The US needs to take direct charge of the peace talks prong of strategy to meet the mid-2011 deadline of beginning its troops withdrawal as well as to enable NATO departure by 2014.

• Ali Ahmed |
• November 23, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

The most important though understated aspect of Obama’s visit to India was the forward movement on almost all facets of defence cooperation.

• Gurmeet Kanwal |
• November 23, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

Japan needs to structurally transform domestic demand by focusing on its service sector – medical services, education, environment, and health.

• Rajaram Panda |
• November 22, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

As long as the sub-conventional deterrence holds, the enunciation of the Cold Start doctrine actually introduces a degree of strategic stability in the region.

• Sushant Sareen |
• November 22, 2010 |
• 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