Xi-Abe handshake, not yet an embrace
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The first Xi-Abe meeting in Beijing on the sideline of APEC summit is the much needed constructive development in China-Japan relations which is navigating through one of the most difficult...
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President Obama’s Policy on Syria
2014 ,
The US midterm poll results have considerably reduced President Obama’s control over US foreign policy. With the Republicans’ seizing majority in the Senate as well as enhancing their strength in...
Read MoreModi’s Mission Downunder
2014 ,
As Prime Minister Modi arrives in Australia, one wonders as to why it took so long to break this self-imposed moratorium on prime ministerial visits since 1986. True that Modi’s...
Read MoreModi’s Australia visit: Maritime Cooperation in Focus
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to leave for Brisbane for the G-20 summit, there is considerable excitement among India’s maritime analysts. On completion of the world leaders’ meet, the...
Read MoreISIS on backfoot: Coalition gets al-Baghdadi
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Even as the world learnt with surprise that US President Barack Obama has reached out to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for a nuclear deal and help in fighting...
Read MoreThings that Modi should do in Myanmar
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Myanmar will draw the international spotlight when the world leaders including Prime Minister Modi, President Obama will attend the upcoming ASEAN and East Asian Summit in Naypidaw from 11 November....
Read MoreFall of the Berlin Wall: Marking 25 years
2014 ,
On 9th November the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of, probably, the most significant event in recent European history – the fall of the Berlin wall. For decades, it stood...
Read More“Make In India” in Defence: Embedding Industry-wide Dialogue and Consultation
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The “Make In India” mantra requires a refreshingly new attitudinal change to India’s policy-making processes—namely, fostering a culture of trust between government and industry/ business stakeholders1. It may, therefore, be...
Read MoreWhy India is getting Wagah all wrong
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The suicide bombing that killed over 60 Pakistanis just outside the Wagah border parade area seems to have affected the usual suspects in India far more than it has the...
Read MoreDysfunctional Operating Environment in Defence: Removing the Cobwebs
2014 ,
Making the operating environment congenial to efficient functioning of the services will undoubtedly require wide-ranging steps, including those related to higher defence management, to be taken but the efficacy of...
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