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
Volatility in Japanese Politics Intensifies following fundraising Scandal Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan and projected to be the man most likely to become Japan’s next prime minister, has become dangerously entangled in an... Rajaram Panda | March 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Sheikh Hasina’s Regional Anti-Terror Task Force Unlikely to Takeoff Counter-terrorism and elimination of religious extremism were important parts of Sheikh Hasina’s election manifesto. But the concern about terrorism is not limited to top Awami League leaders and is also... Anand Kumar | March 16, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Obama’s New Engagement Policy Towards Japan US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent four-stop swing through Asia – Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China – in her first tour as Secretary of State represented a strong... Rajaram Panda | March 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Complicity of State Actors in Chittagong Arms Haul Case Revealed India’s position stands vindicated. It had for long maintained that not only have insurgents from the north east found safe havens in Bangladeshi soil but that they have enjoyed the... Sreeradha Datta | March 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Consequences of the BDR Mutiny The mutiny by the troops of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on 26 February 26 was extraordinarily brutal. The mutiny toll was about 81 with 72 still missing. Many of these were... Arvind Gupta | March 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
