Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
2021 ,
The world once again bowed its head in shame and paid tribute to the victims on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki days on 6 August and 9 August, respectively. The comity...
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Viable Alternatives Required to Replace Existing Procurement Procedures
2021 ,
The Army Chief MM Naravane recently criticised the current process of procurement of defence materiel for the armed forces in no uncertain terms. Speaking at an event organised by the...
Read MoreBangladesh Looks to Russia to Resolve Rohingya Crisis
2021 ,
The issue of Rohingya refugees has turned out to be a major problem for Bangladesh in recent times, especially after the mass exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar in August 2017....
Read MoreSelf-Reliance in Defence Sector
2021 ,
In the defence sector, India has long sought self-reliance, but efforts have yielded few results. India built up its domestic defence production capacity with assistance from countries like the Soviet...
Read MoreWho is Responsible for Defence of India?
2021 ,
The creation of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) as the fifth department of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) last year, with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat concurrently...
Read MorePrime Minister’s Outreach to Political Leaders of Jammu and Kashmir
2021 ,
On 24 June 2021, 14 mainstream political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.1 The meeting was called by the prime minister and it...
Read MoreIsraeli Foreign Minister’s Visit to UAE: Taking Abraham Accords Forward
2021 ,
In a span of ten months, since the signing of the Abraham Accords in September 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made significant strides in laying a...
Read MoreWhat Should Define Integration of Armed Forces?
2021 ,
The recent past has witnessed yet another public difference of opinion regarding the nature and contours of ongoing efforts at integrating the armed forces. While debate and deliberations on major...
Read MoreIndigenisation – In Need of Policy Framework
2021 ,
India has been striving for indigenisation of defence production for close to three decades. To give impetus to the efforts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had constituted a committee in...
Read MoreChallenges for Israel’s New Coalition Government
2021 ,
On 14 June 2021, after a historic voting session in the Knesset, Israel’s unicameral parliament, a new coalition government was elected. It finally ended a more than two-year-long political stalemate...
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