The Earthquake in Kashmir The massive destruction caused by the earthquake in India and Pakistan has thrown up huge challenges of rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The magnitude of the destruction means that reconstruction and... Sumita Kumar | July 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Gaza Pullout: From Disengagement to Engagement Israel has finally pulled out from the Gaza strip and parts of the West Bank marking an end to 38 years of illegal occupation of the territory. Israel occupied this... Tanya Mohan | July 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Equity Oil and India’s Energy Security While the efforts of ONGC-Videsh and Indian Oil Corporation are laudable, there is still some distance our firms have to travel to catch up with global competition. I urge our... Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Uttam Kumar Sinha | July 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Rebuilding Afghanistan: A Field Trip “Think of Afghanistan and a plethora of images whiz past the mind’s eye . Poonam Mann | July 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Elections in Japan: Koizumi’s Gamble Pays Off Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) – which has dominated Japanese politics for the past fifty years, swept the recent snap polls called by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in August... Arpita Mathur | July 2005 | Strategic Analysis
China and North Korea: A Puzzle of Sorts? With its repeated admissions of an ongoing nuclear weapons development programme utilising highly enriched uranium, and with an alarmingly advanced missile launching capability, North Korea is at the fulcrum of... Raviprasad Narayanan | June 29, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Iranian Elections: President-elect and Regional Security The results of the second round of elections in Iran's ninth Presidential elections, announced June 24, are not unexpected given that the first round held on June 17 revealed that... C Uday Bhaskar | June 28, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Pak Support to Terrorism: Yasin Malik Revelation The gratitude expressed by the JKLF Chairman Yasin Malik in his recent visit to Islamabad has caused a major flutter on both sides of the Indo-Pak border. On Monday (June... C Uday Bhaskar | June 20, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Look Beyond NPT’s Framework As anticipated, the NPT (Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty) Review Conference held at the UN in New York (May 2-27) ended acrimoniously with no final agreed document among the 188 state parties... C Uday Bhaskar | June 14, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Space as a military base: This could well be the future of warfare Recent wars have proved that observation from space is an integral part of modern day conflict. Space is considered the fourth dimension of warfare. In all these wars, American space... Ajey Lele | June 06, 2005 | IDSA Comments
