Issue. 34
|
|
Small Hydro: Too Small for a National Mission?
|
|
|
Sonali Mittra
|
| 28 November 2011 |
| As India braces itself for an over-ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, it also has to deliberate the prospects of developing other renewable energy resources. Of all the non-conventional renewable energy sources, small hydro represents the highest density resource. |
|
|
|
|
Issue. 32
|
|
Virtual Alarm: Social Engineering Attacks Imperil Cyber Security
|
|
|
Rahul Prakash
|
| 23 September 2011 |
| Cyber security threats have amplified significantly in the last decade, creating security concerns across the globe. Media reports during this period have highlighted how information network systems have been exploited by cyber criminals-as well as States-on numerous occasions for espionage and intelligence gathering. In this backdrop, this Paper focuses on cyber security concerns related to Social Engineering. |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 31
|
|
Silent Game: China's Engagement in Afghanistan
|
|
|
Avinash Paliwal
|
| 01 September 2011 |
| China's engagement with Afghanistan has become crucial as the US gradually pulls out its troops from the country. It has increased its investment in infrastructure projects in Afghanistan to US$1 billion from negligible amounts within a period of one year. Though it is still to be seen whether China would assert itself after the withdrawal of coalition forces, one thing is certain: Beijing is well poised in the Afghan endgame |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 31
|
|
Urbanisation in China: Challenges and the Way Ahead
|
|
|
Sriparna Pathak
|
| 16 August 2011 |
| Urbanisation in China is taking place at an unprecedented level and is set to continue over the next decade. This is likely to present many challenges not just for policy makers but for the economy and society as well. This Paper tries and understands the ongoing process of urbanization, the impacts produced and the way that lies ahead. |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 28
|
|
Intelligence Agencies in India: Need for a public interface
|
|
|
Wilson John
|
| 01 July 2011 |
| Today's intelligence agencies operate in highly complex environments. Cold War definitions and understanding of threats have long become redundant. Threats are multiple, layered, networked, diffused and transcend social and spatial boundaries. |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 27
|
|
China's Monetary Dilemma: The Case for Revaluation of the Renminbi
|
|
Vivan Sharan
|
| 20 June 2011 |
| Increasingly, the Chinese are realising that keeping their currency undervalued is not a viable option. The end game as far as the exchange rate management in China is concerned should look towards establishing a less controlled and more market oriented exchange rate-one that is determined by actual demand and supply factors. |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 28
|
|
The Crisis in Libya
|
|
|
Ajish P Joy
|
| 25 April 2011 |
| Libya, in the throes of a civil war, now represents the ugly facet of the much-hyped Arab Spring. The country, located in North Africa, shares its borders with the two leading Arab-Spring states, Egypt and Tunisia, along with Sudan, Tunisia, Chad, Niger and Algeria. |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 27
|
|
USA and Revolutions in the Arab World
|
|
|
Dr. Uma Purushothaman
|
| 01 April 2011 |
| The recent protests in West Asia that started in Tunisia and now encompass the entire
Arab world will have an impact on the regional balance of power equations. West Asia is
an explosive and unstable region where international power-play, boundary disputes, |
|
|
|
|
|
Issue. 26
|
|
Water Security in South Asia: Issues and Policy Recommendations
|
|
|
Wilson John
|
| 09 February 2011 |
| This brief is largely based on several discussions organised at Observer Research Foundation over a period of time. These discussions were enriched by the presence of some of the well-known experts on water issues in the country, like former Union Minister for Water Resources, Dr. Suresh Prabhu, current High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Tariq Ahmad Karim, Mr. Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation, Ms. Clare Shakya, Senior Regional Climate Change and Water Adviser, DFID*, India, Mr. Samir Saran, Vice President, ORF and Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Executive Director, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad. |
|
|
|
|
|
| <<Previous |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Next>> |
|
