Delhi Blasts, Terror Networks and India’s Internal Security A series of bomb blasts in Delhi on October 29, 2005, that left 66 dead and 220 injured has, once again, underlined the acute vulnerability of major Indian cities to... Sanjay K Jha | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
The Afghan Elections and the Bonn Process: Assessing India’s Options The thrice postponed Afghan parliamentary and provincial council elections are finally over. But, is the Bonn-mandated political process over? With the US intent on cutting down its troop levels in... Vishal Chandra | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Prime Minister’s Moscow Visit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow from December 4-6, 2005 highlights the continued importance of Indo-Russian cooperation in a changing geopolitical scenario. Beginning with President Vladimir Putin’s first visit... Jyotsna Bakshi | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
The Emperor Has (no) Clothes? An Autopsy Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (Penguin Books, New York, 2005), pp. 386. Deba R. Mohanty | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Resolution of North Korean Imbroglio The breakthrough achieved on September 19 at the six-party (US, North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan) talks in Beijing has the potential to satisfactorily resolve the North Korean... C Uday Bhaskar | September 21, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Onset of Multiparty Democracy in Maldives June 2, 2005 will go down as a red lettered day in the history of Maldives. On this day, the Maldivian parliament voted to allow multi-party democracy for the first... Alok Bansal | September 03, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Bangladesh Blasts: Wake up call A series of 434 bomb blasts that rocked as many as 60 of 64 districts in Bangladesh on August 17 may have been 'mild' by way of the number killed... C Uday Bhaskar | August 24, 2005 | IDSA Comments
The Indo-US nuclear deal has generated a lot of heat: here’s why The July 2005 visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington has been eventful as far as nuclear issues are concerned. The joint statement, various speeches, briefings, and interactions... Rajiv Nayan | August 04, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Good Day for India? The joint statement issued at the Manmohan Singh-Bush summit held in Washington (July 18) has generated considerable interest and anxiety in both countries for the manner in which it has... C Uday Bhaskar | July 25, 2005 | IDSA Comments
The Chatham House Report and the British Government New Delhi July 25 A Briefing Paper published by the independent British think tank, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), has become an embarrassment for the British Prime... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | July 25, 2005 | IDSA Comments