IDSA Comments

In the latest game of one-upmanship, North Korea has up the ante by announcing to the world that there is no stopping its nuclear development programme.

• Rajaram Panda , Ch. Viyyanna Sastry
• November 18, 2010
• IDSA Comments

International security analysts must begin a discussion on how reductions in the U.S. defence budget will influence the nature of bilateral security relationships across Asia

• Peter Maher
• November 16, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The continuing spiral of violence in Karachi signals the slow but gradual melting of a nuclear-armed State controlled by a military allied with global terrorist networks.

• Rajeev Sharma
• November 15, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The importance of the RIC trilateral initiative lies in the fact that India, Russia and China, as countries with growing international influence, can make substantive contributions to global peace, security and stability.

• R N Das
• November 15, 2010
• IDSA Comments

As an island country deep down in the Pacific, New Zealand’s security is under no great direct threat from any external source, though turbulence in the neighbourhood would be a matter of concern.

• Rajaram Panda
• November 15, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The joint statement on nuclear issues reflects the combined endeavour of the two countries to find a new common ground, though the final outcome reflects the struggle of the traditional contending approaches of India and the United States.

• Rajiv Nayan
• November 12, 2010
• IDSA Comments

China’s objection to the early release of a UN report on North Korea’s compliance with UN sanctions stemmed from its misplaced confidence in international diplomacy.

• Rajaram Panda
• November 12, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Thousands of aviation enthusiasts and professionals are bound to throng to Zhuhai on 16 November, but one wonders if Indian aviation companies and other SMEs would send their delegations or sell their wares at the show.

• Ramesh Phadke
• November 11, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The removal of some organisations from the Entity List has merely removed a layer of controls and there is no guarantee that all dual-use curbs on India would go.

• Rajiv Nayan
• November 10, 2010
• IDSA Comments

President Obama’s visit to Indonesia is expected to excise the sense of drift in the relationship that had crept in the post-Suharto phase of transition.

• Udai Bhanu Singh
• November 10, 2010
• IDSA Comments