The question of Pakistan’s disintegrating domestic realm and the ramifications of this on national security calculi has not been factored in the post-withdrawal phase as the probability of military responsibilities to be undertaken by regional actors, including India, becomes real.

• Muska Dastageer |
• June 06, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

Unless Pakistan opens the NATO supply route, it is very unlikely that the US will transfer any coalition support funds, thus creating serious trouble for the aid-dependent Pakistani economy.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik , G. Balachandran |
• June 06, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

Political change in Myanmar is palpable and a sensitive and proactive approach is required to prevent the initiative slipping from India’s hands.

• Udai Bhanu Singh |
• June 01, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The resolution was responsible for sparking off debates in the UN General Assembly and the Security Council which, in turn, has led to the emergence of viable alternatives to military intervention or the use of force.

• Keerthi Sampath Kumar |
• May 23, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

While maintaining a reserve of 100 days worth of imported petroleum consumption at present consumption rates may be the stated policy of the Chinese government, an analysis of the existing capacities seems to suggest that China may be in a position to store much larger strategic oil reserves should it so desire.

• Mandip Singh |
• May 21, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The spate of killings has unleashed fear and uncertainty among the people and there is an open outcry about the government’s inaction and inability to control the situation.

• Priyanka Singh |
• May 21, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

FMECA of equipment is an effective scientific tool to identify the assemblies, sub-assemblies and components that are critical for the satisfactory performance of equipment.

• Mahendra Prasad |
• May 08, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

Precision in aerial warfare, which initially lay in the individual skills of combatants, has shifted to machines through the incorporation of advanced technology.

• Vivek Kapur |
• May 08, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The Pakistani leadership has apparently come to the point where it realises that for the survival of the country and its structures created by Jinnah, it must buy peace for the present with its arch-enemy India.

• P. K. Upadhyay |
• April 27, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

Despite focused efforts undertaken by China in the aftermath of the 2009 riots, it has not been able to and, perhaps may never be able to, answer the structural problems of the Uighur discontent in Xinjiang.

• Avinash Godbole , Akash S. Goud |
• April 20, 2012 |
• Issue Brief