Shaping Security in India’s Maritime East: Role of Andaman & Nicobar Complex and amorphous threats confront India’s security environment in its maritime East. India has very high stakes in the Bay of Bengal and its adjoining seas. The confluence of vital... Gurpreet S Khurana | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
China’s Foreign Policy Challenges and Evolving Strategy The end of the Cold War, the September 11 terrorists’ attacks, preponderance of US power and globalisation have shaped the present world order and posed new opportunities and challenges for... Abanti Bhattacharya | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Domestic Politics in Taiwan and Its Impact on Cross-Strait Relations Electoral politics in Taiwan reflects the popular ambivalence in articulation of its political and national identity. This ambivalence is testing the strength of nascent domestic democratic institutions. Taiwanese democratisation has... Sonika Gupta | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
The Future of Euro-Atlantic Institutions Reinventing the Past Alyson J. K. Bailes | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Nepal: The Continuing Imbroglio The deeply troubling situation in Nepal is marked by three discernible trends. First, is the collapse of the ceasefire and commencement of violent activities, including strikes, blockades and attacks by... Arun Sahgal | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Danish Caricatures: Freedom of Provocation The unprecedented worldwide protests and street demonstrations against the publication of a series of satirical cartoons by a Danish newspaper have become a topic of intense debate over the limits... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Iran’s Nuclear Case and India Unable to restrain Iran from continuing with its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has turned to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for help.... Rajesh Kumar Mishra | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Missing the Essence of Deterrence Escalation Control and the Nuclear Option in South Asia Edited by Michael Krepon, Rodney W. Jones, and Ziad Haider The Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington DC, 2004, pp. 166 S. Kalyanaraman | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Pakistan’s at War with Itself Hassan Abbas Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America’s War on Terror M.E. Sharpe, New York, 2005, pp. 275. Husain Haqqani Ashutosh Misra | January 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Russia and Uzbekistan Sign “Treaty of Alliance Relations” The Russia-Uzbekistan Treaty of Alliance Relations signed by President Vladimir Putin and President Islam Karimov at a glittering Kremlin ceremony on November 14, 2005 marked the completion of a full... Jyotsna Bakshi | December 27, 2005 | IDSA Comments
