Chinese Strategic Thinking on Tibet and the Himalayan Region Dawa Norbu | July 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Karzai Raises the Anti-Taliban Rhetoric Kabul has for long been wary of Pakistan’s idea of negotiating ‘peace’ deals with Taliban militants operating out of its north-western tribal areas. Pakistan’s earlier peace deals in 2004 and... Vishal Chandra | June 30, 2008 | IDSA Comments
China and Taiwan: modus vivendi… for now Encouraging developments on either side of the Taiwan Straits have taken place recently, considerably reducing the ‘shrill atmospherics’ surrounding ‘independence’ and ‘invasion’ by several notches. The primary determinant driving these... Raviprasad Narayanan | June 23, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Can India Say No? Where are India-China relations heading, given repeated Chinese claims in recent years to Indian territory and a noticeable hardening of its position beginning with Sun Yuxi’s statements on Arunachal Pradesh... Abanti Bhattacharya | June 23, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Negotiations with Insurgents in India’s Northeast Insurgency movements in India’s northeast would appear to be even more intractable and beyond solution if not for the ongoing ceasefires and peace negotiations between the government and two dozen... Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | June 19, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Tata’s Forays into Defence Production In early May 2008 Tata Group of India and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (IAI) signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) in India to develop, produce and support... Laxman Kumar Behera | June 17, 2008 | IDSA Comments
The Intangibles of the India-US Strategic Partnership With elections looming large in both countries and the Indo-US nuclear deal facing its moment of truth, the inevitable question will arise as to who has gained how much from... Cherian Samuel | June 16, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Bangladesh: Fixing the Democratic Future The release of Sheikh Hasina on ‘parole’ for two months has generated hope for the stalled political dialogue and uncertainty over the scheduled Parliamentary elections in December 2008. The Awami... Smruti S. Pattanaik | June 16, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Need for Holistic Restructuring of the Indian Military In the over five decades since Independence, vast changes have occurred in the security environment within the country, in the region of immediate concern, and at the global level. The... Vijay Oberoi | Summer 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
