Talking Heads: Why Manmohan Singh is in Yekaterinburg? Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is attending a slew of Russian hosted high profile meetings including those of the SCO and BRIC in Yekaterinburg which would be viewed keenly by most... P. Stobdan | June 16, 2009 | IDSA Comments
The First EU-Pakistan Summit The European Union (EU) is going to have its first-ever summit with Pakistan on June 17 in Brussels. In Asia the EU has only three strategic partners, namely China, India... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | June 12, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Lawlessness in the Hills of Assam Following the arrest of one of the most wanted insurgent leaders of Assam, the state government must immediately act tough against other insurgent groups operating in the hill districts of... M. Amarjeet Singh | June 12, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Growing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka has achieved military victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This fight against the LTTE has had different connotations for both India and China. In the current... Gunjan Singh | June 08, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Seizing the moment: India and the ‘moderate Taliban’ The Taliban is doubtless a menace and requires to be combated. Towards this end the Global War on Terror, recently rechristened ‘Overseas Contingency Operations’, has been underway for the better... Ali Ahmed | June 08, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Bridging the Gap Between Academics and Policymakers Director General’s N.S. Sisodia’s opinion piece “The Case to strengthen Indian think tanks” published in The Hindu on May 24, 2009 is timely. The United Service Institution of India (USI)... P. K. Gautam | June 03, 2009 | IDSA Comments
The Case for Employing Non-Lethal Weapons At first glance, ‘Non-Lethal’ and ‘armed forces’ do not seem to go along, considering that the primary role of the military is to preserve national interests and safeguard territorial integrity,... Arvind Dutta | June 03, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Profiling the Taliban Threat to India The threat from the Taliban could be in the form of heightened infiltration attempts across the Line of Control or see a new breed of Talibanised Pakistani militants targeting the... Harinder Singh | June 02, 2009 | Issue Brief
The 2009 National Elections: Signals from the Kashmir Valley Elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, be they for the state legislature or Parliament, have become the symbol around which the contest for legitimacy between the separatists and... Arpita Anant | June 02, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Brief on India’s Neighbourhood Terrorism, maritime security and border management are the key challenges in India's neighbourhood
