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  • Global Zero: The Road Ahead
    Shubhra Chaturvedi.    ·   13 Jun, 2012    ·    #3637    ·    Commentary    
    While the Global Zero movement started off with high expectations and global enthusiasm for nuclear disarmament, two years later, there seems to be slow progress. Why has it slowed down? What has been achieved so far and what are the grey areas? ...
  • Reading Pakistan: Reopening the NATO Supply Line
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   21 May, 2012    ·    #3621    ·    Commentary    
    The NATO supply line into Afghanistan via Karachi and the rest of Pakistan seems to have already opened with four trucks of the American embassy crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. What did Pakistan achieve by first closing the supply line an ...
  • Reading Pakistan: Stand-Off on NATO Supply Line
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   14 May, 2012    ·    #3618    ·    Commentary    
    The military commanders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO in Afghanistan met recently to discuss border security issues. An important question, at present, seems to be the invitation for Pakistan to the forthcoming NATO summit in Chicago. The NATO ...
  • The US-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement: Nothing More Than Symbolic
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   08 May, 2012    ·    #3616    ·    Commentary    
    Barack Obama’s recent surprise visit to Kabul was marked by the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between the US and Afghanistan. The pact commits the US to provide long-term assistance – military and financial &ndash ...
  • Silk Road Initiatives: An Alternative Future for Afghanistan
    Sreemati Ganguli.    ·   23 Apr, 2012    ·    #3610    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan is being focused in a number of Silk Road initiatives as the bridgehead of inter-regional trade cooperation between South and Central Asia; a welcome change from its stigma of being the centre of insecurity for the last thirty years. ...
  • The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: Discovering an Agenda
    PR Chari.    ·   22 Mar, 2012    ·    #3591    ·    Commentary    
    Over fifty nations are gathering in Seoul on 25-26 March to confer on nuclear security issues a second time. They had met in Washington two years back to discuss the catastrophic threat of nuclear terrorism and the consequent need to secure weapons ...
  • India and the Taliban: Should New Delhi Reach Out to Mullah Omar?
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   22 Mar, 2012    ·    #3590    ·    Commentary    
    India continues to uphold its position of not talking to the Taliban inspite of both Afghanistan and the US reversing their position and attempting to engage with the militants. Should India also now try to reach out to Mullah Omar? Is it likely th ...
  • North Korea and Iran: A Study in Contrasts
    PR Chari.    ·   19 Mar, 2012    ·    #3587    ·    Commentary    
    Controversy has surfaced before the Nuclear Security Summit begins in Seoul on 26-27 March. The issue is whether the Summit should concentrate attention on nuclear security, as urged by the NPT-recognized nuclear weapons states - United States, Rus ...
  • Iran’s American 'Problem' in Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   14 Feb, 2012    ·    #3573    ·    Commentary    
    Iran views the presence of American forces in Afghanistan as detrimental and a threat to its interests. Iran’s strategy towards Afghanistan is greatly influenced by this threat perception. The question that arises then is why is the American ...
  • Iran’s American 'Problem' in Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   14 Feb, 2012    ·    #3573    ·    Commentary    
    Iran views the presence of American forces in Afghanistan as detrimental and a threat to its interests. Iran’s strategy towards Afghanistan is greatly influenced by this threat perception. The question that arises then is why is the American ...
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