Fake Killings in Jammu & Kashmir: Need for Checks and Balances The recent uproar in Jammu and Kashmir over 'fake killings' has once again turned public attention towards the issue of human rights violations by law enforcement agencies. The State is... B. S. Sachar | February 13, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Way to Engage Iran In addition to the earlier run two pilot cascades of 164 centrifuges, Iran has set up two more cascades of 164 centrifuges each despite repeated calls from the UN Security... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | February 12, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The ASAT test and China’s Space Ambitions With the successful test of its first anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, China has once again highlighted its impressive achievements in space technology. At the same time, the test is refuelling debate... Jagannath P. Panda | February 12, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Securitising Development and the Naxal Threat It has been generally accepted that the Naxal issue is more than a law and order problem. With the socio-economic dimension being increasingly important along with the military one, a... Medha Bisht | February 12, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Rehabilitating Child Soldiers in Nepal In January 2007, the House of Representatives in Nepal, restored after the people's movement of April, 2006, unanimously adopted an interim Constitution and dissolved itself. This technically paved the way... Sukanya Podder | February 03, 2007 | IDSA Comments
China’s Defence White Paper: Can India Draw Some Lessons? On 29 December 2006, China released its latest white paper on national defence. Though this document is widely perceived as opaque in budgetary facts and figures, it gives policy makers... Laxman Kumar Behera | January 31, 2007 | IDSA Comments
President Putin’s Visit to India Vladimir Putin's visit to India on January 25-26, 2007 provided fresh impetus to the strategic partnership between the two countries. The visit reinforced the interests of both states in maintaining... Nivedita Das Kundu | January 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh: Down, not wiped out Despite the Chhattisgarh government's two-pronged strategy of police operation combined with socio economic programmes against the Naxalites, there appears to be deterioration in the law and order situation in the... Nihar R. Nayak | January 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Hopeless Search for Peace in the Aftermath of the Second Israel-Lebanon War As the dust slowly settles down over the battlefields of South Lebanon and North Israel, the major actors in this tragic drama are now debating ways and means to salvage... V. Krishnappa | January 25, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Dealing with ULFA’s Terror The recent orgy of violence perpetrated by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has brought the issue of security of the common citizen in Assam to the fore again.... Namrata Goswami , M. Amarjeet Singh , Pushpita Das , Gurinder Singh | January 22, 2007 | IDSA Comments
