Geopolitical Implications of the Current Global Financial Crisis Sanjaya Baru | March 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Role of Nanotechnology in Defence Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NT) are emerging fields of science and technology that are witnessing the emergence of an increasing number of new ideas and applications. Many states are seriously looking... Ajey Lele | March 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis January 2009 The first month of the new calendar year saw a reversal of the trend of declining casualties witnessed during the last three months, whilst the incidents of violence continued to... T. Khurshchev Singh , Alok Bansal | February 28, 2009 | IDSA Comments
India’s Confrontation with Terror: Need for Bold Initiatives Since 2001, Islamic terrorists have struck India with frightening frequency and ferocity. The most disturbing aspect of these attacks is that they have spread into the hinterland from Jammu and... Thomas Mathew | February 25, 2009 | Policy Brief
India in a Changing Global Nuclear Order Publisher: Academic Foundation (2009) 2009 This insightful book, with contributions by leading experts on the nuclear issue in India, covers all such important aspects and provides robust analysis of the... Arvind Gupta | | Book
Iran Enters the Space Arena One year ago, in February 2008, Iran launched a sounding rocket into outer space to mark the opening of its first space centre. This rocket essentially belonged to the ‘category’... Ajey Lele | February 20, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Maoists’ Attacks on Infrastructure Rebels of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) have been repeatedly targeting infrastructure, which are soft targets. The targets of their attacks include telecommunication towers, Railways and power transmission centres... P. V. Ramana | February 20, 2009 | IDSA Comments
A.Q. Khan’s Acquittal Though anticipated, the timing of the Islamabad High Court’s verdict to release disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan from house arrest has surprised many, since it came days before the first... A. Vinod Kumar | February 20, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Unholy alliance in North-East India Although insurgency in several areas of the North-East region of India has declined, external manipulation and support to insurgency in Assam, the most populous State in the region, continues to... M. Amarjeet Singh | February 19, 2009 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2009-10: An Assessment In its interim budget for 2009-10 the Union Government has allocated Rs. 1,41,703 crores for the country’ Defence Services that include three Armed Forces (i.e., the Army, the Navy and... Laxman Kumar Behera | February 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
