The Fallacy in the Russia-India-China Triangle Much has been said about the India-China-Russia strategic triangle, a post- Cold War idea mooted by former Russian Premier Yevgeny Primakov. Abanti Bhattacharya | April 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Sudarshan Bhutani, A Clash of Political Cultures: Sino-Indian Relations (1957-62) A Clash of Political Cultures: Sino-Indian Relations (1957-62) by Sudarshan Bhutani. Roli Books, New Delhi. 2004 282 p. Price Rs 450/- (HB) P. Stobdan | April 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Border Management: Dilemma of Guarding the India-Bangladesh Border India shares 4096 km (Assam-262 km, Tripura-856 km, Mizoram- 18 km, Meghalaya-443 km, West Bengal-2,217 km) long land boundary with Bangladesh (earlier East Pakistan). The Indo-Bangladesh border, which came into... N. S. Jamwal | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Operationalising the Gorshkov: An Appraisal The paper takes a critical look at various issues connected with India’s acquisition of the Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov. It examines India’s choice of fighter and various problems... R. Sukumaran | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Central Asia and India’s Security The paper attempts to analyse the issues in Central Asia in the context of India’s security. The paper poses a question as to what the region of Central Asia means... P. Stobdan | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to Terrorist Networks in Jammu & Kashmir The paper presents initial results from a limited exercise to apply Social Network Analysis (SNA) methodology to the database on terrorism created in IDSA called Terrorism Tracker (or T2). Sudhir Saxena , K. Santhanam , Aparna Basu | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
US-Iran: The Changing Dynamics and the Likelihood of a Conflict Washington-Tehran relations have come to occupy centrestage in the recent months given the United States’ current preoccupation with the Middle East. The US-Iran association can be traced back to 1953,... Parama Sinha Palit | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Post-1998 Track II Diplomacy Between India and the USA: An Indian Perspective The paper discusses Track II Diplomacy between India and the United States with a special focus on the post-1998 period. Its scope is limited to Track II deliberations that have... Bhabani Mishra | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
US Policies in the Post-Cold War Era: An Indian Perspective The 9/11 attacks on the US have forced the Americans to believe that the US secret service agencies are helpless against the attacks of the committed suicide squads. These attacks... Annpurna Nautiyal | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
Sunni-Shia Relations in Pakistan: The Widening Divide The sectarian divide between the Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan has widened since the 1980s. The rising tide of sectarian violence during Musharraf’s rule (October 1999-till date), in spite of... Ashok K. Behuria | January 2004 | Strategic Analysis
