Author: Amit Cowshish
May 6, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
The scandal surrounding the procurement of 12 AW-101 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland is the latest in a long list of scandals in defence deals. There is no question that the...
Read MoreAuthor: Mathew Sinu Simon
May 5, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
India is juxtaposing its strategic position in the world by putting greater emphasis on its ties with the United States in contrast to the importance it accords to the European...
Read MoreAuthor: Uttam Kumar Sinha
May 2, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
In April 2016 Parliament approved the National Waterways Bill. This is a significant approval as the Bill provides for enacting a central legislation to declare 106 additional inland waterways as...
Read MoreAuthor: Reshmi Kazi
April 16, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
The Nuclear Security Summit has played a dynamic role in bringing high-level political attention to the possibility of terrorists gaining hold of weapons-usable nuclear materials and the need to mitigate...
Read MoreAuthor: Smruti S. Pattanaik
April 14, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
Last year, soon after taking power as president of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena requested a US$4 billion loan from the IMF to restructure its debt repayments. The bailout package was...
Read MoreAuthor: Sampa Kundu
April 11, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
Independent India was a typical continental power, mostly due to its difficult land border disputes with China and Pakistan. During the Cold War days, India wanted that the major world...
Read MoreAuthor: Sampa Kundu
April 8, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a population (600 million) larger than North America or the European Union; its total merchandise exports stand at $1.2 trillion. Stephen Groff,...
Read MoreAuthor: S. Samuel C. Rajiv
April 6, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr S. Samuel C. Rajiv's research article, titled ‘Deep Disquiet: Israel and the Iran Nuclear Deal’ was published in the March 2016 issue of Journal - Contemporary...
Read MoreAuthor: Gurmeet Kanwal
March 31, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue earlier this month, Admiral Harry Harris, Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Command, called for quadrilateral Australia-India-Japan-US consultations for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. He said,...
Read MoreAuthor: S. D. Muni
March 28, 2016 , Op-eds and Articles
India need not press the panic button or employ ill-conceived diplomatic moves in response to Nepal’s so-called flashing of the China card. Nor should it make an unethical compromise with...
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