Towards Better India-Bangladesh relations The landslide victory of the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina in the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections ended the two-year old political uncertainty in Bangladesh and marks the return... M. Shamsur Rabb Khan | January 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Oil Price Volatility and India’s Energy Security: Policies and Options The recent downslide in crude oil prices from a peak of US $147 a barrel to below $40 and speculated to fall further to $25 has evidently provided relief to... Zakir Hussain | January 09, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Bird Flu: A Lethal Threat In early January 2009, bird flu resurfaced with the death of a Chinese woman who was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the eastern Shandong province in…... Reshmi Kazi | January-March 2009 | CBW Magazine
Leveraging Defence Offset Policy for Technology Acquisition Offset provisions were promulgated by Ministry of Defence (MOD), Government of India in DPP-2006 [1], and revised in DPP 2008 [2]. These provisions are applicable to all Capital Acquisitions categorized... Prahlada , S. Radhakrishnan , Parimal Kumar | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Special Address at Defence Offset Seminar The timing of the seminar is very apt and we are at a stage when we have made some headway and we can actually deliberate on certain issues relating to... S. K. Sharma | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
A Survey of Successful Offset Experiences Worldwide In venturing to write about successful offset policy and experience in different countries, the basic problem faced is that of unavailability of data. There are no universally laid down parameters... Anuradha Mitra | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Pakistan’s Accountability and International Obligations Undoubtedly, the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks was an international tragedy. It was a crime under international law and as the serious concerns expressed by the UN Security Council demonstrates, it... S. R. Subramanian | January 06, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Is it Endgame for LTTE? The LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) struggle against the Sri Lankan Government has taken different forms at different times since early 1970s. However, developments since 2006 have had an... M. Mayilvaganan | January 2009 | Strategic Analysis
