Shining Not so Bright: Solar Energy in India According to a recent report, India will need 3, 128 Trillion watt hour per year (TWH) of electrical energy in the future if it adopts a frugal policy for energy use. This annual need could be met through renewable energy sources alone in the form of solar power (photovoltaic [PV] and thermal), wind, and hydroelectric power. But is this change in energy mix really feasible? Eshita Mukherjee | February 10, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Conflict in Mali and French Intervention The recent French intervention in Mali comes almost after a year of turmoil in the country. Mali needs to achieve an internal political process which will strengthen the government’s mandate and provide economic security and sustainable development to the country. Melissa M. Cyrill | February 08, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk’s Visit to India: Towards an Assuring Alliance Given Bhutan’s strategic significance India needs to respond sensitively to its Himalayan neighbour so as to create further goodwill for the long term. Medha Bisht | February 01, 2013 | IDSA Comments
A Missile in the Monkey’s Shadow? Iran’s investments in space should not be viewed only through the narrow prism of a nuclear threat but as a nascent attempt to challenge the West’s technological domination. Ajey Lele | January 31, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Cooperation Between India and Bangladesh on Control of Arsenic Poisoning India and Bangladesh need to work together in the field of health and medical research to devise expedient measures to contain the menace of arsenic poisoning of ground water. Gautam Sen | January 28, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Ricin-laced Letter to Obama; Recurring threat calls for long term solutions In the United States, James Everett Dutschke, 41 year old martial arts instructor, was arrested by federal agents on April 27 from his home in Tupelo, Mississippi with charges of… Continue reading Ricin-laced Letter to Obama; Recurring threat calls for long term solutions Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | January-June 2013 | CBW Magazine
Patriots in Turkey The Patriot deployments signify Turkey’s attempt to secure itself and its allies against touted missile threats from the two countries with which it shares borders to the east – Syria and Iran. S. Samuel C. Rajiv | January 24, 2013 | IDSA Comments
With Eyes Wide Shut: The Continuing and Inexplicable Pursuit of Regime Change All that the western powers have achieved so far with regime change is to propel into powerful positions an assorted lot of Islamists as well as autocrats with medieval beliefs and a penchant for terrorism. R. S. Kalha | January 23, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Prosecution of War Criminals in Bangladesh: The Verdict Starts Coming Punishing war criminals would not only meet a long-standing demand of Bangladesh’s freedom-fighters but also take the country further on the path of secularism. Anand Kumar | January 22, 2013 | IDSA Comments
Promoting SEZs to Boost the Indian Aerospace Sector India’s first aerospace-focussed SEZ that QuEST Global has set up at Hattargi village near Belgaum seeks to transform the Indian aerospace sector by striving to create a well-endowed aerospace ecosystem at one location. Radhakrishna Rao | January 22, 2013 | IDSA Comments
