Fairy Tale of American Decline and China’s Rise Has the power and influence of the United States declined in recent years? Does the current global recession, the outcome of the US invasion of Iraq and the resilience of... Chintamani Mahapatra | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Name of the Game Is Interdependence Lawrence Summers, United States President Barack Obama's chief economic advisor and formerly secretary of treasury in the second term of the Clinton administration, once said that there was a ‘balance... Bharat Wariavwalla | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Strategy and Tactics in Countering Left Wing Extremists in India Left Wing Extremism (LWE) presents a serious internal security challenge to India that needs careful and coordinated policy response from both the security front and the development front. For the... Giridhari Nayak | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
A Growing Technological Gap with China? The drivers for sustaining the decades-long growth of the Chinese economy are the subject of enduring conjecture, controversy and even wonder. From a US$1 trillion economy in the 1980s, China's... Smita Purushottam | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Putin’s Visit to India: Resetting the Indo-Russian Partnership Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India on March 11–12, 2010 signifies the beginning of a new phase in Indo-Russian friendship. In fact, this visit needs to be viewed in... Meena Singh Roy | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
‘Aman Ki Asha’ in Pakistani Media: Requiem for a Peace Process? The peace process between India and Pakistan came to an abrupt halt with the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008 (26/11). Ironically, the attacks were carried out by Pakistani terrorists... Ashok K. Behuria | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
Water a Pre-eminent Political Issue between India and Pakistan Like in the 1950s, the word ‘riparian’ is back again in the India–Pakistan lexicon, becoming this time intensely political, emotional and divisive. This development is both instructive and unsettling. It... Uttam Kumar Sinha | July 2010 | Strategic Analysis
India’s strategic advantage over China in Africa Focusing on specific sectors, beyond the options much in vogue with offensive emulationists or passive singularists, will help India to clarify its priorities, optimize its policy-making process and infuse its... Constantino Xavier | June 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
India-Pakistan Relations: Need to proceed with caution Because the Pakistan Army appears to be gearing itself up for large-scale counter-terrorism operations in Punjab and parts of Sindh, India is being engaged diplomatically even as attempts are afoot... P. K. Upadhyay | June 30, 2010 | IDSA Comments
