Issue Briefs

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Terrorism

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Sep 23, 2009

The Paper makes a critical appraisal of India-Pakistan relations and explores their future trajectory in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008. The rising tide of terrorism within Pakistan after 9/11 and the importance of South Asia to the United States made ...

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Defence and Security | Indian Defence

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May 28, 2009

There is a fundamental transformation in the Japanese assessment of India's role in the shaping of new Asian security architecture. There has been a perceptible change in the nature of the bilateral partnership since the turn of the century. Rather than being centred on economic ...

Indian Economy | Economics and Finance | Economic Reforms | Financial Markets

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Apr 15, 2009

The financial crisis across the globe and the ensuing responses by nations and non-state actors has dominated both public consciousness and political debate in the recent past. The discussion on suitable stimulus packages, the causes for the financial disorder and future restructuring of the financial ...

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Defence and Security | Terrorism

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Apr 06, 2009

On November 26, 2008, 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai undid in less than 60 hours what governments of two sovereign nations had been struggling for over four years to achieve-peace and stability in the region. These terrorists were from Pakistan, recruited, trained and armed by ...

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Terrorism | United Nations

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Feb 17, 2009

Notwithstanding the partial admission of the allegations made by India about the Mumbai attackers, Pakistan's complicity in allowing Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), the terrorist group behind the Mumbai attack, to retain most of its extensive infrastructure and capability to pursue its terrorist activities calls for an intense ...

Indian Economy | Energy | Energy Security | Energy Access | Oil, Gas and Renewables

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Feb 13, 2009

Over the past few years, there is noticeable amongst India watchers an inescapable feeling of disappointment at what has been seen as a perceptible rolling back of many of the much vaunted reforms that had been the face of the country's efforts to integrate with ...

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Terrorism

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May 01, 2006

The India-Pakistan peace process, punctuated with -uctuating waves of optimism and anxiety, has completed three years, and it is appropriate, and timely, to review whether the primary On April 22, 2003 the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, told the Indian Parliament that India was ...