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
Weapons Procurement: Qualitative Requirements and Transparency in Evaluation Procurement of new weaponry and equipment for the armed forces is a long, complex and arduous process. Funds involved are enormous and the quality of equipment selected has a profound... Mrinal Suman | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Reforming Financial Management in Defence The Government of India and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have initiated several reforms in the areas of budget and accounting. The reforms are ongoing and take into account the... Gur Saroop Sood | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Equipment Acquisition: An Assessment The primary objective of inventory management for the defence forces is to sustain and update their capabilities to perform the tasks given to them. The study of defence equipment purchase... Dhirendra Singh | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Indian Foreign Policy and China The global political architecture is undergoing a transformation with power increasingly shifting from the West to the East, according to most political observers.1 The two most populous nations, China and... Harsh V. Pant | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Chinese Concepts and Capabilities of Information Warfare The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been sensitive to continuous changes in geo-political and geo-strategic contexts, as well as the changing nature of warfare. It has fashioned its responses by... Vinod Anand | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s Strategies in Central Asia “Pakistan provides the natural link between the SCO states to connect the Eurasian heartland with the Arabian Sea and South Asia … We offer the critical overland routes and connectivity... Meena Singh Roy | October 2006 | Strategic Analysis
