China’s Defence White Paper: Can India Draw Some Lessons? On 29 December 2006, China released its latest white paper on national defence. Though this document is widely perceived as opaque in budgetary facts and figures, it gives policy makers... Laxman Kumar Behera | January 31, 2007 | IDSA Comments
President Putin’s Visit to India Vladimir Putin's visit to India on January 25-26, 2007 provided fresh impetus to the strategic partnership between the two countries. The visit reinforced the interests of both states in maintaining... Nivedita Das Kundu | January 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh: Down, not wiped out Despite the Chhattisgarh government's two-pronged strategy of police operation combined with socio economic programmes against the Naxalites, there appears to be deterioration in the law and order situation in the... Nihar R. Nayak | January 30, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Hopeless Search for Peace in the Aftermath of the Second Israel-Lebanon War As the dust slowly settles down over the battlefields of South Lebanon and North Israel, the major actors in this tragic drama are now debating ways and means to salvage... V. Krishnappa | January 25, 2007 | IDSA Comments
Dealing with ULFA’s Terror The recent orgy of violence perpetrated by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has brought the issue of security of the common citizen in Assam to the fore again.... Namrata Goswami , M. Amarjeet Singh , Pushpita Das , Gurinder Singh | January 22, 2007 | IDSA Comments
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
