Waziristan Quagmire The actions of the Pakistani government in North Waziristan during the last one month are indicative of adhocism and adventurism. It was only on February 23 that the Governor of... Alok Bansal | March 28, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Views from Germany The visit of US President George Bush to India in the first week of March and the signing of the Indo-US nuclear deal have evoked reactions in Western media as... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | March 18, 2006 | IDSA Comments
George Bush Puts Pakistan and Pervez Musharraf Out in the Cold US President George Bush's 26-hour visit to Pakistan was foredoomed to failure as the two leaders had two different sets of issues on their agenda for talks, which shows their... Ashutosh Misra | March 11, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indian President’s Visit to Myanmar President APJ Abdul Kalam began his three day (March 8-10, 2006) state visit to Myanmar on March 8 at the invitation of Sr General Than Shwe who himself had visited... Udai Bhanu Singh | March 09, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Bush Offering: Uninterrupted Power Supply With President Bush having concluded, in the eyes of both governments, a highly successful visit to India, the time has come to take stock of developments and to assess whether,... Cherian Samuel | March 08, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Bomb and the Bird In the backdrop of President Bush's successful visit to India and the finalizing of the 'nuclear energy' deal minus the US Congress approval, many opinion-makers are coming out with bizarre... Ajey Lele | March 08, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Defence Budget 2006-07 The Indian defence budget for FY 2006-07 is Rs 89, 000 crore (cr). This is 7.23 per cent more than the budget in FY 2004-05. As a percentage of GDP,... Pravin Joshi | March 07, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Attempt to Bite the Illegal Bytes Of the several agreements signed during the recently concluded US presidential visit to India, one initiative that has been lost to sight is on Cyber Crimes. As part of the... Prasad P. Rane | March 07, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Sri Lankan Peace Process: Looking Beyond Geneva While much analysis has gone into the recently held talks at Geneva on February 22 and 23, 2006, the consensus lies in the recognition that the talks were an important... Sukanya Podder | March 06, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Unfazed New Delhi Continues the Dialogue Process Despite Hurriyat’s Absence The All Party Hurriyat Conference's (APHC) refusal, apparently under 'outside' pressure, to participate in the February 25 roundtable can be held to be detrimental to none but itself and the... Ashutosh Misra | March 03, 2006 | IDSA Comments