Will CIL’s IPO lead to revolutionary transformation of the coal sector? The long awaited IPO of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Limited, is finally ready to issue on Dalal Street next week. It is hoped that it will herald a... Shahana Joshi | October 28, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Should India Sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation? This paper argues that the CSC does not confer any benefit to India and that it may in fact prove to be detrimental to Indian interests and why it should,... G. Balachandran | October 27, 2010 | Issue Brief
Clarifying India’s Strategic Doctrine Non-articulation of India's strategic doctrine lends it to be interpreted and perceived variously. India's security establishment need not be defensive about its strategic doctrine but boldly take on critics in... Ali Ahmed | October 25, 2010 | IDSA Comments
China’s Territorial Claim on Arunachal Pradesh: Crafting an Indian Response The paper provides three plausible explanations for the increase in China’s aggressive postures in India’s eastern sector and a few policy recommendations are offered for consideration. Namrata Goswami | October 25, 2010 | Issue Brief
Obama’s visit to India: Is the glass of Indo-US strategic partnership half full or half empty? While President Obama’s visit to India in November 2010 should further strengthen the Indo-US strategic partnership, some issues have the potential of clouding the relationship. Both sides should be sensitive... Arvind Gupta | October 25, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Managing Supersession in the Armed Forces: An HRM Approach Supersession is too important an aspect of organizational existence to be dismissed lightly. It is a situation to be managed jointly by the organization and affected individual with the clear... Suryakant Bal | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Promotion System in the Army: Dealing with Peacetime Atrophy In practice, it has been found that a peacetime army tends to atrophy and lose its war fighting orientation. It develops a lopsided emphasis on peacetime routine, spit and polish.... G. D. Bakshi | October 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
A Passage Through India? Given the fragility of ISAF’s southern lines of communication passing through Pakistan, India could consider offering a passage through its territory as a meaningful alternative. Harinder Singh | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
26/11 Redux in Europe: Strategic Imperatives The current terrorist threat has reemphasised the importance of Europe, considered to be increasingly irrelevant in global security and strategic calculus. Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Can Prime Minister Singh push through a Nuclear Deal with Japan? The DPJ has relaxed its earlier rigid position and is no longer demanding that India join the NPT as a pre-condition for the nuclear pact. Rajaram Panda | October 21, 2010 | IDSA Comments
