UNSC Vote on the Crimean Issue: Why did China Abstain?
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When China decided to abstain in the vote taken in the UN Security Council on the issue of the referendum to decide on Crimea’s future; it handed the Western powers...
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Crimean crisis: A New Phase of Cold War?
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The referendum in Crimea on 16th March gave a 97 percent support in favour of joining Russia. The Western countries have held the referendum to be illegal. Undeterred, on 19th...
Read MoreChess Game over Crimea
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Russia has won the chess game. President Putin played well. The other side consisting of the fledgling government in Kiev, President Obama, and the European Union could have played a...
Read MoreRFI for the Basic Trainer Aircraft: New Ray of Hope for the Indian industry
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With the Avro replacement programme of the Indian Air Force tragically consigned to the back burner, a new ray of hope has appeared for the Indian aerospace industry in the...
Read MoreIndia-China relations: Visa issue
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The practice of issuing stapled visa instead of proper visa by the Chinese embassy to Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh in last few years, and earlier in respect of Indian...
Read MoreOffsets Facilitation Cell: Optimizing its Potential
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On Feb 14, 2014, MoD issued an office memorandum about operationalization of a Offsets Facilitation Cell. This is the perhaps the first positive step in a long time and the...
Read MoreThe issue of de-militarisation of Northern Province of Sri Lanka
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In a bilateral interaction at the recent BIMSTEC Summit in Myanmar, India’s prime minister is reported to have told Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapakse on March 4, to think about...
Read MoreEarly Trends in Afghan Elections: Abdullah Leads the Show
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There have been three major surveys held recently predicting the future leader of Afghanistan, which indicate that the Presidential race is almost certain to enter the second round as none...
Read MoreWhy Pakistan cannot defeat the Taliban
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Is Pakistan fighting a losing war against the Islamists? It would appear so given the sort of confusion in the country about what this war is all about. There is...
Read MoreCrimea: Thaw in Tensions?
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President Putin’s latest decision to pull back troops from Russia’s western border and his declaration to employ armed forces in Ukraine only as a last resort is expected to temporarily...
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