Budget Utilisation and Accountability
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Every year as India approaches the Budget session of Parliament, there are debates in various forums about the adequacy of Budget allocation to meet the modernization plan of the Services...
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Partisanship can hurt India’s Internal Security Management
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It is perhaps a truism that issues concerning India’s internal security like terrorism, Naxalism and insurgencies in the North East require a dynamic multi-pronged approach spread across states to manage...
Read MoreDavid Miliband’s visit to India
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An article by the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, in The Guardian (January 15) in which he suggested, “resolution of the dispute over Kashmir would help deny extremists in the...
Read MoreNational Investigation Agency: A Good Start but not a Panacea
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On January 1, 2009 the National Investigative Agency Bill became a law. It provides for setting up a special agency at the national level “to investigate and prosecute offences affecting...
Read MoreChanging Face of Bodo Insurgency
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Intense internal rivalry among Bodo insurgents has proved to be the biggest hurdle to peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam. Internal differences within the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB),...
Read MoreWill The Fall Of Killinochchi End Ethnic Crisis In Sri Lanka?
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After nearly four months of intense conflict, the Sri Lankan military has finally taken control of Killinochchi, a key northern Sri Lankan town and the de facto capital of the...
Read MoreTowards Better India-Bangladesh relations
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The landslide victory of the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina in the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections ended the two-year old political uncertainty in Bangladesh and marks the return...
Read MoreOil Price Volatility and India’s Energy Security: Policies and Options
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The recent downslide in crude oil prices from a peak of US $147 a barrel to below $40 and speculated to fall further to $25 has evidently provided relief to...
Read MorePakistan’s Accountability and International Obligations
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Undoubtedly, the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks was an international tragedy. It was a crime under international law and as the serious concerns expressed by the UN Security Council demonstrates, it...
Read MoreNew Challenges of Cyberwar: Stocktaking from Mumbai Experience
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The November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have highlighted the new challenges posed by cyberwar. A faked telephone call from the India Foreign Minister to the Pakistani President caused a diplomatic...
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