Regime Change in Iraq and Challenges of Political Reconstruction The developments after 9/11 and the rise of neo-conservative thinking in United States accelerated a process that culminated in the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. The rapid collapse of... Satyanarayan Pattanayak | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Defence Budgeting System: Need for Change In India, the defence budgeting system is incremental and input-based. Yearly allocations of funds are made without reference to the defence plans. In effect, the budget does not get linked... Pravin Joshi | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
The Political Economy of China’s Defence Modernisation World over, differences exist about the impact of military expenditure. While development economists consider excessive military expenditure as wastage, many defence economists have a different view. With the defence versus1... Bhartendu Kumar Singh | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
Myanmar: America’s Next Rogue State? There are embryonic signs that Washington is all set to turn the heat on Myanmar. In a marked departure, UN Security Council unanimously agreed on December 2, 2005 to a... P. Stobdan | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
India and the East Asian Summit The inaugural East Asian Summit (EAS), touted as groundbreaking, commenced on December 14 in Kuala Lumpur comprising 16 nations— the 10 ASEAN countries, China, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand... G.V.C. Naidu | October 2005 | Strategic Analysis
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
