Japan’s tryst with the atom, from Hiroshima to Fukushima, has been ruinous in both its avatars - its use in weapons and in energy.

• Preeti Nalwa
• March 22, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Opposition parties are wary of assuming responsibility for the Kan administration’s crisis management and national reconstruction efforts.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 21, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The possibility of situation worsening can not be ruled out. However, it would be counter-productive to create panic by speculating only worst case scenario.

• P K Sundaram , Kapil Patil
• March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

While earthquake resistant buildings and safety of dams and nuclear plants are important, orderly public behaviour under stress, as demonstrated by the Japanese people, is also vital.

• P. K. Gautam , Shamshad A. Khan
• March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The Prefectures affected the most are Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki, which represent about 7 per cent of Japan’s economy and house steel plants, oil refineries, nuclear power plants and factories manufacturing parts for cars and electronic goods.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Japan is in a state of panic as the situation in the Fukushima nuclear power plant continues to intensify.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The tsunami triggered by the quake swamped Sendai’s coast, picking up cars, ships and houses as it furiously surged three miles inland.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

As Japan grapples with a “nuclear emergency situation” a domestic debate has begun about whether a quake -prone country should rely on nuclear power.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• March 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

By devolving political functions to an elected leader, the Dalai Lama is guaranteeing the self-sustainability of the Tibet Movement.

• Prashant Kumar Singh
• March 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is walking a tight rope with plunging popularity and growing demands for his resignation.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The success of popular movements in the Middle East has raised the apprehensions of the Chinese Communist Party, which has been reminded of its own weakness.

• Gunjan Singh
• February 25, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Russia has renewed its efforts to reconfirm its territorial claim over the southern Kuril Islands, also claimed by Japan and known as the Northern Territories..

• Shamshad A. Khan
• February 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The temporary hope of peace returning to the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s peace overtures dissipated no sooner than it started when North Korean negotiators walked out of the meeting room at the DMZ in Panmunjam.

• Rajaram Panda
• February 14, 2011
• Issue Brief

Realising the needs of a changing economy and to secure its growth, China’s financial institutions have already started the gradual process of integration. The aim is to learn from the workings of the global financial industry and create competitive global Chinese financial institutions.

• Chitra Negi
• February 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

While the Chinese president’s trip concluded with a joint statement and the signing of trade and investment deals, it achieved little in terms of addressing pressing global problems and bilateral issues.

• Jagannath P. Panda , R N Das , Priyanka Pandit , Vidya Krishnamurthi
• February 01, 2011
• Issue Brief

Primarily because of the uncertainties surrounding US-China relations, the Hu-Obama summit ended in a stalemate with both leaders agreeing to disagree on important matters.

• Avinash Godbole
• January 27, 2011
• IDSA Comments

President Yudhoyono’s visit is likely to take the strategic partnership to the next level.

• Pankaj K Jha
• January 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments

How India and Indonesia look at each other, the region and the world at large will determine the course of their relationship in coming years.

• Sudhir T. Devare
• January 20, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Political, economic and strategic factors in the post-Cold War period call for expanded co-operation between India and Indonesia.

• Baladas Ghoshal
• January 20, 2011
• Issue Brief

The Indian Government, and the Foreign policy establishment in particular, can do more to leverage the vast collective experience of Indians in Indonesia and channel it towards the larger ends of bilateral cooperation.

• Navrekha Sharma
• January 20, 2011
• Issue Brief