Ascendancy of the Religious Right in Bangladesh Politics: A Study of Jamaat Islami The ascendancy of Jamaat Islami to power in a country that was born on the basis of secularism indicates the changing political dynamics in Bangladesh. Its syncretic tradition rooted in... Smruti S. Pattanaik | March 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Talking to the Taliban: Will it Ensure ‘Peace’ in Afghanistan? The raging Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan underlines the limits of the use of military force. The lack of visible progress on the reconstruction activity and prevailing insecurity has alienated the... Shanthie Mariet D’Souza | March 2009 | Strategic Analysis
Enhanced International Cooperation Through Aided Military Training Programmes: A Study of the US Experience, with Specific Reference to South Asia Major powers have tried to use military training programmes, manifested through military-to-military cooperation running the gamut of training exchanges to joint exercises, to defence-related dialogues through seminars and the like,... Cherian Samuel | March 2009 | Strategic Analysis
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
