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
TAR brings benefits for Bangladesh After dilly-dallying for a long period Bangladesh finally signed the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network agreement on November 9, 2007 at the UN headquarters in New York. With this 20 of... Anand Kumar | November 28, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Political Crisis and the ‘Coming’ Election in Pakistan The imposition of emergency in Pakistan on November 3, 2007 highlights two significant points: the crisis of political legitimacy for Musharraf and the raging war in the tribal areas which... Smruti S. Pattanaik | November 27, 2007 | IDSA Comments
White Paper on China’s Political Party System A month after the 17th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was convened in mid-October, 2007, the Information Office of the State Council published a White Paper... Raviprasad Narayanan | November 23, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Sino-German relations: Not all hunky-dory The Sino-German bilateral relationship has run into rough weather in the last few weeks. What has been described as a relationship based on ‘strategic partnership’ experienced a big chill when... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | November 23, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Is the time for rapprochement with North Korea Coming? As the time for North Korea’s “disablement” of its nuclear facilities draws closer, the six- party nations, especially the United States and South Korea, have stepped up their efforts to... Hayoun Ryou | November 22, 2007 | IDSA Comments
US Military Strike on Iran: Implications for American Strategic Interests in Latin America Iran began clandestinely developing a uranium enrichment programme in the early 1980s and claims that it is for peaceful purposes and solely for civilian use. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has claimed... Ryan Clarke | November 16, 2007 | IDSA Comments
West Asia in Turmoil : Implications for Global Security Publisher: Academic Foundation ISBN 13 : 978-81-7188-626-5 ISBN 10 : 81-7188-626-4 Rs. 895 US $ 69.95 Ashok K. Behuria , N. S. Sisodia | | Book
A Blow to Dynastic Politics in Bangladesh The struggle for control over the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) took a new turn after the reformist faction appointed former finance minister Saifur Rahman as the acting chairman. This decision... Anand Kumar | November 06, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Modernisation of Chinese Special Forces Tension has subsided across the Taiwan Strait in recent years. China has adopted a “wait and see” approach and has chosen to focus more on economic growth, scientific development, and... Ryan Clarke | November 06, 2007 | IDSA Comments
