Turkey–Brazil Involvement in Iranian Nuclear Issue: What Is the Big Deal? The Iranian nuclear stand-off is still a major issue in global politics. From international players like the European Union, the United States and the United Nations, to individual states, almost... Mehmet Ozkan | January 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Changing Face of Turkey Turkey is blessed with a favourable geography. It straddles Asia and Europe, is surrounded by sea on three sides, controls the only link to the Black Sea, and has moderate... Rumel Dahiya | January 2011 | Strategic Analysis
The Islamist Impulse Haunting Pakistan It is a truism to say that the elite in Pakistan has used Islam to perpetuate its hold on power ever since the state came into being in 1947. The... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2011 | Strategic Analysis
Socio-Economic Underpinning of Jihadism in Pakistan The rise of the jihadist movement in Pakistan is driven primarily by ideological and religious factors. Decades of indoctrination of a virulent version of radical political Islam has motivated thousands... Sushant Sareen | January 2011 | Strategic Analysis
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... 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... 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
