Israel’s Iran Dilemma As the new government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu takes charge in Jerusalem, it seems that there are no easy solutions to what Israel perceives to be its central... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | April 08, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Address at the Inaugaral Session of the Seminar on Defence Budget Defence budget accounts for a significant proportion of the central government expenditure. For the current year, the revenue and capital budgets of defence account for more than 20 and 80... H. K. Pannu | April 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
NATO in Afghanistan: Fault lines in the transatlantic alliance? An amicable resolution of issues between America and Europe on addressing the Afghan quagmire is unlikely given that the end state is not clearly defined. Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | April 02, 2009 | Special Feature
NATO at 60: A Reality Check The Alliance is facing a challenge in Afghanistan operationally and the issue of coherence organisationally. Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | April 02, 2009 | Special Feature
North Korea in International Limelight over its Space Development Programme North East Asia’s fragile peace is being threatened by North Korea’s planned launch between 4 and 8 April over Japanese territory of a communication satellite. The US and its allies... Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda | April 02, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Injecting New Dynamism in US-Australia Ties Labour Party Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, has been in office for nearly one and a half years after his unexpected victory over John Howard in late 2007. For... Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda | April 01, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Nepal: New ‘Strategic Partner’ of China? There has been a major shift in China’s foreign policy towards Nepal since the Maoist ascendance to power. China had earlier adopted a policy of ‘non-intervention’ in the internal matters... Nihar R. Nayak | March 30, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Obama’s Overtures to Iran US President Barack Obama’s landmark appeal to the Iranian people for a shift away from decades of confrontation was a significant move in the right direction. Obama’s videotaped message on... M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | March 30, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Japan’s Response to Sea Piracy In its efforts to check the piracy menace, Japan deployed two Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) destroyers - Sazanami and Samidare - on March 14, 2009 in the Gulf of... Pranamita Baruah | March 30, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Needless Apprehensions about the CISF (Amendment) Act 2008 The Indian Parliament has recently passed the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Bill 2008, paving the way for the government to provide Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security to private... Om Shankar Jha | March 19, 2009 | IDSA Comments
