The Dragon has landed for the American Eagle Sino-US rivalry has been simmering for the past many years, as China has replaced Russia in the American scheme of things as its most potent adversary. Rajeev Sharma | October 13, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Power Transition in North Korea creates more uncertainty for future The power transition in North Korea is bound to produce more political intrigue in the coming months, with the junior Kim concentrating more on military modernization and nuclear programme to strengthen his position. Rajaram Panda | October 13, 2010 | IDSA Comments
For Bangladesh Improving Domestic Situation is as important as Fighting the Taliban Bangladesh is making an important effort domestically to weaken the affiliates of al-Qaeda and Taliban ideology, which is no less important than making contributions to ISAF. Anand Kumar | October 12, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Erik Seedhouse, The New Space Race: China vs. the United States In wake of the increasing attention received by China’s space programme, it has been posited by some that a new space race, akin to the space race between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, has already begun between China and the US. Erik Seedhouse in his book explores the various elements of the space programmes of both countries with a view to assess the possibility of a space race between them. Rukmani Gupta | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Human Resources in Security Sector: An Integrated Model for the 21st Century The challenge of management of human resources may be the most profound in the security sector in the years ahead given transformations happening globally and enhancement of human potential and opportunities for individual growth. The national security sector extending from the military to private security guards denotes the plethora of skills sets required which vary from that of handling highly sophisticated and lethal missile arsenal, to commandeering large aircraft carriers and submarines to securing public space in metropolitan cities. Rahul K. Bhonsle | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
An American Solution to India’s Defence Acquisition Problem? India’s increasing reliance on FMS route is indicative of its desperation to bridge the gaps in its defence preparedness and shows the weakness of the Defence Procurement Procedure. Laxman Kumar Behera | October 08, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Afghanistan: A Firewall is Better than Partition India has been fairly successful in firewalling the radical blowback emanating from Pakistan in the past and need not be overly worried about the impending US withdrawal. Harinder Singh , Sushant Sareen | October 07, 2010 | Issue Brief
The Second US-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in New York The second US-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in New York hints at concerns about China’s assertiveness and acknowledges a role for US balancing. Udai Bhanu Singh | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
18th Amendment: Making a Mockery of Democracy in Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan government seems to be in a desperate hurry to bring about all the necessary revisions in the constitution to strengthen the Executive Presidency without any provision of checks and balances. Sri Lanka, under Rajapaksa, is headed towards nepotism and dictatorship as the 18th amendment suggests. Gulbin Sultana | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
The Ghost of September 12 in Turkey From a broader perspective, the referendum and the debates around it should be seen as the latest example of the domestic transformation of Turkish politics especially since the AKP came to power in 2002. Mehmet Ozkan | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
