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Russia's Nuclear Doctrine: Toward Pre-emption?
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
The first week of September 2014 saw reports floating in from sources such as the Ria Novosti[1] news agency and The Moscow Times[2] newspaper that Russia was seeking to amend the nuclear po...
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China reaches out to West Bengal and eastern India
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini
In recent years, a number of Indian states, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, have been pro-actively reaching out to Chinese provinces with an...
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Building a more equitable and productive Indonesia
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Arianto A Patunru
At the beginning of 2013 Indonesia’s economy looked to be in good shape. Growth was still over 6 per cent; inflation was manageable at below 5 per cent. Then on 22 May 2013 came a signal from th...
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Friends and Neighbors: India and Southeast Asia
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini
India’s relationship with Southeast Asia has numerous components. Historically, trade between India’s coastal kingdoms of Orissa and Southern India and countries in Southeast Asia such as ...
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English to re-enter Indonesian classrooms
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Duncan Graham
The 2012 decision to scrap English as a compulsory subject in Indonesian elementary schools is to be reversed. Materials and advice are likely to be sourced from the Philippines. T...
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Israel's discontent over the Iranian nuclear deal
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
While the recent Iranian nuclear deal drew a sigh of relief for US President Barack Obama and his administration, one ally has been less than impressed. Since November 2013, when the first ...
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Pakistan's reluctance on FMCT
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
Pakistan’s reluctance to join the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) is one of the main reasons why the treaty’s progress has stalled. The FMCT is an international arrangement still i...
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Israel's sea-based deterrence
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
Every country actively involved in developing nuclear-capable missile capabilities aspires to possess sea-based deterrence to strengthen their posture vis-à-vis adversaries. Nuclear weapon stat...
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Too young - but old enough for marriage 
Healing Minds 
Teaching peaceful Islam