An Impending Royal Death: What Next in Oman?
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18 November is the birthday of the Omani King Sultan Qaboos. Therefore, it is also the Omani National Day. This year Qaboos was not in Oman to celebrate the occasion....
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Is Russia Relevant for India?
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Vladimir Putin is visiting New Delhi this year for the 15th Indo-Russian Summit after having reincorporated Crimea into Russia and taken a tough stance against the West in the Ukraine...
Read MoreTime for India to Look At Energy Security from Geostrategic Perspective
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India, unlike China, has tended to look at energy security through an economic prism rather than from a purely strategic perspective. China has been aggressively making energy deals – be...
Read MoreEurasian Economic Union: A Preliminary Assessment
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The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has come to the present stage in its evolution within a remarkably compressed time-frame. Although the idea was first mooted by the Kazakh president Nursultan...
Read MoreRajapaksa Seeking a Third Term as President: Not a Cake Walk Anymore!
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Presidential election will be held in Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015, two years before the current term is slated to end. President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced his intention to hold...
Read MoreLet’s Partition SAARC
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The excitement that greeted the handshake between the Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers at the end of the 18th SAARC summit in Kathmandu is as unnecessary as the anticipation. Neither...
Read MoreArtillery modernisation: needed for firepower
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The first meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on November 22, 2014, approved the acquisition of 814 truck-mounted 155 mm/52-calibre guns. As and...
Read MoreWhy Marine Police remains the weakest link in India’s coastal security system?
2014 ,
The inauguration of the Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) at Gurgaon on November 23, 2014 is yet another step in the implementation of a series of security measures announced...
Read MoreAvro-replacement programme hits air pocket
2014 ,
The Avro-replacement programme of the Indian Air Force (IAF) hit an air pocket last Saturday (22nd November 2014) when the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) deferred the decision on whether to...
Read MoreMacchil Verdict: Reading Between the Lines
2014 ,
On November 13, 2014, the verdict on the Macchil fake encounter case was announced. Five of the accused, including the commanding officer of the battalion involved in the killing were...
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