Rumblings in the Northern Areas Pakistan seems to have realised that with the silting of Tarbela Dam (it has lost more than 30 per cent of its storage capacity), it needs to build at least... Alok Bansal | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Warlords and Karzai’s Balancing Act On March 1, 2005, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed Uzbek militia commander Abdul Rashid Dostum as Chief-of-Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan armed forces – a post which he... Vishal Chandra | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Transatlantic Relations: Bridging the Divide US President George W Bush’s whirlwind tour of Europe – Belgium, Germany and Slovakia – between February 21 and 24, can be seen as an attempt to bridge the transatlantic... Prasad P. Rane | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Two Cheers to Kyoto Treaty We live in an age of risk – the “risk society” to use a notable phrase of German sociologist Ulrich Beck. There seems to be no escape from the culture... Uttam Kumar Sinha | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
India-US Ties Poised for Radical Re-orientation The new US Secretary of State, Ms. Condoleezza Rice, made her first halt in New Delhi on March 16, 2005 during her whistle-stop tour of Asia that took her across... C Uday Bhaskar | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Arms and Politics Before and during World War II, India was one of the many territorial commands of the British imperial defence system. When India became independent, the country was totally reliant on... K. Subrahmanyam | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Adeel Khan, The Politics of Identity and Stephen P Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan The paper seeks to study the challenges faced by the Pakistani state from the perspective of its vast ethno-cultural diversity which problematises the process of-nation building attempted by the Pakistani... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Japanese Security at the Crossroads: Challenge and Initiatives In the emerging complex security situation in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese security policies appear to be undergoing dramatic changes. The alliance with the US, especially the presence of American troops,... | October 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Japan’s Changing Role in the US-Japan Security Alliance The US-Japan security arrangements have formed one of the most significant pillars of Japan’s security strategy ever since the end of the Second World War. However, what is noteworthy is... Arpita Mathur | October 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Iran-Pakistan Relations: Political and Strategic Dimensions Iran-Pakistan relations have had a distinct characteristic over the past five decades and Islamabad’s clandestine transfer of nuclear technology and materials to Iran underlines its significance. Political and strategic imperatives... Shah Alam | October 2004 | Strategic Analysis
