North-East India as a Factor in India’s Diplomatic Engagement with Myanmar: Issues and Challenges In recent years India, along with China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has been following a policy of diplomatic engagement with Myanmar. India has also clarified its diplomatic... Pradip Saikia | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s HEU-based Nuclear Weapons Programme and Nuclear Terrorism: A Reality Check In order to construct an operational nuclear device, terrorists need to obtain the requisite fissile materials - Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) or plutonium. It has been proved that, generally, it... Reshmi Kazi | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Trends in Thinking about Warfare Militaries the world over need to study and understand lessons from the ongoing military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon, and the new knowledge needs to be placed in context.... P. K. Gautam | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Is Energy Security the Main Driver for the West’s Debate on Climate Change? Though global warming and climate change is a real concern and needs to be addressed, it is concerns over energy security that are driving the West's policy and debate on... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
From National Security to Human Security: The Challenge of Winning Peace in Sri Lanka: A Response Pradeep Jeganathan | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
From National Security to Human Security: The Challenge of Winning Peace in Sri Lanka: A Critique M. D. Nalapat | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
From National Security to Human Security: The Challenge of Winning Peace in Sri Lanka Darini Rajasingham Senanayake | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Defence White Paper 2009: New Contours of Australia’s Strategic Thinking The rapid speed of globalization and increasing economic interdependence has had a direct impact on defence policies and countries are constantly seen fine-tuning their priorities. Walden Bello argues in his... Pankaj K Jha | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Nuclear Future In the aftermath of North Korea's second nuclear test and the launch of three short-range missiles on May 25, 2009, followed by the launch of seven ballistic missiles into the... Reshmi Kazi | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Islamization versus Talibanization: Is Pakistan Drifting Towards ‘Lebanonization’? The February 2009 Swat deal between the Taliban and the Pakistan Government, the current Pakistani Army offensive against Taliban strongholds in various areas of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and... P. K. Upadhyay | November 2009 | Strategic Analysis