India and Nuclear Testing In his April 5 speech in Prague, President Barack Obama made a renewed pledge to push the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as a practical and immediate step to ‘seek... Reshmi Kazi | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Climate Change and the Road to Copenhagen: Twisted and Torturous The Road to Copenhagen in December 2009 has two visible signposts. One that reads, ‘The time for climate change action is now’, the other that warns, ‘The road is bumpy’.... Uttam Kumar Sinha | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Media and Counter-terrorism: The Indian Experience Linked to the terrorist goal of intimidation of a targeted population, there is an inherent objective to spread fear and undermine the declared values of the targeted political system by... Shanthie Mariet D’Souza | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Will NATO Stay On in Afghanistan? A new actor was inducted in the decades-old Afghan conflict when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assumed command of the UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in August 2003.... Vishal Chandra | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Positive Trends in Cross-Strait Relations Democracy came to Taiwan under the leadership of Chiang Ching-Kuo, which brought an end to almost four decades of one-party dictatorship. Chiang Kai?Shek had harboured the dream of overtaking the... Gunjan Singh | September 2009 | Strategic Analysis
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
