India and the Challenge of Terrorism in the Hinterland Terrorism in the Indian hinterland is the result of a complex set of inter-related factors. The development of a jihad culture in Pakistan during the course of the Afghan conflict... S. Kalyanaraman | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Internal Security: The Indian Way There is a view that India's approach to national security is largely ad hoc and marked by incompetence. Indians as well as foreign commentators on the country's security policies seem... Kanti Bajpai | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
One Year After Terrorism: Sri Lanka Needs to Demilitarise Reconstruction and Development for Sustainable Peace On April 12, 2010 the majority of citizens of the island of Sri Lanka's two main linguistic communities celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil new year and the categorical end of... Darini Rajasingham Senanayake | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Af-Pak and India’s Options in Afghanistan By offering to augment its $1.3 billion assistance to Afghanistan, India has sent out a clear signal that it remains a player in the beleaguered nation's reconstruction process. India will... Mahendra Ved | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Sixty Years of India–China Relations Sixty years for a human being may mean looking back, 1 taking stock of things and preparing to retire from active life. But for a nation it means more than... Abanti Bhattacharya | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
SAARC at Twenty-Five: An Incredible Idea Still in Its Infancy The SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit is often described as being a mere photo opportunity for south Asian leaders who should actually be using the comatose organisation... Smruti S. Pattanaik | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
50 Years of the Indus Water Treaty: An Evaluation Rivers are more than what Samuel T. Coleridge poetically expressed in Kubla Khan: ‘meandering with mazy motion’ and falling into the ‘sunless sea’. Rivers are life-givers, carrying a mystic and... Uttam Kumar Sinha | September 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Kashmir: Policy in a Time of Contending Realities The coexistence of contending realities in Kashmir is a natural corollary of the transition from conflict to peace. A successful transition to peace is not only a test of Indian... Arpita Anant | August 31, 2010 | IDSA Comments
The Upcoming Nalanda University The new Nalanda University now being planned to be rebuilt will soon provide momentum to the systematic study of Buddhism in India of various shades and nuances. P. K. Gautam | August 31, 2010 | IDSA Comments
China’s Denial of Visa to the Indian General: Not So Incomprehensible The various diplomatic rows and even the border problem are symptoms of the larger problems that exist between India and China – the competition for status, influence and power. Prashant Kumar Singh | August 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
