Demarcate the India-Nepal Border Though tensions between India and Nepal over a few disputed pockets along the border have persisted for more than three decades, the first half of 2009 witnessed an increase in... Pushpita Das | August 31, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Tackling the Naxal Threat With the killing of three women and a nine-year old girl, absurdly described as a police informer, the Naxals have lost any moral justification that they may have had to... Ramesh Phadke | August 31, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Japan rethinks its pacifist security policy Japan seems set to overhaul its pacifist security policy with the ongoing formulation of a new National Defense Programme Guidelines (NDPG) for fiscal 2010-2014. The NDPG lays out Japan’s basic... Shamshad A. Khan | August 27, 2009 | IDSA Comments
India’s response to the next terror attack “There is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. The area of operation of these terrorists today extends far beyond the confines... Ali Ahmed | August 26, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Iranian Upheaval and Implications for Indian Policy Iran has unfortunately witnessed a deep political upheaval in the wake of recent Presidential elections leading to vertical polarization among its ruling elite between two major factions, one led by... P. Stobdan | August 25, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Racial Profiling: An absurd drama Incidents of racial profiling of Indian citizens at American airports have been reported time and again. The latest incident of ‘secondary questioning’ of a film star whom the United States... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | August 24, 2009 | IDSA Comments
The imperative of a national government in Nepal Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who heads a twenty-two party coalition government, chose India for his first official foreign visit after assuming office two months back. This ‘goodwill’ visit... Smruti S. Pattanaik | August 24, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Afghan Presidential Elections: The Quest for Change As a harbinger of change in a conflict ridden country, the Afghan presidential elections being held on August 20 are important for both the people of Afghanistan and the international... Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | August 19, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Challenges Before New Government in Indonesia A Constitutional court recently dismissed a petition about alleged electoral irregularities filed by opposition presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla. The decision effectively clears the decks for a second... Pankaj K Jha | August 19, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Afghanistan: Stability on the Cheap? Eight winters since the launch of Enduring Freedom, the turmoil in Afghanistan continues. When contrasted with the progress in Iraqi Freedom, the gloom only deepens. Having applied the necessary mid-... Raj Shukla | August 17, 2009 | IDSA Comments
