Uttar Pradesh Emerging as a Terror Hub Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a terror hub in the country. The January 1 attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Rampur by four militants belonging to... T. Khurshchev Singh | January 10, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Private Sector Participation in Indian Defence Industry India opened up its defence industry to the private sector in May 2001, in a move to enhance the country’s ‘defence preparedness’. To give further impetus to this policy, the... Laxman Kumar Behera | January 08, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Changing Global Security Environment with Specific Reference to our Region and it’s Impact on the Indian Army It is indeed a great pleasure for me to address such an August gathering of security experts and to share thoughts and perception on the 'Changing Global Security Environment with... Deepak Kapoor | Winter 2008 | Journal of Defence Studies
Benazir’s Death and Pakistan’s Democratic Future The assassination of Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007 at an election rally in Rawalpindi raises serious doubts about Pakistan’s peaceful political transition to an era of democratic politics. Eight... Smruti S. Pattanaik | January 03, 2008 | IDSA Comments
America’s Pakistan Policy in Disarray While the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has worsened the political turmoil in Pakistan, it has also left in disarray the US policy of attempting to nudge this crucial ally towards... Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | January 02, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Whose Arctic is it anyway? 2007 will be remembered as the year of climate change and high oil prices. Starting with the first of the four reports of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),... Priyadarshini Singh | January 01, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Rising Cost of the Global War on Terror The Global War on Terror (GWOT), now into its sixth year, has become one of the most expensive wars in American history. GWOT covers three military operations: Operation Enduring Freedom... Laxman Kumar Behera | January 01, 2008 | IDSA Comments
China’s ‘String of Pearls’ in the Indian Ocean and Its Security Implications China's efforts to build 'nodes' of influence in the Indian Ocean Region have been increasingly discernible in recent years. This endeavour, many argue, is driven by Beijing's military-strategic ends. However,... Gurpreet S Khurana | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Asian Energy Security: The Role of China and India Economic globalisation, coupled with geopolitical instability and international terrorism, has made it impossible for any single country to secure its energy supply entirely on its own. The urgent energy security... Chen Fengying , Ni Jiejun | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Sects Within Sect: The Case of Deobandi-Barelvi Encounter in Pakistan The Sunni Muslims of South Asia are divided into two major sub-sects, i.e. Deobandi and Barelvi, named after their places of origin in India in the 19th century. Because of... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
