The Significance of Shenzhou-VII On October 7, 2008, the PLA Daily reported that the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the four general departments of the Chinese military celebrated in great style the success of... Jagannath P. Panda | October 16, 2008 | IDSA Comments
India’s Response to CBW attack Acardinal principle of India’s nuclear doctrine is No First Use (NFU). It is articulated in a press release of January 4, 2003 on the review of operationalisation of India’s nuclear…... Ali Ahmed | October-December 2008 | CBW Magazine
Is India on the Path to Vibrant Defence Industry? What does it take to be ‘a vibrant industry’ or more specifically ‘vibrant defence industry’? Broadly, it would demand that the industry should be innovative in terms of processes and... N. Neihsial | October 08, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Prachanda’s Visit to India: Beginning of a New Dawn No other recent visit to India has been so eagerly awaited as that of Pushpa Kumar Dahal, alias Prachanda, the Maoist revolutionary turned democrat and Prime Minister of ‘New Nepal’.... Alok Bansal | October 08, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Update on the Meeting of Experts for BWTC (18-22 August 2008) The Meeting of Experts for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC/BWC) was held from August 18 to 22, 2008 in Geneva. As a part of the intersessional process for…... Monalisa Joshi | October-December 2008 | CBW Magazine
Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis for August 2008 The recent suicide attack on Mariott Hotel in Islamabad has once again focussed international attention on Pakistan. Violence in Pakistan is now moving from the periphery to the heartland. The... T. Khurshchev Singh , Alok Bansal | September 30, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Averting Terror Attacks On September 13, five serial bombs shattered the weekend peace across several popular market complexes in New Delhi, killing 30 innocent civilians and injuring nearly 90. An elusive outfit calling... Namrata Goswami | September 25, 2008 | IDSA Comments
An Overview of the Russo-Georgian Conflict Georgia was a constituent republic of the former USSR. In 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union led to the independence of Georgia. In turn, the autonomous regions of Georgia,... Ali Ahmed | September 25, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Taiwan’s Failure at the UN Will Taiwan ever participate in the United Nations? Pessimist views have started flowing after the rejection of Taiwan’s fresh bid for ‘meaningful participation in international agencies’ at the UN on... Jagannath P. Panda | September 24, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Iraq beyond the Troop Surge: Fragile Security Gains, Tenuous Political Stability The military commander most associated with executing President George Bush’s ‘troop surge’ in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, handed over command of US forces to Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno on... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | September 24, 2008 | IDSA Comments
