China’s Xinjiang Problem It all started on 26 June in the toy factory owned by the Hong Kong-listed Lacewood International in China’s Shaoguan city of Guangdong province. An official news agency wrote "Six... P. Stobdan | July 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Indian Naval Strategy in the Twenty First Century Construed as expanding rings of expanding circles, India's maritime environs exhibit varying degrees of complexity and competitiveness. Each successive ring bears its own characteristics, opportunities, challenges and distinctive nuances. As... Rahul Mishra | July 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
The central debate in India’s civil military relations Critics have it that the last bout of reforms in India’s defence sector in the wake of Kargil has not been taken to its logical conclusion. There are two key... Ali Ahmed | July 06, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Securing South East Asia: The Politics of Security Sector Reform Mark Beeson, who authored articles on Asia Pacific institutions and regional security along with Alex J. Bellamy who has written books on Kosovo and Security Communities, has written this book... Pankaj K Jha | July 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Talibisation of Pakistan: Implications for Jammu and Kashmir Taliban represent a present and clear danger to Pakistan. This is because, firstly, they seem to have finally lost faith in Pakistani commitment towards their cause and are not willing... P. K. Upadhyay | July 02, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Finally, US action on Climate Change takes the first baby step The United States House of Representatives passed a landmark legislation H.R. 2454, the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," by a narrow margin of 219-212 on 26 June 2009. This... Avinash Godbole | July 01, 2009 | IDSA Comments
A Q Khan Release and Non-Proliferation On February 6, 2009, the Pakistani judiciary acquitted Abdul Qadeer (AQ) Khan, the symbol of Pakistani involvement in clandestine nuclear commerce. Since 2004, he had been under house arrest after... Rajiv Nayan | July 2009 | Strategic Analysis
The Obama Administration’s Afghanistan–Pakistan Policy: In Need of an Urgent Rethink If one needs to probe into the minds of what the Obama Administration is thinking in terms of its Afghanistan–Pakistan policy, the recently released Atlantic Council of the US report... Namrata Goswami | July 2009 | Strategic Analysis
The Why and What of Water Security That there is a freshwater crisis today is an irrefutable fact. That there is also a water policy that is in perpetual crisis is an equally undeniable fact. Continued population... Uttam Kumar Sinha | July 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Central Asian Geopolitics and China’s Security From a geopolitical perspective, Central Asia is one of the most important regions of the world due to its impact over great powers. At the outset, it should be made... Zhao Huasheng | July 2009 | Strategic Analysis
