India Should Revisit its Tibet Policy The Indian government’s response to the ongoing protests in Tibet has been to merely state its “distress” about the situation and reaffirm its position that Tibet is an “internal” affair... Abanti Bhattacharya | April 04, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Yousuf Raza Gilani: A Tall Man with a Task of Tall Order Yousuf Raza Gilani was nominated by Asif Ali Zardari as the PPP candidate for prime ministership on March 22, 2008. On that occasion, Zardari called upon Gilani “to accept the... Ashok K. Behuria | April 03, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Mizoram on the Verge of Another Mautam? Mizoram’s bamboo groves have been bursting into flower since November 2007, causing famine-like conditions. It is not as if the locals have been caught unawares. Since the flowering occurs over... Namrata Goswami | April 01, 2008 | IDSA Comments
For EU, Trade Will Trump Tibet The streets of Lhasa have started to become quiet once again. It would be just a matter of weeks if not months before the Forbidden City once again invites tourists... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | March 26, 2008 | IDSA Comments
DHD (N) and UPDS Agree to Ceasefire People living in the two hill districts of Assam – North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong –witnessed a dim ray of hope for peace on March 18, 2008, when the... Namrata Goswami | March 26, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Continuity and Change at the 11th National People’s Congress in China The recently concluded 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in Beijing from March 5-18 was noteworthy for two significant features – administrative restructuring of the government and introduction of personnel... Raviprasad Narayanan | March 24, 2008 | IDSA Comments
India’s Defence Budget 2008-09 Union Budget 2008-09 has allocated Rs. 105,600 crores for India’s Defence. Crossing the one lakh barrier for the first time, and accounting for nearly 14.1 per cent of total central... Laxman Kumar Behera | March 19, 2008 | IDSA Comments
India Woos Africa India is all set to woo Africa at the forthcoming India-Africa Summit on April 8, 2008 in New Delhi, reflecting the continent’s growing importance to Indian foreign policy in the... Ruchita Beri | March 19, 2008 | IDSA Comments
The Sealed Fate of the Tibetan Unrest Ongoing protests in Tibet, coinciding with the commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the 1959 March Uprising, was not unexpected given that China is only a few months away from... Abanti Bhattacharya | March 19, 2008 | IDSA Comments
Protests in Tibet Tibet has been an important and controversial issue for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since it came to power in 1949. The CCP “liberated” Tibet in 1950 and began its... Gunjan Singh | March 18, 2008 | IDSA Comments
