Wen Jiabao’s Ice-Melting Visit to Japan Wen Jiabao's three-day visit to Japan starting on April 11, 2007 was the first visit by a Chinese Premier in seven years. It has been hailed as an 'ice-melting' visit,... Abanti Bhattacharya | April 25, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Sino-Japanese Relations and the ‘Wen Jiabao effect’ It is no exaggeration to state that Sino-Japanese relations are currently going through a phase of renewal and revival. Reflecting current sentiments that seek to build an optimistic future, Wen... Raviprasad Narayanan | April 20, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Seminar on Outsourcing Possibilities in Defence: Some Impressions The Ministry of Defence (Finance) organised a day-long seminar on March 24, 2007 on Outsourcing Possibilities in Defence. The seminar brought together a variety of perspectives – of the Services,... Laxman Kumar Behera | April 11, 2007 | IDSA Comments
LTTE Air Strike Redefines Conflict The LTTE's air attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force base at Katunayake, adjoining the Katunayake International Airport (KIA), marks a new dimension in the three-decade-old conflict. The bombing raid... M. Mayilvaganan | March 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The Indian Defence Budget 2007-08 On February 28, 2007, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the Union Budget for the fiscal Year 2007-08 (April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008). Out of a total budgeted expenditure... Laxman Kumar Behera | March 09, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Business Relations: Setting new records With the passage of a year since the visit of President George W. Bush to India, it is the business communities of the two countries that have benefited the most... Cherian Samuel | March 08, 2007 | IDSA Comments
India and Russia Need to Deepen Economic Relations The recent meeting of the Indo-Russian Business Co-operation Council and the Trade and Investment Forum in New Delhi was significant, in that it took place after the recent summit-level talks... Nivedita Das Kundu | March 07, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Naxalites resolve to focus on urban areas In response to the government-organised National Naxalite Co-ordination Committee meeting held in December 2006 at Bhubaneswar, Naxalites have enunciated their counter-strategy. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which accounts for... Nihar R. Nayak | March 06, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Defence Cooperation and the Emerging Strategic Relationship The most visible manifestation of a strategic relationship between two countries is cooperation in the defence sphere. When the Defence Framework Agreement was signed in June 2005, it was widely... Cherian Samuel | March 2007 | Strategic Analysis
India and the Proliferation Security Initiative: A US Perspective The article considers why New Delhi has shied away from full participation in the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative despite compelling national interests in improving Indian maritime forces and cooperating with... James R. Holmes | March 2007 | Strategic Analysis
