The Arab Spring that was and wasn’t
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It was on 17 December 2010 that Tareq Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor of fruits barely making a living to support his family in the small town of Sidi Bouzid...
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2015: A Year of Work-in-Progress for Defence
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One does not know what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) set out to achieve in the calendar year 2015 or the current financial year that will draw to a close...
Read MoreFor Successful Implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh
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The Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh has been a landmark achievement in the realm of India’s diplomatic relations with SAARC neighbours. A successful completion of the implementation process is...
Read MoreMake in India and the Expanding Scope for India-Japan Defence Cooperation
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India’s Act East policy and Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India drive coincide with the shifts in the Japanese post-war security policy and the April 2014 easing of the self-imposed...
Read MoreFlexibility from Participating Nations – Key to TAPI’s Success
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In the last one month, two significant developments have brought the TAPI project back into the lime light. Reportedly, Dragon Oil evinced interest in participating in the TAPI project’s pipeline...
Read MoreIndia’s Defence Trade with Russia
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Speculation is rife about the defence deals likely to be signed during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Moscow. The front runners are S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defence systems, Ka-226 ‘Kamov’ helicopters,...
Read MorePSLV-C29: Demonstrating India’s Growing Space Capabilities
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India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C29) successfully launched six satellites for Singapore on December 16, 2015. This was a fully commercial launch undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)....
Read MoreResuming the India-Pakistan Dialogue
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The government’s decision to resume dialogue with Pakistan was announced during Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s recent visit to Islamabad on 8-9 December 2015 for the ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference. It...
Read MoreFallout of Turkey’s Shooting Down of the Russian Aircraft
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On November 24, a Russian Sukhoi-24 fighter jet on a mission to bomb Syrian ‘terrorists’ was shot down by Turkey over the Turkey-Syria border. Ankara has alleged that the jet...
Read MoreIndia’s New Maritime Security Strategy: ‘Brand-building’ in an Era of ‘Geopolitical Discord’
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Last week the Navy held a landmark combined commanders’ conference on its premier naval platform, the INS Vikramaditya. The senior officers’ conclave – the first of its kind to be...
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