The India-Bangladesh Border : “A Problem Area for Tomorrow” Statistics reveal that the Border Security Force (BSF) has so far, this year, apprehended 8,196 persons who were trying enter India illegally from Bangladesh. The numbers that successfully manage to... Pushpita Das | December 08, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Third UK-Pakistan Summit: Issues and Concern The Prime Minister of UK, Tony Blair, visited Pakistan in the third week of November to participate in the third UK-Pakistan bilateral summit. The UK-Pak joint statement of December 6,... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | December 01, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Hu Jintao’s India Visit Boosts Sino-Indian Relations The Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India signifies an important milestone in bilateral relations. The visit showed that there is a mutual willingness to keep the irritants aside and... Jagannath P. Panda | November 30, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Impression on International Seminar on Defence Finance and Economics The recently concluded three-day international seminar on Defence Finance and Economics, organised by the Indian Ministry of Defence (Finance) in New Delhi, covered a wide variety of issues concerning defence... Laxman Kumar Behera | November 24, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Dynamics of China’s Supply of Nuclear Reactors to Pakistan Despite the categorical denial by the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson about a report published by a British newspaper in January 2006, that Islamabad was engaged in talks with China to... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | November 23, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Engaging ULFA in Assam Efforts by the Government of India on the one hand and by non-governmental organizations on the other to bring the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to the negotiating table... M. Amarjeet Singh | November 23, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Vietnam in WTO: New Economic Calculations Vietnam was inducted into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on November 8, 2006. This was approved by the General Council, the WTO's major decision-making unit, after due deliberations on October... Pankaj K Jha | November 22, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Terror in the Assam Hills The two hill districts of Assam, North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong, are fascinating because these territories together are a microcosm of the larger ethnic profile of Northeast India. The... Namrata Goswami | November 21, 2006 | IDSA Comments
China’s Claims over Arunachal: Reflections on Chinese Foreign Policy and what India needs to do Refuting China's claim over Arunachal Pradesh, India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee firmly reiterated that "The whole of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India." Coming as it did... Abanti Bhattacharya | November 21, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Chinese Strategy in the High Himalayas As the India-China relationship continues to grow in the new Asian dynamics, Mr. Hu Jintao's maiden visit will indeed help to keep the momentum of improving ties going. The main... Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy | November 21, 2006 | IDSA Comments
