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Trespassers will be Prosecuted: China’s latest Billboard in the South China Sea

The issuance of these ordinances will not only add to the growing tensions in the disputed areas, specifically the South China Sea, but also add to the growing suspicions about Chinese intent.

Sarabjeet Singh Parmar
December 08, 2012

Egypt in Crisis: Learning the Hard Lessons of Democracy

Egypt is realizing that democracy is not an easily procured fruit, especially in a nation where political movements have been suppressed for decades and peoples’ sentiments can be easily swayed either way.

Rajeev Agarwal
December 08, 2012

Sectarian Violence in Karachi: Is Pakistan Closer to the Precipice?

Unity of purpose and synergy between state institutions required to deal with sectarian violence is largely missing and, as a result, the Pakistani state is responding to the growing Taliban threat in Karachi in a knee-jerk manner.

P. K. Upadhyay
December 07, 2012

In Pursuit of a Shield: US, Missile Defence and the Iran Threat

In Pursuit of a Shield: US, Missile Defence and the Iran Threat

The US pursuit of missile defence in order to counter and/or hedge against Iran's ballistic missile capabilities coupled with concerns generated by its nuclear programme has had significant strategic consequences. Iran on its part has pursued these capabilities as part of its asymmetric strategy to overcome its strategic vulnerabilities flowing from US encirclement, short-comings in force levels vis-a-vis neighbours and resource constraints in building effective conventional forces.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv
2012

Israel Confronts Iran: Rationales, Responses and Fallouts

Israel Confronts Iran: Rationales, Responses and Fallouts

This study examines Israel's changing perception of Iran and the underlying reasons for the current Israeli tension, anxiety, verbal acrimony and fears. In deconstructing Israel's fears vis-à-vis Iran, the study looks at Israel's failures to revisit its erstwhile peripheral diplomacy and to make adequate changes.

P. R. Kumaraswamy
2012

Eruptions in Goma – Troublesome mandate

The events of the last ten days have once again focussed international attention on the DRC and lent support to voices clamouring for a review of the existing mandate of MONUSCO and the larger process by which these mandates are concretized.

Akash S. Goud
December 05, 2012

SINAI: The Middle East’s New Hot Spot

Since the revolution that toppled Mubarak, Sinai has become a no man’s land where jihadists from Egypt and Gaza as well as local Bedouins have begun to engage in militant activities.

Rajeev Agarwal
November 30, 2012

The New Defence Offset Guidelines: Challenges Ahead

MoD has to assume the leadership role and provide some kind of a single-window service to the defence industry to steer the offsets in a direction that helps achieve the objective of modernisation through self-reliance.

Amit Cowshish
November 30, 2012

Officers’ Promotion Policy in the Army

It is desirable that policies are not tinkered with after every change of command and are allowed to stabilise over a period of 5 to 10 years before they are reviewed for their efficacy.

Rumel Dahiya and Vivek Chadha
November 30, 2012

The Second India-China SED

The SED is an important forum that can render valuable service to the cause of greater economic cooperation and work like an effective confidence building measure.

Prashant Kumar Singh
November 30, 2012

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