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
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
