IDSA COMMENT

Game-theoretic Understanding of India-Pakistan Relations

Game theory can be helpful in understanding how India and Pakistan can get out of the low paying unhelpful situations, throw light on crisis escalation and crisis stability, and to understand their nuclear thresholds.

August 16, 2011

ULFA’s Unrealistic ‘Charter of Demands’

ULFA’s “Charter of Demands” with the inherent claim that the outfit speaks for Assam as a whole needs to be questioned and analysed.

August 11, 2011

Japan-South Korea Spat over Takeshima/Dokdo

If allowed to fester, the territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea will have serious repercussions for East Asian security.

August 10, 2011

Diversion of the Brahmaputra: Myth or Reality?

Lower riparian countries must develop sound strategies to bring China to the negotiating table with a view to stopping it from further damming or diverting the waters of the Brahmaputra or any other river originating in Tibet and flowing into South Asia.

August 09, 2011

Unrest in Xinjiang

It remains to be seen how far China is able to manage the challenges of providing space for religious and cultural freedom while enabling equitable economic development for all ethnic groups.

August 09, 2011

Human Trafficking: In Search of a Comprehensive Response Strategy

A multilateral framework of regional cooperation, human rights based strategy, addressing the root causes and a higher priority for the issue in foreign policy are necessary to comprehensively deal with the challenge of human trafficking.

August 05, 2011

The Bandwagoning-Balancing Game: Contradictions of the India-US Partnership

In a world where US primacy will remain a distinctive feature for a considerable time to come, India will require American global leadership to realise its own national interests.

August 05, 2011

India-RoK Ties in the Wake of President Patil’s Visit

The significance of the India-RoK nuclear deal lies in the fact that it allows India to tap into ROK’s nuclear expertise and it takes the pressure off the India-Japan nuclear deal.

August 04, 2011

Breivik’s Interest in Anthrax and Religious Extremism

The history of the use of biological agents by non-state actors indicates that radical groups, religious fanatics and even disgruntled scientists have engaged in bioterrorism

August 02, 2011

Increasing Normalisation of the Turkish State

With the resignation of the service chiefs and Erdoğan’s consolidation of control, Turkey has taken a huge step towards political normalization and consolidating its democracy.

August 01, 2011

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