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
India and Kazakhstan: New Ways Ahead The fourth consecutive visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev culminated in his being the chief guest at India’s 60th Republic Day parade. This shows the increasing importance India attaches to its... Zakir Hussain | February 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
There can be no “grand bargain” with terrorism In a report titled “President Obama’s Policy Options in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)”, Hassan Aabbas, Fellow at the Michigan-based Institute for Policy and Understanding (ISPM), argues that the... Arvind Gupta | February 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Enlisting Myanmar’s help in tackling North East Guerrillas Vice President Hamid Ansari’s four-day visit to Myanmar from February 5 to 8, 2009 was significant for business matters as India and Myanmar signed agreements with regard to Tata Motors... Namrata Goswami | February 18, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Water Wars with India? In a surprise move, Pakistan has once gain spawned the water issue on a political fast-track against India. P. Stobdan | February 13, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Who is the Indian Mujahideen? In 2008, India faced multiple terror attacks on its cities across several states. These attacks resulted mostly in civilian deaths. The May 13, 2008 Jaipur bombings killed 80 civilians and... Namrata Goswami | February 03, 2009 | Backgrounder
