Why are we talking about an OGEC now? In January 2007, when the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei suggested to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Igor Ivanov, that the two countries should explore setting up an... Shebonti Ray Dadwal | February 21, 2007 | IDSA Comments
The US Defence Budget for 2008 On February 5, 2007, President Bush presented his administration's budget for fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008). Out of a total budgetary allocation of US $2.9... Laxman Kumar Behera | February 21, 2007 | IDSA Comments
A Tightrope Walk in the Korean Peninsula Earlier speculations negating the possibility of one-on-one talks between the United States and North Korea after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test have proven wrong. Irrespective of the merits or the... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | February 19, 2007 | IDSA Comments
China’s Ambitions in Space It may be a mere coincidence that the People's Daily, official mouth piece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), decided to carry two pieces on China's ongoing space programme on... M. V. Rappai | February 19, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Growing Fundamentalism in the Northeast The disturbing reports about the presence of jihadi forces in India's northeast have added a new twist to the region's multiple insurgencies. Combined with the recent arrest in Delhi of... M. Amarjeet Singh | February 19, 2007 | IDSA Comments
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
