An Elected Government in Bangladesh and India’s Options If all things go well, Bangladesh should have an elected government in January 2009 following the Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament) elections. Contrary to much scepticism, the caretaker government headed by... Sreeradha Datta | December 23, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Integrating the Indian Military:Retrospect and Prospect Wars are not fought only by the armed forces, but by the entire nation, the government and all its organs, the media and the people in an integrated and unified... Vinod Anand | Winter 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
Exploring India – Kazakhstan Transport Linkages Economic growth in the Asian region and emerging opportunities for interregional trade are creating a demand for viable transport connectivity, land-linking arrangements, and important transit services. However, due to geographical... P. Stobdan | December 22, 2008 | Policy Brief
US Presidential Elections 2008 Order Hard Copy Please email us at publication [at] idsa.in or call +91-11-2671 7983 (Ext. 7322) Rajiv Nayan | | Occasional Papers
Budgeting for Desired Defence Capability The Defence procurement policy and procedure as brought out in DPP- 2006 (Defence Procurement Policy, 2006) indicated that for policy decisions relating to acquiring of weapons and systems, we are... A. K. Ghosh | Winter 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s North East: New Vistas for Peace Publisher: Manas Publications This book is an attempt to suggest a way towards peace and development in the North East. The authors, mostly belonging to the region, have provided valuable... Namrata Goswami , Pushpita Das | | Book
India’s Neighbourhood Challenges Ahead Publisher: IDSA & Rubicon Publishers Pvt Ltd. ISBN 1-85845-379-8, Price: ? 560 Sumita Kumar , Vishal Chandra , Virendra Gupta | | Book
India-US Relations: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century Publisher: Magnum Books The rhetoric from two noisy democracies may make it appear that the interests of India and the United States are poles apart on many issues. However, if... Cherian Samuel , N. S. Sisodia , Peter R. Lavoy , Robin | | Book
The Tribal Dimension of Internal Security In South Asia India and China were major agricultural civilizations. It is not generally known that till the 16-17th century they were generating almost 80 percent of the global GDP. As per Alwyn... G. D. Bakshi | Winter 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies