Rise of Islamic Forces in Somalia Somalia has entered into a new period of crises with the rise of Islamic forces in the country. After months of fierce fighting, on June 4 this year the militias... Nivedita Ray | April 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Dangerous Symptoms When noted journalist Bertil Lintner first broke the story in April 2002 about the growth radicalism in Bangladesh, it was ridiculed and dismissed as a malicious story. There was complete... Sreeradha Datta | April 2006 | Strategic Analysis
North Korea: The Final Frontier? The Guerrila Dynasty – Politics and Leadership in North Korea by Adrian Buzo, I.B. Tauris & Co., London, 1999 Price: GBP: 12.95 pp. 323 North Korea in the World Economy Raviprasad Narayanan | April 2006 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Economics: Core Issues Defence can seldom ignore the standard economic problem—the need to make critical often hard resource choices. Yet the output of defence studies focuses almost entirely on professional and strategic issues,... Rajan Katoch | April 2006 | Strategic Analysis
British Strategic Vision of 2015: Focus on India and China The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has come out with a White Paper on British international strategic priorities for the next ten years. British Foreign Secretary,... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | March 31, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Waziristan Quagmire The actions of the Pakistani government in North Waziristan during the last one month are indicative of adhocism and adventurism. It was only on February 23 that the Governor of... Alok Bansal | March 28, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Views from Germany The visit of US President George Bush to India in the first week of March and the signing of the Indo-US nuclear deal have evoked reactions in Western media as... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | March 18, 2006 | IDSA Comments
George Bush Puts Pakistan and Pervez Musharraf Out in the Cold US President George Bush's 26-hour visit to Pakistan was foredoomed to failure as the two leaders had two different sets of issues on their agenda for talks, which shows their... Ashutosh Misra | March 11, 2006 | IDSA Comments
Indian President’s Visit to Myanmar President APJ Abdul Kalam began his three day (March 8-10, 2006) state visit to Myanmar on March 8 at the invitation of Sr General Than Shwe who himself had visited... Udai Bhanu Singh | March 09, 2006 | IDSA Comments
The Bush Offering: Uninterrupted Power Supply With President Bush having concluded, in the eyes of both governments, a highly successful visit to India, the time has come to take stock of developments and to assess whether,... Cherian Samuel | March 08, 2006 | IDSA Comments
