The Bhutto-Sharif Charter of Democracy Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif signed the Charter of Democracy in London on May 15. This is a politically significant step as it signals the coming together of two important... Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 29, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Aceh: The Road Ahead The Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM) formally launched its political party on May 23, 2006 at Banda Aceh. It has also appointed two independent candidates for the gubernatorial... Pankaj K Jha | May 29, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Darfur Peace: A Distant Dream After weeks of intense negotiations and international pressure, the Sudanese government and a faction of the main rebel group (SLA) signed a peace deal on May 5, which aims to... Nivedita Ray | May 25, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Time to Samba Samba is a traditional Brazilian dance. No one form actually defines the samba; it is a set of different rhythmical dance forms. To me what India and Brazil are attempting... Vaishali Basu | May 25, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Bangladesh and the TATA Investment: Playing Politics with Economics The TATA investment of US$3 billion in Bangladesh, by far the largest foreign investment in the country, has run into rough weather over the pricing of gas. Dhaka rejected Tata's... Smruti S. Pattanaik | May 11, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Hu’s Foreign Visits: Emerging “Beijing Consensus” Hu Jintao's recent foreign visits are integral to China's foreign policy strategy of building partnerships around the world. As part of this strategy the Chinese President visited the United States,... Abanti Bhattacharya | May 11, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indonesia’s Papuan Problem Indonesia and Australia have been at diplomatic loggerheads on the issue of granting political asylum to 42 Papuan refugees who sailed into Australia's Cape York Peninsula in January 2006. While... Pankaj K Jha | May 09, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Hu Jintao’s Visit to the United States: Uneasy Partnership During his four-day visit to the United States from April 18 to 21, 2006, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Hu Jintao attended a dinner hosted by Microsoft... Srikanth Kondapalli | May 09, 2006 | IDSA Comments
India’s Role in Afghanistan: Need for Greater Engagement The killing of Kasula Suryanarayana, an Indian telecommunications engineer working for a Bahrain based firm in the Zabul Province of Afghanistan raises important questions on the emerging challenges to India's... Shanthie Mariet D'Souza | May 04, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Illegal Migration in Assam: A Concern for India’s National Security Assam, a strategic border state of India, witnessed the influx of migrants since the British period from then East Bengal, now Bangladesh. The influx was largely engineered by the British,... Namrata Goswami | May 04, 2006 | IDSA Comments
