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... 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... Mehmet Ozkan | October 07, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Cold Start and ‘The Sehjra Option’ The Cold Start doctrine is an innovative exercise. While Cold Start discusses how to start the campaign, equal thinking needs to attend how to end it. On the conventional level,... Ali Ahmed | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Salient Issues Affecting Defence Manpower in India Manpower costs are increasingly becoming unmanageable and are driving national security planners towards thinking creatively about what used to be called ‘affordable defence’. Despite leap-frogging from third to fourth generation... Gurmeet Kanwal | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Social Networking: Boon or Bane for the Armed Forces The social networking sites can be exploited by the cyber operators by infiltration and influencing the opinion where feasible. Cyber espionage has already became the cornerstone of some nations, where... Suyash Sharma | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
India, Israel, and the Defence Taboo Cutting off defence ties with Israel will not in any way be the ‘magic’ bullet that will lead to the resolution of the intractable Palestine conflict. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Contest and Cooperation in the Arctic Global warming-induced accessibility has drawn many actors to the Arctic zone, seeking to establish exclusive sovereign rights over its many natural endowments. Kalyani Unkule | September 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
The ‘Cold Start and Stop’ strategy The strategy helps sensitise Pakistan to India’s tolerance threshold and reinforces deterrence by bringing home unambiguously to Pakistan that things could get out of hand. Ali Ahmed | September 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Poland and India: Bracing for a strategic partnership? As the European political landscape is continuously changing and assertive voices from the CEEC are expected to be heard, India and Poland should seriously think about establishing a strategic partnership. Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay , Sebastian Zukowski | September 27, 2010 | IDSA Comments
