Ajey Lele

Without getting into any a debate about whether the satellite launch was actually a missile test or not, the US should make an offer to help North Korea launch a satellite in order to foster sustained engagement with Pyongyang

• Published: April 16, 2012
• IDSA Comments

China's space programme is not only an attempt to demonstrate technological or military superiority, but is aimed at achieving great power status.

• Published: January 20, 2012
• Issue Brief

Instead of decrying the edge China has achieved over India, it is important to critically evaluate the actual benefits that accrue from manned space flights and the Space Station.

• Published: January 12, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Within the ever expanding genre of conflict and security-related literature, there is a less investigated field that pertains to futuristic technologies and the harnessing of science for the purposes of mass destruction and targeted warfare. This is the arena of space, the battlefield of major powers and the arena for power expansion into the extra-terrestrial.

• Published: January 2012
• Strategic Analysis

Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei tweeted that ‘Tear gas with nerve agent has been used against the Tahrir Square demonstrators’. This raises the suspicion of use of chemical weapons in the ongoing struggle for democracy in West Asia. This commentary analyses the relevance of chemical weapons in the Arab Spring.

• Published: November 29, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The US Special Forces undertook Operation Neptune Spear nicknamed “Geronimo” to kill Osama bin Laden on May 02, 2011. The importance of this operation is momentous. In the absence of any detailed disclosure by the US administration (till date) about the conduct of this operation, except the press conference held by intelligence officials immediately after the operation, it becomes difficult to study this operation in depth. On the other hand both multiple narratives of this operation are available in electronic and print media.

• Published: October 2011
• Journal of Defence Studies

India and France must now develop a joint marketing strategy for satellite launches and also concentrate on the joint design and development of satellites for smaller developing countries.

• Published: October 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China’s development of a space station is not only for the purpose of scientific experimentation but also to showcase its technological and economic strength.

• Published: October 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Chemical science has a direct relationship with human life. In order to celebrate the value of chemistry, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2011 as the ‘International Year of Chemistry’. Various bodies of the UN including UNESCO and other organisations like the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have been entrusted with popularising the science of chemistry.

• Published: September 2011
• Strategic Analysis

China’s launch of Pakistan’s first communications satellite demonstrates a deepening of their technological cooperation.

• Published: August 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments