Karbi-Kuki Clashes in Assam Militant groups clashing among themselves for control over the public resources even at the cost of the rights of the local tribal or ethnic community they claim to be defending,... Praveen Kumar | April 2004 | Strategic Analysis
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