Obama has skilfully reaped the political benefits of ordering a ‘technical’ withdrawal and ending the US mission in Iraq, whilst not only retaining the substance of the US posture and presence but immeasurably strengthening it.

• R. S. Kalha |
• November 11, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

At a time of such monumental, even existential, challenges, if all that Pakistan can come up with is a vacuous demagogue like Imran Khan, then its future is pretty bleak.

• Sushant Sareen |
• November 08, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

It will not be fair to assess the success or failure of the Conference at this stage. The fact that there was an attempt to forge regional cooperation on Afghanistan was a positive but feeble step.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik , Arvind Gupta |
• November 04, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Prime Minister Bhattarai’s visit will definitely help in dispelling some of the mistrust between India and the Maoist regime in Nepal.

• Anshuman Behera |
• November 04, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

The visit gave an opportunity to both India and the Maoists to settle some of their misunderstandings. However, it could be a huge risk for India to engage him more at the individual level than at the party level.

• Nihar R. Nayak |
• October 31, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

One monarch less is good, the mission has been accomplished and whatever else is happening in Libya is just mundane.

• Preeti Nalwa |
• October 29, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Barely a year after suffering two months of road blockade by Naga groups, Manipur is in the throes of a similar crisis again. What Manipur is in desperate need of is a resolution of the crisis."

• Namrata Goswami |
• October 28, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

Bhattarai’s visit was historic not for the bilateral issues that were discussed but because it provided an opportunity for meaningful re-engagement between India and the UCPN(M).

• Padmaja Murthy |
• October 25, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

The people-to-people connectivity has the potential to actually transform the relationship between India and Bangladesh and take it to a higher level of cooperation and understanding.

• Shristi Pukhrem |
• October 21, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments

This commentary analyses the implications of the growing Chinese footprint in India’s North West region, particularly in Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

• Mandip Singh |
• October 21, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments