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Center for Security Studies
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The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is dedicated to the study of contemporary South
Asia. ISAS aims to generate knowledge and insights about the region and to disseminate
them in a manner that is useful to policymakers, the business community, academia and
civil society. The ISAS Briefs focus on economics, trade and politics in South Asia and on
economic relationships between South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Publishers:       Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Publications:     Terrorism in Balochistan: Shift towards Soft Targets?
                  Two ‘Brexits’ – The First, 70 Years Ago
                  Terror in Dhaka: Fundamentalism Spreads its Deadly Wings
                  India’s Trade Negotiations: The Imperative of Flexibility
                  Malaise in Maldives: A Pristine Paradise or a Painful Purgatory?
                  India and the BRICS Partnership
                  Growing US-China Military Rivalry: A Danger of Spill-Over into
                  South Asia
                  Political Will is the Test of India-South Korea Special Strategic
                  Partnership
                  Issues of South Asian Security, and the China Factor
                  Blending Force and Consent: India’s Counter-Insurgency Dilemma
                  in the Northeast
                  New Trade Links: A Step towards Asian Economic Integration?
                  Modi ‘Acts’ Near-East, and Hasina Responds
                  A New Touch of Realism in Bilateral Talks
                  Chinese Setting for Talks with India: How Beijing Thinks and Acts
                  Dealing With Xi: Modi’s Foreign Policy Challenge
                  Maintaining the Economic Momentum
                  India and Singapore: Partners in Innovation and Skills Development
                  Peace-Making Challenges in Afghanistan
                  Pakistan's Widening Sectarian Divide
                  Nepal after the Mega Earthquake
                  From 'Look East' to 'Act East'
                  Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South Asia
                  Yemen, Pakistan and Arab Monarchies: Widening Gulf?
                  A Brief Intertwining of the Two Bengals
                  Obama's Visit to India: Review of Defence Relationship
                  India-US Relations: Modi and Obama Begin a New Chapter
                  Sri Lankan Presidential Election at a Glance
                  Presidential Stakes and Sri Lanka’s Future
                  Dreams and a Desperate Terrain!
                  Terrorism's Most Devastating Blow in Pakistan
                  New ‘Oil Shock’ – Impact on South Asia
                  Competitive Diplomacy of India and China
                  G20 Agenda and India’s Priorities: An Appraisal
                  India-Myanmar Ties: New Hope, Old Despair
                  Prime Minister Modi Expands his Team
                  Thames to Teesta and the Himalayas
                  Pakistani Militants Strike Back
                  ‘Neighbourhood First’: Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra
                  Indo-US 'Spirit' Regained
                  Beyond the Japan-India Symphony of Sentiments
                  People, Power, and Politics - Confrontation Pakistan Style
                  Is Pakistan Sliding Towards a Coup?
                  Pakistan: Moving Towards a Solution
                  What India’s By-elections Tell Us
                  Is Imran Khan Losing Political Traction?
                  Pakistan: Populism and Real Politics
                  Pakistan’s Democracy Dilemma
                  Modi’s India in the WTO: Politics Trumps Economics
                  Narendra Modi’s Visit to Bhutan: A Meeting of Friendly Minds
                  The RCEP Negotiations and India
                  India and Afghanistan: A Deepening Defence Engagement
                  Pakistan at the Centre of Muslim World’s Convulsion
                  Bangladesh: Six Months after the Elections
                  Deciphering China's Oil-Rig Move in South China Sea

Managing Inflation: Modi Government’s Biggest Economic
Challenge
Counterterrorism in South Asia: 'Low Hanging Fruits' of
Cooperation
A Poll-Time Indian Narrative
The Election Scene in Uttar Pradesh
The Afghan Election: A New Beginning?
Indian Elections – Welfare Economics versus the Market
Implementation Deficit in Northeast India
Pakistan Selling Family Silver: Hard Times Make Privatization
Necessary
Northeast India-Myanmar: Search for Cooperation and New
Approaches
Upazila Elections in Bangladesh: Is It a Road to Political Stability?
India's Interim Budget: Credit and Concerns
Ankara Summit: A Possible Road to Afghan Peace?
Chinese Navy in Eastern Indian Ocean: Implications for Delhi and
Jakarta
Challenging Times in Indo-US Ties
Abe’s Visit to India: The Strategic Implications
Abe in India: High on Loans, Low on Trade
Bangladesh: Slow Settling of Post-Poll Dust
Afghanistan - The Endless Challenge
Painful Polls and Dhaka's Dilemmas
Testing the Air: China’s Defence-Move
India at Bali: Saving Itself and the WTO
India Woos its Northeast: Development and Diplomacy Factors
Reining in the Military in Pakistan
Delhi Elections in India: Middle Class Anger and New Political
Equations
Rajasthan Elections in India: A Mix of Royalty and Caste Equations
Bangladesh: Unfolding Drama of Deadly Politics
Madhya Pradesh State Polls in India: ‘Anti-Incumbency’ No Longer
Applies?
Focus on Policies and Personalities in Mizoram Assembly Elections
2013
Pakistan’s New Taliban Challenge
Elections in Chhattisgarh: Maoists, Turnout, NOTA and Clues for
India
Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Creating Tourism Synergy
Dilemma of Drones: Peace Prospects in Pieces
US Government Shutdown and the South Asian Diaspora
Pakistan: Politics of Promises, Perils and Progress
A New Strategy to Revive India’s Economic Growth
Pakistan’s Water Woes
China's 'Look-West' Policy
Pakistan Elects a New President
Afghan Peace Talks and the Changing Character of Taliban
Insurgency
Indian Economy, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati
Indian Rupee: Tortuous Travails
China’s Gwadar Pearl: The Port Acquisition and Implications for
India
The Sliding Rupee
A ‘New’ Pakistan: Implications for Indo-Pak Relations
War-head Worries: Asia's Expanding Nuclear Arsenals
Decoding India-Japan and Sino-Pak Talks
China Reinforces the Bridge to Pakistan
Bangladesh’s Growth Enablers
Post-Poll Pakistan’s Economic Priorities
Mixed Fortunes for the Congress
The Reincarnation of Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan's Deepening
Democracy
Pakistan Goes to Polls: Imran Khan’s Tumble and the Youth Surge
Politics in Pakistan: The Judge and the General
The Political Elevation of Narendra Modi
Afghanistan’s Economic Transition
The New Great Game in Asia
Pakistan Prepares for Polls: Dilemmas of its Democracy
Chittagong Port – Prospects for Revival
Sri Lanka at the UNHRC
Asia and Obama’s New Trade Initiative
State Elections in Northeast India
New Focus on Stable China-India Ties
The Delhi Rape Protests
Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric
India-Pakistan Peace Process
Direct Cash Transfer of Subsidies
India ASEAN FTA in Services
Media and Counter Terrorism Responses

UN Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia
US-Pakistan Relations and the ‘End-Game’ in Afghanistan
China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue Gains Momentum
‘Something of a Homecoming’: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Visit to India
What Does Obama’s Re-election Mean to South Asia
What to Make of India’s Latest Ministerial Reshuffle
A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan
Do the Bold Reforms Signal End of Policy Paralysis in India?
China-India Defence Diplomacy: Weaving a New Sense of Stability
India-Pakistan Ties: Do Signs of Warming Indicate Climate Change?
Violence in Assam: Resource Wars, Illegal Migration or Governance
Deficit?
India’s Infrastructure Needs
Tokyo Summit and Afghanistan’s Business Potential
Gilani’s Removal: A Step in the Right Direction
Delhi Investment Summit: Building on the Narrative of ‘Opportunity’
in Afghanistan
Siachen: Too Slow a Solution
Pakistan's 2012-13 Budget: A Political Rather Than an Economic
Document
Nepal’s Constitutional Crisis
Politics of the Indian Presidency
Performance of the Indian Rupee: A Comment
A New Myanmar on South Asia’s Borders
Capital Loss for Congress in India
Beyond the Sparks and Fumes of India's Agni-V Test
Taliban, Spring Offensive and Transition in Afghanistan
Zardari's Pilgrimage to Ajmer
An Indo-Pak Search for the China-India Model
India's Diaspora Vote
The Haves and the Have-Nots
Is the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership in the Doldrums?
Pakistan's Economic Troubles
A Musharraf Order Haunts Pakistan
Painful Politics in 'Paradise': Changes in the Maldives
India Eyeing a New Gateway to Southeast Asia
Politics, Strategy and the Lokpal Bill
The Lokpal Bill: An Opportunity for the Government and the
Economy
US-Pak Relations: Reflecting on 2011
Atomic Fuel for Australia-India Synergy
The Mohmand Mayhem and its Impact on Pakistan-US Alliance
The Afghanistan Enigma
India and Pakistan Prime Minsters' Meeting: Looking to the Future
Pakistan, India and the Security Council: Thinking the Unthinkables
India-Afghanistan Strategic Agreement
The Meaning of Anna Hazare's Movement
Al Qaeda, A Decade After the 9/11 Attacks
Growth in the Indian Economy - Some Thoughts
Come September, Manmohan Comes To Dhaka
Opportunities for South Asia in the Revolutions in the West
Exploding Karachi
The Emerging Faultlines of the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership
Pakistan - India Trade
India and Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
America Attempting to Find its Way in Asia
Pakistan’s Afghan Dilemma
‘Ye Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan…’
The ‘US-Pak’ Relationship
NMIZs in India: Haunted by SEZs?
The Challenge of Ethnic Federalism in Nepal
India-Australia: Moving Beyond the Periphery
A No-Win Situation for Pakistan
Kerala: Communist Survival – Now What?
How the Red Fortress was Won
Tamil Nadu Election Results
Census 2011: The Curious Case of Changes in Tamil Nadu
Demographics
Post-Osama: Is it the Beginning of the ‘End’ in Afghanistan?
Prospects for ‘Transition’ in the Afghan Security Sector
The TAPI Pipeline: A Recipe for Peace or Instability?
China and India: Competitors or Collaborators?
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections
The Raymond Davis Case
Restoring Order in Grameen
India's Tourist Visa on Arrival
India Budget 2011-12
Much Ado About Nothing
Global Realignment
India's Inflation: An Alternate Hypothesis

History May Not Repeat Itself For Pakistan
World Powers Beeline to Delhi
AfPak: President Obama's Two Wars
Chinese Premier's Visits to India and Pakistan
Wen Jiabao in India: Mission Business
India and China at Cancun
The Bihar Election
Scams in India
President Obama’s India Visit
QEII and India’s Responses
India Looks East
Indian Prime Minister’s Visit to East and Southeast Asia
Untangling the Ayodhya Verdict
Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan
Pakistan Floods: Coping with Disaster
H1B Visa Fee Hike
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: Will India Pull It Off?
South Asian University: Catalyst for Regional Cooperation?
India-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Meeting: The Impasse Continues
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: India's Triumph or Disaster?
The Bhopal Tragedy Verdict
United States-India Strategic Dialogue: Still Waiting for Obama?
The West Bengal Municipal Polls
Karzai Visits the United States
India and Pakistan Meeting: Third Time Lucky?
SAARC at Twenty Five
Monetary Policy Pressures in India
Restoring Parliamentary Democracy in Pakistan
Setting the Stage for a New Global Nuclear Order
India’s Changing Priorities
The Pakistan Military Proves its Mettle
Afghanistan: The London Meeting
Sri Lanka Polls: Incumbency is Endorsed
The ‘Free-Market’ and ‘Social Concerns’
Rescuing Afghanistan: Let the Region Take Charge
Mr Jyoti Basu: A Gentleman and a Communist
Hasina’s Visit to India and Emerging Indo-Bangla Relations
Sri Lanka's Presidential Election 2010
Pakistan’s Supreme Court and the National Reconciliation
Ordinance
The Dubai Debt Debacle: Likely Impact on South Asia
Unwinding the Fiscal Stimulus – Dilemmas for India and China
Climate Change Challenges: Leading up to Copenhagen
A Tale of Two Visits: The India-US-China Relationship
The United States in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai's Second Term as Afghanistan's President
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
A 'New' Japan and Possible Implications for Japan-India Relations
President Obama’s First Asian Visit
Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009
Hillary Clinton’s Visit to Pakistan
Indian Assembly Elections 2009
Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009
South Waziristan
Suffering Terrorism but Flirting with Populism: Pakistan's Current
Predicaments
The Kerry-Lugar Bill: Difficult Choices for Pakistan
Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Japan Joins Changing Asia
The New Irritant in United States-Pakistan Relations
Afghanistan Elections 2009
The Afghanistan Presidential Elections
'Silence is Golden': India's Current Position on Myanmar
Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009
Taleban Leader Baitullah Mehsud Dead
Inflationary Pressures in the Indian Economy
Hillary Clinton's Visit to India
Hillary Clinton’s Visit to India
India and Pakistan: The Message from Sharm-el-Sheikh
Can One Still Do Business in Nepal?
The Indian Budget: A Failure to Confront the Challenges
The Indian Budget 2009-10: Opportunities for Singapore
Investments
Indian Budget 2009-10: Carefully Crafted but Not Without Risks
Pakistan’s Taliban Crisis
Booms and Busts in Private Capital Flows to Emerging Asia Since
the 1990s
America’s New Approach Towards Pakistan
Foreign Bank Entry Reconsidered

The Global Financial Crisis and Cross-border Mergers and
Acquisitions in Developing Asia
Pakistan: Finally Taking Ownership of the War Against Terrorism?
Two Victories and a Defeat: India, Sri Lanka and the Minority
Question
Indian Elections 2009 - A Return to the Centre
Sri Lanka: What Next?
The Maldives: A Paradise in Peril?
Pakistan's India Fixation Can Bring the Taliban Into Power
Sino-Indian Naval Engagement
The South Asian Nuclear Genie: Out of the Bottle, It Can Be Useful
Asia's Economic Revival
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Manifesto: Assessing Its Electoral
Implications
Attack on Sri Lanka's Cricket Team: Is Pakistan in Total Chaos and
Anarchy?
Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire:' A Boost for India's Global
Image?
Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden
Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden
Sukhbir Badal as Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister - Implications and
Prospects for the Akalis
Fate of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Satyam Fiasco – Impact on Corporate India
The Return of Democracy in Bangladesh
India’s External Sector: Emergence of New Structural Trends
State Assembly Election Results in India: Dispelling the Many
Commonly-held Notions of Indian Elections
The Fall of the Indian Rupee and the Unholy Trinity
The Mumbai Mayhem: The Global War on Terror Comes to India
National Treasury Management Agency Proposal: Implications for
India's Financial Policies
Global Economic Slowdown: Can Bangladesh Remain Resilient?
India's Tamil Politics and the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict
Maldives: Toward Open Polity
Return of the Two Begums: A ´Hobson´s Choice´ for Bangladesh?
Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the
Indian Markets - An Update
Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the
Indian Markets
It is Getting More Difficult to do Business in South Asia
Elections in Pakistan: New President, Same Old Story
Musharraf's Resignation - A Cause for Celebration and Concern for
Pakistan
Pakistan's New Trade Policy Initiatives: Implications for India and
Pakistan
Will the United Progressive Alliance Victory in the Trust Vote Result
in Faster Economic Reforms?
Development of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul: Time to Sober Up
Recent Bomb Blasts in South Asia: Are the Terrorists on a Killing
Spree Again?
The Walkout in India: No Longer 'Left' in the Lurch
India's Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable
India’s Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable
The Third Oil Shock: The Path Forward for Bangladesh
Karnataka State Assembly Elections: Implications for the UPA
Government
Modifications of the External Commercial Borrowings Policy:
Implications for Overseas Investments
Indian Management Education: Regulatory Structure is Still
Confused
India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue: Towards a ´Grand
Reconciliation´?
The Unravelling of Coalition Politics in Pakistan
India's Annual Policy Statement for FY 2008-09: Achieving a
'Neither Tight, Nor Liberal' Monetary Policy
Nepal Constituent Assembly Elections: A Dawn of a New Era?
Bhutan: Marching Towards Democracy
Post-election Pakistan: Is there Hope or Despair for the People?
Yousaf Raza Gilani: Pakistan's New Prime Minister
The Third Tibetan Uprising: India's Response
The Indian Budget 2008-09: An Assessment
India's Economic Survey 2007-08: Impressive Growth and a
Promising Future
Nepal: Political Uncertainties and Economic Challenges
Developing India-Malaysia Relations - Managing Issues of the
Diaspora
The Pakistan Elections: A Political Analysis
Russian Premier Viktor Zubkov in India: Reinvigorating Relations

Economic Slowdown in the United States: Importance of Domestic
                   Market Leverage in South Asia
                   Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Arunachal Pradesh: Buttressing
                   the Claims
                   Urban Transport in India: Beyond the
                   Urban Transport in India: The
                   Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of the Pro-Musharraf
                   Political Parties
                   Analysing India's Credit Policy: Keeping an Eye on Inflation and the
                   Elections
                   The 21st Century - Will it Belong to Asia?
                   Sino-Indian Trade Relations: Understanding the Bilateral and
                   Regional Implications
                   India and China: Towards Slow and Steady Cooperation
                   The Appreciating Rupee and India's Exports: Should Policy Makers
                   Worry?
                   One Year in Office: An Assessment of Bangladesh's Caretaker
                   Government
                   The Sub-prime Crisis - Likely Consequences for the Indian
                   Economy
                   Ms Benazir Bhutto's Will
                   Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Assassinated - Pakistan in Turmoil
                   Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on the Islamic Parties
                   Who Wins in the Gujarat Elections?
                   Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Nawaz Sharif
                   Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Benazir Bhutto
                   Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on Imran Khan
                   The Battle of Nandigram and West Bengal's Political and Economic
                   Future
                   Cyclone Sidr's Deadly Trail and Bangladesh's Humanitarian Crisis
                   Political Intrigue in Karnataka: Implications for India
                   Emergency Rule in Pakistan: Making Sense of the Reasons and
                   Rationale
                   Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy - How Should India Respond?
                   Development Blues in Urban India: Failure of Accountability-
                   Responsibility Mechanism
                   Cold Feet in Autumn – Climb Down from Elections in India
                   Climate Change, Conflict over Scarce Resources and the Nobel
                   Peace Prize
                   General Pervez Musharraf: A Profile
                   Musharraf's Future – Legality Versus Legitimacy
                   Trouble with the Gods: Religion and Public Policy in India
                   The Grand Jirga Imperative: Is this the Solution to the Taliban
                   Insurgency?
                   Clearly Troubled: The Indian Government and a Nuclear Deal
                   Hyderabad Burning - A Domestic Challenge with Regional
                   Implications
                   Time to Look Down Under: Australia may Hold the Key to India's
                   Nuclear Energy
                   Floods in Bangladesh, Changes in Monsoon Pattern and a Wake-up
                   Call for South Asia
                   Worries and Hopes for India's IT Industry
                   India at 60: Banking on the Demographic Dividend
                   Pakistan at Sixty: It's Time to Give Democracy a Chance
                   Redefining India: The Recent Policy Changes and the Second
                   National Commission on Urbanisation
                   Raising Money in Indian Markets - The Indian Depository Receipts
                   Option
                   Electing the Next Vice-President of India - A Unanimous Choice
                   The Lal Masjid Saga: Has Musharraf Finally Triumphed over
                   Extremism in Pakistan?
                   Monetary Policy in India - The Current Conjuncture
                   Achieving Economic Growth in China and India - At What
                   Environmental Cost?
                   The Uttar Pradesh State Election - Will it Change the Political
                   Equation at the Centre?
                   There's something abouth Maya: Changing Politics in India's
                   Largest State
                   Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis - What's next for Masharraf?
                   Recent State Assembly Elections in India: How Big a Setback for
                   the Congress?
                   The Train Blasts: Impact on Indo-Pakistan Relations
                   The Special Economic Zones in India – An Update
                   Capital Account Convertibility for India
                   Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: A Case of Path Dependence in
                   Industrialization?
                   The South Asian Trade Labyrinth & India's Regional Trade Policies
                   Singapore-India CECA Dialogue: Issues and Options
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