China’s Defence Budget for 2012 continues to follow anticipated trend lines in keeping with its plan of carrying out Revolution in Military Affairs in a calibrated, coordinated and comprehensive manner.

• Mandip Singh , Lalit Kumar |
• March 28, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The massive earthquake and tsunami which triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis on March 11, 2011 has shattered the Japanese people’s faith in the safety of nuclear power generation.

• Shamshad A. Khan |
• March 22, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The Indian policy establishment needs to start factoring into its security calculus the fallout of a Talibanised Afghanistan and eventually a Talibanised Pakistan.

• Sushant Sareen |
• March 20, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

Despite not taking a stand on nuclear security or nuclear terrorism, the NAM appears determined to adopt key elements of nuclear security.

• Rajiv Nayan |
• March 16, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The re-equipment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the medium- to long-term requires a careful look at the costs and technical problems associated with Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). The country may gain from examining alternative means of achieving the benefits in capability offered by FGFA through the possibly cheaper hypersonic route, especially if pursued indigenously.

• Vivek Kapur |
• March 09, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The functional distortion of the arrangement of Pakistan’s major institutions—principally, the executive, the army, and the judiciary—is the cause of the current crisis.

• Atul Mishra |
• February 09, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

The value of Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee lies more in the process it created and the multiple narratives it brought in from the periphery rather than as an end product in itself.

• Amali Wedagedara |
• February 01, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

China's space programme is not only an attempt to demonstrate technological or military superiority, but is aimed at achieving great power status.

• Ajey Lele , Gunjan Singh |
• January 20, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

S.M. Krishna’s visit to Israel has added the crucial political content to one of India’s most significant bilateral relationships of the post-Cold War era.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
• January 16, 2012 |
• Issue Brief

This Issue Brief assesses the pitfalls and opportunities as well as the likely course of action that the Japanese political leadership is going to define in the coming months.

• Rajaram Panda |
• January 16, 2012 |
• Issue Brief