Why has the Iraqi Offensive against ISIS Stalled?
2015 ,
With much fanfare the Iraqi government led by Haider al-Abadi announced some time ago that a military offensive had begun to ‘take back’ from the ISIS the important city of...
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Out of Afghanistan: US Needs to Rethink its Afghan Policy
2015 ,
The visit of the Afghan President and Chief Executive to Washington this week is crucial because it is likely to lay down the framework for future US engagement and involvement...
Read MorePolitical Turmoil in Maldives
2015 ,
Maldives is once again in the throes of political turmoil. Its transition to multi-party democracy, which had begun with the presidential elections of 2008, appears incomplete. The country’s first democratically...
Read MoreModi’s Visit will Herald a New Chapter in India-Sri Lanka Relations
2015 ,
The ongoing political transition in Sri Lanka has generated hope in India about the prospects of an improved bilateral relationship. In view of the coldness exhibited towards India by the...
Read MoreDiamer Bhasha Dam Stuck in the Funding Trap
2015 ,
In mid-January 2015, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) asked for a four month extension to consider Pakistan’s long pending request for funding the Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD). ADB’s deferment yet...
Read MoreThe discreet silence on the NPT
2015 ,
Roughly two months from now, over 190 member states will assemble in New York for the 9th Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),...
Read MoreDefence Budget 2015-16: The Bad, the Worse and the Good
2015 ,
The Indian Air Force used to have a very competent, business like and unflappable Deputy Chief who, whenever one went to him for a debrief, would say, “Give me the...
Read MoreDefence Budget 2015 -16: The Writing on the Wall
2015 ,
The defence expenditure of a country is determined by many factors, both objective and subjective. These include: The strategic environment and threat perception at a particular time. This may lead...
Read MoreIndia’s Non-Policy on Pakistan: U-Turn to Square One
2015 ,
If, apart from either a limited or an all-out war, dialogue is the only weapon in your arsenal to deal with an openly hostile country, then it stands to logic...
Read MoreYaalon’s Visit and the India-Israel Defence Relationship
2015 ,
Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon is currently visiting India. He is scheduled to inaugurate the Israeli Pavilion at the biennial Aero India 2015 defence and aerospace exhibition at Bengaluru and...
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