LTTE has to change its strategy The annual “Heroes’ Day” speech delivered by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran on November 27, amid continuing attacks by the government forces, brought out in no uncertain terms his dissatisfaction with... M. Mayilvaganan , Ashok K. Behuria | December 13, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Assam and Aftermath: Reality Check The street violence that gripped Assam’s main city Guwahati on November 24 will not easily fade from public memory. Trouble brewed when a peaceful protest rally organized by the All... Namrata Goswami | December 10, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Media takes off on TechSAR, but no takers The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has strongly denied news reports that the launch of an Israeli spy satellite aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has been delayed or... Cherian Samuel | December 07, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Promises and Pitfalls of Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia In the recently concluded ASEAN Summit (November 18-22), apart from issues like Myanmar, ASEAN Charter and ASEAN Economic Community, nuclear energy was also discussed at length. A declaration on safeguarding... Pankaj K Jha | December 06, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Indian Diaspora Tale: A Malaysian Malady Malaysia’s so-called multi-ethnic harmony was deeply shaken when the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) organised in Kuala Lumpur the largest ever mass protest against the ‘marginalisation’ of ethnic Indians as... Udai Bhanu Singh | December 05, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Climate Change and India’s Position For the last one year regular installments of reports and analyses have appeared in the media on the challenges countries would face as a result of climate change and its... P. K. Gautam | December 05, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Unabated Maoist Violence: Ignoring Is Not Bliss The Maoists continue to advance their violent campaign to capture political power through armed revolution. In the current year, till October 31, 571 lives have been lost in Maoist violence.... P. V. Ramana | December 05, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The intent behind the PLA’s ‘Joint-Military Exercises’ A China Daily news item on November 22, 2007 states that both China and India will hold their first joint-army exercise in Yunan province of Southwest China in December. The... Jagannath P. Panda | November 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Security of Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are safe as long as he is in charge has raised widespread speculation about the safety of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal. Musharraf’s statement... Reshmi Kazi | November 29, 2007 | IDSA Comments
US-Iran Standoff: Sanctions and Reactions The United States imposed unilateral sanctions against Iran on October 25, 2007 to complement its efforts towards getting a third set of sanctions through the UNSC. M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi | November 29, 2007 | IDSA Comments
