China to Act but will Go Slow against North Korea The North Korean act of conducting an underground nuclear test has exposed the inherent limitations of various international institutions. It has also posed a challenge for the US as to... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | October 24, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Japan-China Joint Communiqué China and Japan issued a joint communiqué in Beijing on October 8 during the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first foreign visit, vowing to promote strategic relations between the two... J Nandakumar | October 19, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Dengue: A Germ with Weapon Potential In May 2002, the then US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control, John Bolton, in his speech at the Heritage Foundation had accused Cuba of having a limited offensive biological... Ajey Lele | October 19, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Impressions of an IDSA Seminar on the North East On September 25 and 26, 2006, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, conducted a seminar on Peace and Development in the North East in Shillong, Meghalaya.... Namrata Goswami | October 10, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Impact of North Korea’s Nuclear Test The underground nuclear test conducted by North Korea yesterday has established it as the ninth member of the nuclear club. There had been speculation, particularly since the failed test of... Rohit Pattnaik | October 10, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The EU-India Helsinki Summit The Seventh EU-India Summit will be held on October 13th in Helsinki. The annual summits take place alternately in New Delhi and in the capital of the incumbent European Union... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | October 10, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Lights out for the nuclear deal? The speed and relative ease with which the Indo-US nuclear deal raced through the respective committees of Congress and the margin by which it was assented to by the House... Cherian Samuel | October 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Eastern Factor in the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict A flare-up in the fighting in the East, particularly in Trincomalee District, has put a question mark on the prospects of peace in the island nation. The Eastern province of... M. Mayilvaganan | October 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Challenges in Defence Planning Defence planning is essentially a subset of overall national level planning in the political, economic and social spheres and has to be evolved in the context of global and proximate... V. S. Shekhawat | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Budget: Towards an Outcome and Programme Based System The contents of the general, as well as, the defence budget of the Government of India have normally been widely discussed and debated. However, the focus mostly has been on... P. R. Sivasubramanian | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
