Major Shift in U.S. Policy to South Asia: Democracy in Pakistan More Critical Than F 16s The visit of US Secretary of State Ms. Condi Rice to Delhi on March 16 had generated considerable optimism about where India-US ties are headed and this was highlighted in... C Uday Bhaskar | April 05, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Tug-of-possible-war over Taiwan On March 7, China unveiled a new Anti-Secession Law in its third session of the 10th National People’s Congress meeting. The law legalizes China to take military action against the... Abanti Bhattacharya | April 05, 2005 | IDSA Comments
F-16s: Can we trust Uncle Sam? The US offer to sell F16s and F18s to India, announced on March 25, has to be seen in context. True, this initiative is linked to the White House decision... C Uday Bhaskar | April 05, 2005 | IDSA Comments
Securing the Sea Frontier: China’s Pursuit of Sovereignty Claims in the South China Sea China’s maritime territorial claims, and its diplomatic and military measures to attain them, have caused much regional concern in recent years. The expansive maritime sovereignty claims of China in the... Sujit Dutta | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Indo-US Relations: Perception and Reality This paper attempts to provide an overview of significant recent developments in US policy towards South Asia and their implications for India. It examines the proposed cooperation between India and... G. Balachandran | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Politics in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: An Assessment The Afghan war is far from over. With the political process that began in December 2001 having completed three years, it is pertinent to revisit and examine the course of... Vishal Chandra | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
The Revival of Insurgency in Balochistan Four times since Pakistan’s creation, the Baloch, who never wanted to be part of Pakistan, have rebelled, demanding autonomy or an independent state. After three decades, Balochistan is in turmoil... Alok Bansal | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Cooperation Among Maritime Security Forces: Imperatives for India and Southeast Asia The end of the Cold War witnessed a realignment of equations amongst states to adapt to the changed world order. Within its ‘Look East’ policy, India initiated an economic engagement... Gurpreet S Khurana | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Water Security: A Discursive Analysis Water resources continue to attract considerable attention and have increasingly become a significant feature of the world security environment. In order to locate water in the security continuum, it is... Uttam Kumar Sinha | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Tabligh-e-Jama’ at Under the Scanner of German Intelligence On May 17, 2005, the Federal Interior Ministry of Germany published its annual report on the Protection of Constitution for 2004. For the last few years, the country’s domestic intelligence... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | April 2005 | Strategic Analysis
