Bangladesh Prepares for the Next Elections Anxiety and uncertainty are perceptible even as Bangladesh prepares itself for the next elections scheduled for January 2007. As the incumbent BNP government prepares to transfer power to a caretaker... Smruti S. Pattanaik | September 14, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Nepal’s Ceasefire Under Stress Despite the cease-fire, the Nepalese Maoists are busy collecting illegal taxes, besides carrying out abductions, extortion and forceful recruitment. They are consolidating their bases in urban areas where they had... Nihar R. Nayak | September 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Nawab Bugti’s Assassination The killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, popularly known as the "Tiger of Balochistan" in the early hours of August 27 in an army operation has ominous implications for the... Alok Bansal | August 29, 2006 | IDSA Comments
History and Power Shift Fuel Sino-Japanese Rift On August 15, 2006, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly protesting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's latest visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. Koizumi’s six consecutive visits since he... Abanti Bhattacharya | August 23, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Is Kerala Emerging as India’s New Terror Hub? Not many in the security establishment would like to believe so. A state known for its religious diversity and secular fibre, Kerala also has a sensitive communal melange with conflicting... A. Vinod Kumar | August 22, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Jiang’s Postscript! Calling upon party members to study the Selected Works of Jiang Zemin (SWJZ) in line with a decision taken by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC),... Raviprasad Narayanan | August 21, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Military Lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War in Lebanon Since the middle of the 20th century, the Arab-Israeli wars have thrown up a number of military lessons. The most spectacular was a textbook pre-emptive counter air strike in 1967... P. K. Gautam | August 19, 2006 | IDSA Comments
President Rahmonov’s Visit to India Tajik President Emomali Sharifovich Rahmonov visited New Delhi during August 6-10, 2006 on a State visit at the invitation of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The visit was preceded by... Ramakant Dwivedi | August 17, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Could Pune be a Future Terrorist Target? Pune, the Oxford of the East and the cultural capital of Maharashtra, is known for its educational institutions and manufacturing industries and as a home for retired service personnel. Lately,... T. Khurshchev Singh | August 17, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Indo-US Civil Nuclear Co-operation Agreement in the House of Representatives On July 27, 2006, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill HR 5682 for United States and India Nuclear Co-operation Promotion Act of 2006. This bill was submitted... Rajiv Nayan | August 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
