Hamas victory: From Non-State to State Actor In the post Yasser Arafat era, politics in the Gaza Strip is taking a completely different turn. For the last few years Ariel Sharon had taken a very tough stand... Ajey Lele | January 29, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Upcoming Elections in Israel and Palestine Two very important elections are set to take place in Israel and in the Palestinian territories - the Israeli Legislative Elections on March 28 and the Palestinian Parliamentary elections for... Tanya Mohan | January 23, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Balochistan Flares up Again Balochistan has once again flared up, as troops moved in on December 18, 2005 to discipline the recalcitrant Marri tribes in Kohlu district. By commencing its much-awaited operations in Balochistan,... Alok Bansal | January 18, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Simmering South China Sea Dispute On December 29, 2005, the Vietnamese foreign ministry accused Taiwan of being involved in the construction of a runway in the biggest of all of the islands, Itu Aba, in... Srikanth Kondapalli | January 18, 2006 | IDSA Comments
China ‘s Economy: Statistics versus Reality At the end of 2005, China became the world's sixth largest economy if one were to look at the size of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) alone. China 's GDP... Raviprasad Narayanan | January 18, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute The dispute over the price hike for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine was settled on January 4, 2006 , when Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine 's state oil and... Nivedita Das Kundu | January 13, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indian-led UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea may be Forced to Withdraw The Indian-led United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE), which is monitoring the five-year-old ceasefire between the two countries, is in danger of being withdrawn due to escalation in... Nivedita Ray | January 13, 2006 | IDSA Comments
China’s GDP & Asian strategic matrix The dramatic revision of China's GDP (Dec 20) by the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing reveals that the dragon's economic vitality is far more robust than earlier estimated. C Uday Bhaskar | January 09, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Prospects for Indo-US cooperation in civilian nuclear energy When the Prime Minister of India and the President of the United States signed a joint Statement on July 18 last year, which included, inter alia, a move towards lifting... Arundhati Ghose | January 06, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Japan-China Rift and East Asian Security The feud between the two Asian giants is getting shriller. No sooner China had announced its 'peaceful development' policy through a White Paper than the Japanese foreign minister voiced his... G.V.C. Naidu | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
