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Prospects for Indo-US relations after President Obama’s visit

The best approach for India and the United States will be to work towards incremental improvement in the relationship and focus on those areas which have a direct impact on...

Arvind Gupta |
December 06, 2010 |
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Germany: In the Midst of Fear

Al Qaeda and the Taliban seem to be seeking to force Berlin to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by plotting terror attacks in Germany.

Namrata Goswami |
December 03, 2010 |
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Wen Jiabao’s India Visit: Evaluating the Strategic Context

Wen Jiabao’s visit provides ground to bring better clarity on the Chinese stance over a range of critical issues to India, and to ask whether the sentiments expressed in 2005...

Jagannath P. Panda |
December 02, 2010 |
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NATO-Russia relations: a new beginning?

A summit meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) took place in Lisbon on 19 November 2010.

Arvind Gupta |
November 30, 2010 |
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Korean Crisis: A case of repeated belligerence, limited options and antediluvian rules of engagement

Because of America’s refusal to engage North Korea, by default the reclusive nation dictates the rules of engagement in its favour.

Preeti Nalwa |
November 29, 2010 |
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North Korea Shells South Korea – Is it Bait?

North Korea’s intent appears to be to entice South Korea and the United States into resuming nuclear negotiations and to test their resolve.

Sarabjeet Singh Parmar |
November 29, 2010 |
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Deauville Summit

The Deauville summit gave the leaders of France, Germany and Russia an opportunity to co-ordinate their positions on many issues.

Amrita Shukla |
November 29, 2010 |
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Skolkovo Initiative: Russia’s Drive Towards Modernization

The Skolkova initiative is part of Russia’s attempt to develop a robust national innovation system and a knowledge based economy.

Rajorshi Roy |
November 26, 2010 |
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Less Brussels, more La Manche*? The Case of Anglo-French Defence Co-operation

The question is not whether bilateral co-operation among member-states is a substitute for common European defence.

Kalyani Unkule |
November 25, 2010 |
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Britain’s Strategic Defence and Security Review

The review shows a remarkable shift in the strategic thinking of UK from that of the Cold War frame to a more independent contemporary assessment with a focus on non-conventional...

Poornima Subramaniam |
November 25, 2010 |
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The Culture of ‘Bandhs’ and the Absence of Local Governance in the Northeast

The time has come for citizens of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland to stand up against the negative culture of ‘bandhs’ issued by armed groups who invariably represent only themselves, and...

Namrata Goswami |
November 25, 2010 |
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India and New Zealand: Engaging each other in Asia

India and New Zealand have a great opportunity to work together for the economic wellbeing of the Pacific Island nations.

Rajaram Panda |
November 25, 2010 |
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Obama’s AfPak Review should emphasise on Peace Talks with the Taliban

The US needs to take direct charge of the peace talks prong of strategy to meet the mid-2011 deadline of beginning its troops withdrawal as well as to enable NATO...

Ali Ahmed |
November 23, 2010 |
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Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Set to Chart a New Trajectory

The most important though understated aspect of Obama’s visit to India was the forward movement on almost all facets of defence cooperation.

Gurmeet Kanwal |
November 23, 2010 |
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Why Japan’s economy is ailing?

Japan needs to structurally transform domestic demand by focusing on its service sector – medical services, education, environment, and health.

Rajaram Panda |
November 22, 2010 |
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Cold Start as Deterrence against Proxy War

As long as the sub-conventional deterrence holds, the enunciation of the Cold Start doctrine actually introduces a degree of strategic stability in the region.

Sushant Sareen |
November 22, 2010 |
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North Korea – Construction of Nuclear Power Plant

In the latest game of one-upmanship, North Korea has up the ante by announcing to the world that there is no stopping its nuclear development programme.

The 2010 U.S. Mid-Term Elections and American Foreign Policy

International security analysts must begin a discussion on how reductions in the U.S. defence budget will influence the nature of bilateral security relationships across Asia

Peter Maher |
November 16, 2010 |
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Karachi is Burning, Pakistan is Tottering

The continuing spiral of violence in Karachi signals the slow but gradual melting of a nuclear-armed State controlled by a military allied with global terrorist networks.

Rajeev Sharma |
November 15, 2010 |
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Russia-China-India Trilateral: Calibrating a Fine Balance

The importance of the RIC trilateral initiative lies in the fact that India, Russia and China, as countries with growing international influence, can make substantive contributions to global peace, security...

R N Das |
November 15, 2010 |
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