Aircraft Carriers and India’s Naval Doctrine Epic sea battles between aircraft carriers have not recurred after World War II; in the post-war period, most carriers began to retire without even having participated in a battle. Many... Gurpreet S Khurana | Summer 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
Chinese Checkers in the Himalayas In a disturbing sign, the Chinese seem to have brought up Sikkim and not Arunachal Pradesh back to the table during the recent visit of Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee to... P. Stobdan | June 13, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Implications of Peace Deals in Pakistan’s Wild West As the new political dispensation in Pakistan negotiates new deals with militants in the country’s Pakhtoon belt, it is causing consternation among its neighbours. The deals have been signed in... Alok Bansal | June 13, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Imperative of PLA Integration into the Nepal Army Integration of Maoists combatants into the Nepal Army (NA) has become a contentious issue. Despite the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections and the declaration of Nepal as a Republic, a new... Nihar R. Nayak | June 13, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Synergising Indian Navy and the Coast Guard Armed Forces all over the world are beginning to realise the importance of jointmanship, and accordingly enormous efforts have been made of late to promote jointmanship and bring about integration... Alok Bansal | Summer 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
Interstate Border Disputes in the Northeast At a time when the India-China border dispute is hogging the limelight and causing unease in the Indian establishment, many festering inter-state border disputes in the Northeast that are sowing... Pushpita Das | June 12, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Will Success in the East Pave the Way for Peace and Stability in Sri Lanka? Sri Lanka’s Eastern province is transitioning to a new era. First came Karuna’s exit and subsequent co-operation with the government in Colombo. This was followed by the expulsion of the... M. Mayilvaganan | June 12, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Flexibility in Political Dialogue Needed to Avert Chaos in Bangladesh In the ongoing mass arrests in Bangladesh, nearly 20,000 people have been put behind bars. These arrests started on May 28, 2008 after the ban on political activity was lifted.... Anand Kumar | June 11, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Terrorist Attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad On June 2, terrorists exploded a car-bomb outside the Embassy of Denmark in the high-security diplomatic area of Islamabad. The explosion instantaneously killed eight people, injured more than twenty five... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | June 09, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Signs of the Emerging Third Leg: Strengthening India’s Triad Nuclear weapons are seen as the ultimate guarantors of nations’ security. During the cold war, peace between the two super powers, for instance, was tenuously guaranteed by the fear that... Thomas Mathew | Summer 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
