IDSA Comments

Testing Times for the Japan-US Alliance: “Secret Pact” Revealed

Notwithstanding revelations about the secret nuclear pact, the Japan-US alliance is likely to remain strong and the East Asian security order will continue to be determined by the American presence

Rajaram Panda
March 16, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

The 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan Struggle: What is the future?

China has to accept that the long term solution to Tibetan discontent lies in granting greater autonomy to Tibetans instead of pursuing assimilation oriented policies.

Gunjan Singh
March 12, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

Contradictory Tendencies in the India-China Relationship: Does it help the bilateral relationship?

Contradictions in India-China relations provide the rationale for greater engagement exactly like it has done in the case of US-China relations.

Avinash Godbole
March 10, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

The Challenges of Asymmetric Warfare

While the asymmetrical threat will have an effect on warfare at strategic, operational and tactical levels, the threat will be most dramatic at the operational level.

K C Dixit
March 09, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

The Naxal Muddle – of Intellectual Haze, Governmental Clarity and Operational Realities

The Naxal challenge is a wake up call to rejig our internal security instruments and restore their organizational ethos, autonomy and operational credibility.

Raj Shukla
March 09, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

AfPak dialectics can work in India’s favour

If Pakistan succumbs to American pressure, it will continue to be engaged in a long war of attrition on its western borders. If Pakistan resists American pressure, it will be isolated in the world and the international community will have to fall back upon India to put a firewall around the AfPak region.

Sushant Sareen
March 08, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

Pakistan against signing the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state

In a fundamental shift in its position on the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, Pakistan has made it known that it will join the NPT only as a recognised nuclear weapons state.

Ch. Viyyanna Sastry
March 08, 2010 |
IDSA Comments

Another Pakistan-based Terror Group Exposed in Bangladesh

The latest arrests underline the lack of cooperation among security agencies in South Asia and the support base that exists in Bangladesh for terrorist groups.