Consumers’ Cartel No Panacea to Resource Nationalism With the price of oil crossing $110 a barrel, the oil-importing countries' concerns have been mounting. Not surprisingly, the issue of whether the time is now ripe for energy consuming... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Bangladesh’s Relations with China and India: A Comparative Study China's influence in South Asia has significantly grown over the years, and in particular Bangladeshi-Chinese relations are now robust and very comprehensive. This is in contrast to Bangladeshi-Indian relations, which... Sreeradha Datta | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan-Iran Relations: The US Factor Pakistan-Iran relations have been complex and paradoxical. The United States has tried to influence this relationship on various counts, given that Iran is an important foreign policy concern for the... Sumita Kumar | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Role in Global Anti-Proliferation: Challenges and Opportunities Being a non-NPT state with advanced nuclear capability, India's contributions to the non-proliferation movement have often been scrutinized. India was for long treated as part of the 'proliferation problem'. Since... A. Vinod Kumar | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
IBSA Dialogue Forum: An Assessment The formation of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum signals a new phase in South-South cooperation. This paper argues that the IBSA represents the partnership of three like-minded democratic countries,... Ruchita Beri | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
The Muslim Factor in the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict The Muslims in Sri Lanka have emerged as a key stakeholder in the past decade. Though they have not directly participated in the conflict, their intervention in the recent peace... M. Mayilvaganan | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
‘Unity of Effort’: The Missing Link in the Afghan Counter-insurgency Campaign More than six years after the initiation of Operation Enduring Freedom the Taliban and its affiliates are back, wreaking havoc on the fragile security situation and impeding development activity in... Shanthie Mariet D’Souza | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Towards a Regulated Indo-Nepal Border The Indo-Nepal border is an open border, which has facilitated close social, cultural, and economic exchanges and led to a special relationship between the two countries. However, in recent times,... Pushpita Das | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Chinese Checkers in the Himalayas: Revisiting Sino-Indian Relations P. Stobdan | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
China’s New Submarine Base at Hainan: Analyses of Recent Media Reports Gurpreet S Khurana | September 2008 | Strategic Analysis
