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
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
