IDSA Comments

Naga Peace Negotiations and the NSCN (IM)’s Significant Shift in Posture

The NSCN (IM) leadership's acceptance of Indian passports reflects a significant shift from its earlier political posture of an independent sovereign Naga homeland.

Namrata Goswami
February 02, 2011
IDSA Comments

Disarmament’s ‘Lost Decade’

The paralysis at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) captures the state of affairs that has bedevilled the field of arms control/disarmament during the last 10 years.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv
February 02, 2011
IDSA Comments

India in Afghanistan: Engagement without Strategy

India needs to engage countries in the region to ensure that the transition process in Afghanistan does not threaten regional stability.

How to look at President Hu Jintao’s US Visit: Détente or Stalemate?

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

India-Indonesia: Towards Strategic Convergence

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

Pankaj K Jha
January 24, 2011
IDSA Comments

India and Indonesia — on the Cusp of a New Relationship

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

Time for India to Export Nuclear Power Reactors and Peaceful Nuclear Technologies

Like in the space arena, India has the capability to offer its expertise to other countries in the field of nuclear power and non-nuclear applications.

The Gates Mission: Re-contextualising US alliances in East Asia

Gates has steered Japan and South Korea towards aligning their shared threat perceptions about North Korea and China.

Preeti Nalwa
January 18, 2011
IDSA Comments

Blasphemy Law and the Marginalisation of Pakistan’s Moderate Muslims

By concentrating only on the inequities of the blasphemy law, Pakistani ‘moderates’ and commentators elsewhere are missing the point that the real battle is against radical Islamic thought.

Sushant Sareen
January 17, 2011
IDSA Comments

Army ‘Transformation’: A ‘Radical’ One?

A shift in strategic thinking over the past two decades has now led to India being poised between the strategic doctrines of offensive and defensive realism.