Gilgit-Baltistan: The Roots of Political Alienation Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir has witnessed a series of political disturbances and violence over the past years. Though many analysts have viewed the often-violent assertions by otherwise peaceful residents of... Alok Bansal | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Bangladesh Factor in the Indo-Myanmarese Gas Deal With the discovery of substantial gas in Myanmar's Sittwe region in the Rakhine state, India was keen to acquire gas from some of the new finds in the Shwe gas... Sreeradha Datta | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Energy Angst: Asia’s Changing Energy Prospects and the View from Tokyo Tokyo looks at energy security differently than does Washington, or other major global capitals. This persistent and deepening reality—so incongruously at odds with the continual affirmations of solidarity and alliance... Kent E. Calder | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
The Irrepressible Taliban! The Taliban are proving to be increasingly irrepressible. They seem to be adapting, faster than expected, to the challenges confronting them. Although in terms of weaponry they cannot match the... Vishal Chandra | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Doctrinal Challenges, Nation Building, Terror Tactics and the Power of the Child: A Tale of Three ‘Sites’ Sukanya Podder | January 2008 | Strategic Analysis
Generally speaking… General Asfaq Pervez Kayani’s elevation as the 14th Pakistan Army Chief of Staff in November has been treated in the Indian media as a relatively low key affair. The General... Shantanu Chakrabarti | December 27, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Politics of Disaster Relief Muslim countries and Islamic relief organisations along with the rest of the world have shown unprecedented solidarity with the people of Bangladesh after the devastating impact of cyclone Sidr in... Anand Kumar | December 27, 2007 | IDSA Comments
US Estimate on Iran: Of New Intelligence and New-found Confidence The latest US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear programme, “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities” of November 2007 (released on 3 December 2007) notes with “high confidence” that Tehran... S. Samuel C. Rajiv | December 20, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Railway a Soft Target for Maoists A little before dawn on December 12, 2007, Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) blew up railway track at two different places in Bihar – the first one... P. V. Ramana | December 20, 2007 | IDSA Comments
