The Next Security Frontier: Regional Instability and the Prospects for Sino-Indian Cooperation This article explains how growing economic interests have made China and India more prone to various non-traditional security threats in their neighbourhood. It examines whether this evolution has led both... Jonathan Holslag | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
The Game: A Rational Actor Approach to the US-led Invasion of Iraq, 2003 This article employs game theory to explain the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, seeking in particular to improve the understanding of why the Iraqi dictator chose a path of action... Tor G. Jakobsen , Jo Jakobsen | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Approach to Regionalism: Outlook towards the EAS and EAC One of the most notable attempts by Japan towards fostering regionalism in recent years has been through its active and positive participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS), envisioned to... Arpita Mathur | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative: Issues in Perspective The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is emerging as a key anti-proliferation platform with a global reach. However, being a US-promoted initiative with a military dimension, the PSI is yet to... A. Vinod Kumar | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
The Interface of Strategic and War Fighting Doctrines in the India–Pakistan Context There has been a shift to a deterrent strategic doctrine with an offensive bias. India's strategic doctrine is thus potentially a compellent one. However, cognizance of the need for limitation... Ali Ahmed | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Leadership, Factional Politics and China’s Civil-Military Dynamics: Post-17th Party Congress Patterns This article highlights the changing dynamics of relations between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army under the current leadership. While the military in China still remains... Jagannath P. Panda | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
PLA Integration into the Nepal Army: Challenges and Prospects Integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA) has become a contentious issue. Although the stakeholders have agreed on the integration process, they are yet to arrive at a... Nihar R. Nayak | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
A Critical Evaluation of the Union Government’s Response to the Maoist Challenge The Union Government took notice of the current phase of the Naxalite challenge with concern, for the first time, in 1998. Since then, it has been playing a coordinating role... P. V. Ramana | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Identity and Conflict: Perspectives from the Kashmir Valley Based on interviews with a cross-section of people from the Kashmir Valley including aspirants of self-determination, academics, media persons, members of the civil society, and security forces this article argues... Arpita Anant | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons by George Perkovich and James M. Acton Satish Chandra | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
