Implementing the Indo-US. Nuclear Deal: A Pyrrhic Struggle Two rounds of negotiations have been held between Indian and US officials to negotiate implementing the Indo-US nuclear agreement, embedded in the Joint Statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... P. R. Chari | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Civilian and Strategic Nuclear Facilities of India One of the major objectives of the United States in entering into the Indo-US nuclear co-operation agreement is to bring about an early freezing of the Indian weapon-usable nuclear materials... A. Gopalakrishnan | January 05, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Intel Inside: Securing IT Cities Bangalore's prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the venue of an attack by an unidentified gun-toting killer on December 28. Delhi based professor, Professor M.C. Puri - participating in... C Uday Bhaskar | January 03, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Regional Implications of the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan Muslims comprise the second largest population after Hindus in South Asia. They are, however, not a monolithic community. The rise of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan and the official patronage it... Kalim Bahadur | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Islamist Extremism: Challenge to Security in South Asia Emergence of radical and extremist Islamist movements has proved to be a major source of instability in South and Central Asia. Radical Islamist groups emphasise that political power is indispensable... K. Warikoo | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Balochistan: Continuing Violence and Its Implications State-building efforts in Pakistan have been increasingly come under challenge from ethno-national movements. The current spate of insurgency in Balochistan is a product of repressive policies coupled with historical grievances... Alok Bansal | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Warlords, Drugs and the ‘War on Terror’ in Afghanistan: The Paradoxes The US-led ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan has led to the re-establishment of the warlords, and has failed to adequately address the issue of drug menace in an effective manner.... Vishal Chandra | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Seeking a Transformative Way Out The long drawn out ethno-political conflict in Sri Lanka has been accepted as a serious challenge for scholars, activists, peace-makers and the expanding international community of professionals engaged in conflict-resolution/... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan and Regionalism Regionalism has not been a very successful endeavour in South Asia so far. What has gone wrong? Regionalism can be approached from both functional and neo-functional approaches. While functionalism is... Sumita Kumar | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Making Sense of Regional Cooperation: SAARC at Twenty The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) completed two decades of its existence in 2005. Yet it has only made modest progress in achieving its regional goals. The reasons... Smruti S. Pattanaik | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
