Forces This paper broadly deals with two important aspects. First, it analyses various security challenges that India is facing at present; and second, it examines the need for restructuring the Indian... G. D. Bakshi | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Positive Prospects for Limited War in South Asia There is sufficient space for India to wage a limited war against Pakistan. Fears of escalation to the nuclear realm are grossly exaggerated by the critics of limited war, who... Rahul Garg | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
Enhancing Self-Esteem of the Soldier This paper attempts to address the increasing challenges faced by the Army -both individually for the soldier and collectively as an organization. It is an attempt to balance the soldier’s... Samir Rawat | April 2011 | Journal of Defence Studies
