Ajey Lele

STI 2013 envisages the creation of a word-class infrastructure for R&D and skill development as well as encouraging the scientific community by providing adequate opportunities and better career options.

• Ajey Lele |
• January 09, 2013 |
• IDSA Comments

The most interesting aspect of India and Japan coming together is that they are also proposing to engage with other states where REEs are available for excavation.

• Ajey Lele |
• November 20, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

India has much to learn from China with regard to using space as an ‘instrument of influence’ and also needs to expand the global footprint of its expertise.

• Ajey Lele |
• November 16, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

India’s inadequacies in the space arena are not limited to how much weight its launch vehicles can carry into space but also extends to the number of launches that ISRO can carry out in a year.

• Ajey Lele |
• October 01, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

On 6 June 2012 the European Union (EU) launched a multilateral diplomatic process to discuss and negotiate an International Code of Conduct (CoC) for outer space. This CoC is designed as a complementary mechanism for the existing framework and for ensuring the security, safety and sustainability of all outer space activities. Space sustainability is about ensuring that outer space is used for the advancement of society and providing society with the various benefits of space technologies.

• Ajey Lele |
• September 2012 |
• Strategic Analysis

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

• Ajey Lele |
• August 09, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

• Ajey Lele |
• August 09, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

It is expected that the Syrian inventory could contain several thousand aerial bombs filled mostly with the chemical agent Sarin, and between 50 and 100 ballistic missile warheads.

• Ajey Lele |
• July 30, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

Over the last few years, realizing the dangers of Chinese monopoly, countries like India, Japan and Vietnam have started collaborating in Rare Earth Elements, while North America countries are planning to increase investments in this sector.

• Ajey Lele |
• July 19, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

A decision to conduct an ASAT test has to be a nuanced one considering the strategic advantages such a test could offer and the diplomatic elbow room that it would give during negotiations on a space arms control mechanism.

• Ajey Lele |
• July 11, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments