Pentagon’s Robotic Soldiers: Reality or Fiction?
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Recent media reports indicate that the Pentagon is planning to replace 30 per cent of its soldiers with robots by 2020. The employment of robots by the armed forces includes...
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LTTE Woos Tamil Nadu
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LTTE Political Head P. Nadesan’s recent call to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi to “turn into a supporter of LTTE struggle” in an interview to ‘Kumudam,’ a Tamil weekly, is...
Read MoreShanghai Co-operation Organisation: Countering NATO’s Move
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The August 28 SCO summit in Dushanbe will be viewed with keen concern by most international watchers. It comes on the heels of China’s successful conduct of the Olympics and...
Read MoreGeorgian Crisis will have adverse impact on Russia’s relations with the West
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Russian military operations in Georgia and the finalisation of agreement between the US and Poland on the stationing of missile interceptors in Poland are two developments that are likely to...
Read MoreIs Expansion on the SCO Agenda?
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is no more a curiosity and has become an important element of contemporary international relations. Since 2005, it has emerged as an influential regional body...
Read MoreWhat is wrong with India’s Defence Industrial Policy?
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The above question arises in the context of publicly known government plans of arms procurement amounting to over $64 billion1 as part of the modernisation programme of the armed forces....
Read MoreIndia’s Defence Offset Policy 2008
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) recently issued a new set of rules for the procurement of arms, ammunition and other defence related products and services. The rule book, known as...
Read MoreThe July 2008 Terrorist Attacks in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad
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Two co-ordinated strikes on July 25 and 26, 2008 in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad killed 54 people and injured nearly 200. In the next few days, 28 bombs including two car...
Read MoreRussia’s New Rules for Global Competition
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Russia’s new President Dmitry Medvedev has put forward a fresh foreign policy blueprint and set forth a brand new idea of a Pan-European Security structure, which envisages a role for...
Read MoreCan SAARC hold the Regional Dream?
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SAARC has in recent years attracted wide international attention and generated much interest among countries that now hold Observer status. The 15th Summit held in Colombo on August 2 –...
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