New Twist in the MMRCA Tail
2015 ,
The news that India will acquire 36 Rafale jets in a fly-away condition from France has created a flutter as much for the surprise it has sprung on the unsuspecting...
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Making ‘Make-in-India’ Move in Defence Production
2015 ,
The ‘Make-in-India’ drive of the government has created a conceptual parallax in so far as the defence manufacturing sector is concerned. Foreign companies, and even governments, seem to view it...
Read MoreThe New U.S. Maritime Strategy: Seeking ‘Clarity’ in an Era of ‘Shifting Reality’
2015 ,
A few weeks back the United States released a revised version of its maritime strategy (A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Sea-power – a.k.a. CS-21R). This document updates concepts and...
Read MoreAshraf Ghani: America’s New Subedar?
2015 ,
Six months after assuming office, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has finally made his choice of selecting a strategic partner amid questions over what the future holds for Afghanistan given the...
Read MoreThe Iran Nuclear Deal: An Indian Perspective
2015 ,
A framework agreement was reached on 2 April 2015 at Lausanne between the P5+1 and Iran. Based on this, a final deal on the Iran nuclear issue is to be...
Read MoreIs the Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar a Step Towards Political Accommodation?
2015 ,
The Thein Sein government concluded a draft agreement with Myanmar`s 16 ethnic groups on 31 March 2015. The agreement was negotiated between the government`s Union Peace Working Committee and the...
Read MoreA Cyber Wing in the National Cadet Corps
2015 ,
Cyberspace has become a full-blown war zone as governments across the globe clash for digital supremacy in a new, mostly invisible, theatre of operations. Once limited to opportunistic criminals, cyber-attacks...
Read MoreArab Spring or Islamic State – The Case of Tunisia
2015 ,
One day in December 2010, twenty-six year old Tarek Mohamed Bouazizi, a jobless youth, succumbed to despair and immolated himself. Fortuitously, the event was captured on Facebook, discovered by al-Jazeera’s...
Read MoreAsian Participation in the London Process
2015 ,
The Hague Global Cyber Security Conference, the fourth in the series of the eponymously named London Process Conferences, is set to take place on the 16th and 17th of April...
Read MoreGeo-economic Significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
2015 ,
Since the dawn of civilization, except for the last 250 years, Asia had half the world’s wealth and two centres of gravity – China and India. With Asia estimated to...
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