Brazil in South America: The Awakening of the Giant Since the beginning of the Lula administration in 2003, Brazilian foreign policy has been re-oriented towards a renewed and more extended approach to regional politics. Under Lula, Brazil’s foreign policy... Marco Vieira | December 24, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Serial Blasts in Assam: Are Planners and Perpetrators Different? The October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam were the most horrific that the state has witnessed till date. These blasts have completely confused the investigating agencies, which still seem... Anand Kumar | December 24, 2008 | IDSA Comments
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