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
Revisiting the Kosi Agreement: Lessons for Indo-Nepal Water Diplomacy The year 2008 has witnessed yet another disastrous flood in North Bihar. Floods in Bihar have been almost an annual phenomenon. Though the capacity of the river flow was well... Medha Bisht | September 22, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Explaining China’s India Policy Let the fact speak for itself. China was not happy about India gaining the waiver in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and it played the role of a spoiler till... Abanti Bhattacharya | September 17, 2008 | IDSA Comments
NATO Expansion Hits Russian Roadblock in Georgia The Russian military blitzkrieg to counter the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s dispatch of his Israeli and US trained and equipped forces to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia on... Thomas Mathew | September 17, 2008 | IDSA Comments
US To Begin Troop Withdrawal from Iraq After prolonged political and diplomatic negotiations between Iraq and the United States, President George Bush announced on September 9 the decision to withdraw around 8000 troops by the end of... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | September 16, 2008 | IDSA Comments
The US Africa Command Africa is no longer a distant region that can be ignored by the United States. As articulated in the US National Security Strategy, the need to expand and ensure America's... Arvind Dutta | September 12, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Implications of Transferring Control of the Awakening Councils in Iraq The recent American plan to transfer control of the Awakening Movement’s tribal militias to the Iraqi Army is fraught with risk for the future of Iraq. The improved security situation... Shelly Johny | September 12, 2008 | IDSA Comments
The EU on the Georgia-Russia Conflict The outcome of the deliberations at the September 1 Extraordinary European Council meeting held to discuss the Russian-Georgian conflict was not very dramatic. Gordon Brown penned a scathing article in... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | September 10, 2008 | IDSA Comments
