Inside, Outside: India’s ‘Exterior Lines’ in the South China Sea New Delhi has long countenanced the idea of extra-regional operations. The Maritime Military Strategy published in 2007, for instance, lists the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean among ‘secondary areas’ of endeavour for the Indian sea services. ‘Areas of secondary interest will come in where there is a direct connection with areas of primary interest, or where they impinge on the deployment of future maritime forces.’ 1 The South China Sea abuts the Indian Ocean, the most compelling zone of primary interest for New Delhi, through the Malacca Strait. James R. Holmes | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium: Uniting the Maritime Indian Ocean Region The Indian Ocean, the third largest oceanic expanse in the world, is the birthplace of maritime civilisation and has always been an ‘active’ ocean. It is now perceived to be the world's centre of gravity in strategic terms, proving the prophetic words that are often attributed to A.T. Mahan: ‘Whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate Asia … the destiny of the world would be decided on its waters’. P. K. Ghosh | May 2012 | Strategic Analysis
Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan? 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
India Launches Radar Satellite ISRO has done its job and now the onus lies on other agencies to make appropriate and timely use of the inputs that will be provided by RISAT-1. Ajey Lele | April 27, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sri Lanka The delegation seems to have got its message across, that effective engagement with the TNA cannot be avoided by the Rajapakse government. Gautam Sen | April 26, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Tipaimukh Dam: Some Myths, Some Facts In order to obviate myopic policies that could jeopardise the bonhomie in India-Bangladesh relations, the technical underpinnings of the project need to be jointly undertaken by both countries. Medha Bisht | April 25, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Tipaimukh Dam: Some Myths, Some Facts In order to obviate myopic policies that could jeopardise the bonhomie in India-Bangladesh relations, the technical underpinnings of the project need to be jointly undertaken by both countries. Medha Bisht | April 25, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Issues of National, Ecological and Human Security in the Siachen Glacier Region In the wake of the Gyari incident, India and Pakistan need to conduct more joint scientific studies and put in place an AGPL agreement within a reasonable time frame. P. K. Gautam | April 25, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Agni V Launches India into the ‘Strat’-o-sphere The Agni-V launch is a significant milestone for the Indian scientific community as this is the first missile with a strike-range covering major Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Abhijit Singh | April 23, 2012 | IDSA Comments
China’s Xinjiang Problem: The 2009 Riots and its Aftermath 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
