The Essence of the South Asian Nuclear Debate Scott D. Sagan, Kenneth N. Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons A Debate Renewed With New Sections on India and Pakistan, Terrorism, and Missile Defence (New York: W W Norton... Namrata Goswami | July 2006 | Strategic Analysis
The Dark Side of the West’s Global War on Terror Craig Murray, Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador’s Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror (Mainstream Publishing Company Edinburgh, 2006), pp. 400 Ramakant Dwivedi | July 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Million Mutinies in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas The tribal terrain in Pakistan is in a state of turmoil. As the Pakistani Taliban gradually emerge, many analysts have pointed out that the terrain has traditionally been home to... Ashok K. Behuria | June 27, 2006 | IDSA Comments
ULFA’s Pressure Tactics In the third round of talks held in New Delhi on June 22 with the 11-member People's Consultative Group (PCG), the Centre gave an assurance that it would engage with... Namrata Goswami | June 27, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Sri Lanka’s Uncertain Future Sri Lanka, which seemed all set to move towards peace and ethnic reconciliation, teeters on the brink of a grim crisis today. In an almost incredible turn of events, the... M. Mayilvaganan | June 27, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Energy Transition: Strategic Necessity for India After his landmark speech on energy independence on the eve of India's 59th Independence Day, President Abdul Kalam emphasised upon the importance of alternative fuel development to surmount the growing... J Nandakumar | June 26, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Buddhism and China’s Rise Communist China, which has so far pursued a policy of state-sponsored repression of religion, has suddenly begun to promote a revival of Buddhism. This has deeper significance than what meets... Abanti Bhattacharya | June 23, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Explosions In Assam: An Assessment Assam was wracked by a wave of bombings beginning June 8, which carried on for five days and left the State in turmoil. In all, there were 30 explosions, which... Anil Kamboj | June 22, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Non-Nuclear Missile: The New US Tool Against Terrorism! The 'spirit' of the US global nuclear policies can be easily described in two words - 'nuclear ambiguity'. From NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) to CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty), and from... Ajey Lele | June 22, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Nobel Laureates Pitch In Against the Indo-US Nuclear Deal As the Indo-US nuclear deal prepares to enter the US Congress for the final debate after a seemingly successful round of technical talks in New Delhi this month, critics of... A. Vinod Kumar | June 19, 2006 | IDSA Comments