Give Me More: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Turns 60 Indian insurgent groups are re-establishing camps in Bhutan and are also forging links with Bhutanese rebel groups. Ramesh Phadke | September 30, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Contours of the India-United States Strategic Partnership The strategic partnership is moving towards a higher trajectory with growing co-operation in the areas of defence, economy, energy, education, environment, science, technology and innovation. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | September 29, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Afghan elections and Af-Pak Strategy If Karzai were to become President again in the election seen as marked by fraud, his lack of legitimacy will only feed into the insurgent propaganda. Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | September 29, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Travails and China’s Aggressiveness The aggressive posture that the Chinese have adopted along the otherwise relatively tranquil Line of Actual Control (LOAC) has come under a lot of analytical examination by Indian Sinologists. They... P. K. Upadhyay | September 23, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Pratibha Patil’s Visit to Tajikistan: Enhancing goodwill, trust and mutual confidence Pratibha Patil’s three-day visit to Tajikistan (September 6 to 8, 2009) was the first ever visit by an Indian President to the Central Asian region. She attended the National Day... Meena Singh Roy | September 23, 2009 | IDSA Comments
The Pakistani Taliban: An existential or a passing threat ? Pakistan’s ability to press home a multidimensional campaign against the radical forces, and contain domestic instability and economic downturn, is suspect. Harinder Singh | September 23, 2009 | IDSA Comments
North Korea Admits to Uranium Enrichment Programme Indications are that the stalled six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue will resume in the coming months. While North Korea has let it be known that it is... Ch. Viyyanna Sastry | September 23, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Sixty Years of The People’s Republic of China Once an exporter of Chinese style Communism and isolated internationally, today’s China is the mainstay of the capitalist world exporting a large quantity of what the world imports. Avinash Godbole | September 23, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s latest adventure across the International Border Pakistan has yet again shown its proclivity to raise tensions with India. This time, the Pakistan Army or its proxies have fired three rockets across the International Border (IB) near... Ramesh Phadke | September 14, 2009 | IDSA Comments
New Beginning in Islamic Republic In a surprise move the Iranian parliament (Majles) approved 18 of the 21 nominees including that of a woman proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as members of his cabinet. Although... M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | September 11, 2009 | IDSA Comments