European Union

As the European political landscape is continuously changing and assertive voices from the CEEC are expected to be heard, India and Poland should seriously think about establishing a strategic partnership.

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay , Sebastian Zukowski
• September 27, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Only through direct negotiations with Iran can the international community influence and possibly alter the strategic calculus of its rulers.

• Mahan Abedin
• August 13, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Seen from this part of the globe, it is indeed relevant to have a preliminary analysis of the EU-India strategic partnership after the EEAS has formally come into existence.

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• July 22, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Eight winters since the launch of Enduring Freedom, the turmoil in Afghanistan continues. When contrasted with the progress in Iraqi Freedom, the gloom only deepens. Having applied the necessary mid- course corrections to the ‘ wrong war ’ (Iraq), there is hope on the horizon; despite the Obama administration’s shift of gaze and focus to the ‘ right war ’ (Afghanistan) to include a renewed and reworked military thrust, the initiative continues to rest with the Taliban.

• Raj Shukla
• August 17, 2009
• IDSA Comments

The European Commission (EC) adopted on June 24 a policy package on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) security. With the sole aim to strengthen the protection of European Union… Continue reading European Union Policy on CBRN security: A Primer

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• July-September 2009
• CBW Magazine

• Bharti Chhibber
• July 2009
• Strategic Analysis

The European Union (EU) is going to have its first-ever summit with Pakistan on June 17 in Brussels. In Asia the EU has only three strategic partners, namely China, India and Japan, with whom it holds standard annual and occasionally half-yearly summits. Britain is the only country in Europe that holds annual summits with Pakistan. However, even these purportedly annual summits are irregular and have often been mired in controversy whenever a terrorist attack takes place in the UK or terrorist plots are unraveled and foiled by British agencies.

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• June 12, 2009
• IDSA Comments

Bio-terrorism has emerged in recent years as a key challenge for European security. To respond to this threat, the European Union (EU) has engaged in the endeavour of preventing and… Continue reading EU Approach to Bio-terrorism

• Davide Casale
• April-June 2009
• CBW Magazine

The Alliance is facing a challenge in Afghanistan operationally and the issue of coherence organisationally.

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay
• April 02, 2009
• Special Feature

• Gulshan Sachdeva
• March 2009
• Strategic Analysis