LeT finds a new base in Manipur The first time arrest of three Manipuri Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) members in Delhi on December 19, 2006 indicated the existence of direct linkages between Pakistan-based terrorists and the Meitei Pangal (Muslim)... T. Khurshchev Singh | January 22, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Time to Cross the Adam’s Bridge Again A recent survey by a Colombo-based agency on the peace process revealed that a majority of Sri Lankans prefers India as a peace facilitator rather than the Norwegians. According to... A. Vinod Kumar | January 18, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Economics of Indo-US Nuclear Deal With President Bush signing the India-US nuclear co-operation bill into law, critics and supporters of the bill have once again reinforced their stated positions over the future benefits and losses... Laxman Kumar Behera | January 18, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Is it worth it? Many commentators have declared President Bush's signing into law of the US-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Co-operation Act as one of the most decisive moments in international politics in recent years.... Ajey Lele | January 18, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Assam under siege With the attempt at peace negotiations between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Government of India stumbling, the insurgent group has once again chosen the path of... M. Amarjeet Singh | January 18, 2007 | IDSA Comments
China’s New Defence White Paper and the PLA’s Possible Modernization Plan in 2007 The Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China released a White Paper titled "China's National Defence 2006" on December 29, 2006. Jagannath P. Panda | January 16, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Soft Borders and Cooperative Frontiers: India’s Changing Territorial Diplomacy Towards Pakistan and China For decades, the dominant sense in the foreign policy establishment of India was that neither the Kashmir question nor the boundary dispute with China was ripe for resolution. Yet, in... C. Raja Mohan | January 2007 | Strategic Analysis
Counterproliferation: India’s New Imperatives and Options Despite its excellent record in the field of non-proliferation of technologies, know-how and equipment related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to other states, India has been essentially a passive... A. Vinod Kumar | January 2007 | Strategic Analysis
Who Won the Second Israel-Lebanon War? In the immediate aftermath of the Second Israel-Lebanon War, most observers have concluded that Israel lost its war against Hezbollah. Although at the end of 34 days of violent engagement... V. Krishnappa | January 2007 | Strategic Analysis
NATO’s Counter-Terrorism Strategies in Afghanistan With the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) taking over command from the US-led Coalition Forces in southern Afghanistan and the United States focusing on the eastern part of Afghanistan, particularly... Prasad P. Rane | January 2007 | Strategic Analysis
