New Challenges Confront ASEAN The collapse of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya (Thailand) on April 11 following anti-government protests tarnished Thailand’s image. It also brought the regional group’s age-old policy of non-interference in the... Pranamita Baruah | May 04, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis February 2009 Highlight of the month was the peace deal signed by the NWFP government with the founder of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e- Mohammadi (TNSM), Sufi Mohammad. The deal did bring some ‘peace’... T. Khurshchev Singh , Alok Bansal | May 01, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Fighting the Taliban : Challenges for Pakistan Army Rise of the Taliban in the frontier provinces of Pakistan portends several challenges to the Pakistan establishment, a fact that has lately raised much alarm and concern amongst the international... Harinder Singh | May 01, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Obama First 100 Days: Inherited Challenges and the Legacy Tripod April 29 marked the first 100 days of the presidency of Barack Obama. Urgency, pragmatism and engagement have marked his method of tackling the enormous challenges bequeathed to him by... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | May 01, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Conventional War in the Presence of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons cannot obviate wars, but can change its complexion and influence the manner of its conduct. In order to keep nuclear weapons from entering into real warfare, it is... Manpreet Sethi | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
India–Pakistan Relations After the Mumbai Terror Attacks: What Should India Do? Arvind Gupta , S. Kalyanaraman , Ashok K. Behuria | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
A Cold Start: India’s Response to Pakistan-Aided Low-Intensity Conflict A decade after the Kargil conflict and over seven years after the major Indian military mobilization along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, both countries were yet again on... A. Vinod Kumar | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Weapons and War The November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that shook the world again had tangible links to the security and intelligence establishment of Pakistan. The emergent situation is forcing the policy-making community... Rajiv Nayan | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Jihad Beyond Jammu & Kashmir Despite the instant denial issued by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) of its involvement in the November 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks, it is clear that the attacks were the latest manifestation... Shanthie Mariet D’Souza | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Militant Training Camps in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: An Existential Threat Investigations into Mumbai's 26/11 attack made startling revelations about the militant training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Mumbai perpetrators started from Baitul-Mujahideen in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the so-called... Priyanka Singh | May 2009 | Strategic Analysis
