India and the Ottawa Treaty As the Ottawa treaty completes a decade this September, it has been termed a "success in progress" by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). ICBL is upbeat about its... Medha Bisht | September 26, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Dissuasion by Punishment or Denial to Counter Bioterrorism In June 2002, the first ever big delegation led by Dr AC Muthiah, the Senior Vice President of FICCI, left for the United States. The two interesting features of this…... B S Malik | September-December 2007 | CBW Magazine
Hyderabad Woes: Mecca Masjid, Lumbini Park… Hyderabad has been reeling under deadly terror strikes. Three months after the serial blasts at Mecca Masjid on May 18, 2007, another pair of coordinated attacks rocked the city on... T. Khurshchev Singh | September 13, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Rise of Pakistani Taliban and the Response of the State The rise of a militant Islamist group calling itself Pakistani Taliban has drawn wider international attention in recent years. It has appeared as a serious internal security threat for the... Ashok K. Behuria | September 2007 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces: Towards a Normal Military The Self-Defense Forces (SDF) are one of the variables of the distinctly pacifist security policy Japan has followed ever since the end of the war. Japan's ongoing 'normalisation' involves an... Arpita Mathur | September 2007 | Strategic Analysis
The China-Pakistan Strategic Relationship: Trade, Investment, Energy and Infrastructure The traditional Sino-Pakistan friendship of 55 years now has a new objective—to improve the economic content of their relationship, which comprises trade, investment and energy co-operation within a bilateral framework.... Sumita Kumar | September 2007 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Proliferation Challenges and India’s Response India is uniquely placed in the international security and political environment as it neither falls within the NPT 'definition' of 'nuclear weapon states' nor is it a country that can... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | September 2007 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Aid to Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects Shanthie Mariet D’Souza | September 2007 | Strategic Analysis