IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Revisiting the Indian Policy on Antipersonnel Landmines

India has been an observer to the Mine Ban Treaty since 2003. While it is important that anti-personnel mines should be banned, it is also important to recognize and understand...

Medha Bisht |
November 30, 2009 |
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Another 26 / 11 Averted in Bangladesh

The coming to power of Sheikh Hasina and General Moeen’s determined efforts to transform the army into a fully professional force have weakened elements that support terrorism in Bangladesh.

Anand Kumar |
November 27, 2009 |
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United States and Asia: Inextricably Linked

Trade relations between the US and China only exemplify the true nature of a complex interdependent international environment. This limits or alters foreign policy options for both countries and directly...

S. Rajasimman |
November 26, 2009 |
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26/11, The ‘Israeli Way’ and Relevance for India

While countries need to adopt each other’s best practices to deal with the hydra-headed monster called terrorism, there cannot be a magic bullet or a single successful counter-terror strategy.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
November 26, 2009 |
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Whither Coastal Security?

State governments have to be coaxed and cajoled into actively participating and cooperating with the Centre in the national endeavour to secure India’s coasts.

Pushpita Das |
November 26, 2009 |
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Houthis and external intervention in Yemen

The failure of the government to stem Houthi-led violence and the involvement of the external powers in Yemen’s sectarian problems has aggravated the country’s stability. Yemen has been turned in...

Prasanta Kumar Pradhan |
November 25, 2009 |
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Mujib Killing Case Judgement

The verdict will have a balming effect on all those who not only lost their families but also on those who felt betrayed by the subsequent turn of events in...

Sreeradha Datta |
November 25, 2009 |
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Will Indian Defence Private Sector Deliver with Recent Policy Changes?

With the growth of the public sector in Defence Production a large number of industrial units in the Private Sector has also grown with varied scales of operation in areas...

Narinder Gupta |
November 24, 2009 |
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Lest We Forgot: The Battle of Rezang La

While recalling the 1962 conflict we often refer to India’s ‘humiliating defeat’ at Chinese hands and forget that the Jawan of the Indian Army invariably fought with exceptional bravery and...

Ramesh Phadke |
November 18, 2009 |
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Crackdown on Northeast Insurgents: Dhaka Prepares for Hasina’s India Visit

New Delhi and Dhaka may have reached a tacit understanding that Northeast rebels based in Bangladesh will be simply picked up and handed over to India.

Anand Kumar |
November 18, 2009 |
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India-Australia Relations: Off Again, On Again?

India-Australia relations have become an intricate set of positives and negatives, with the former outweighing the latter. Kevin Rudd made an honest attempt to redress Indian grievances but he has...

Rahul Mishra |
November 16, 2009 |
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PLAAF at 60

With the inclusion of its Commander in the all powerful Central Military Commission, the PLA Air Force is well placed to play an ever more important role in China’s defence...

Ramesh Phadke |
November 12, 2009 |
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Diversion of Yarlung Tsangpo: A Probability Analysis

The issue of water allocation and water rights of Bangladesh, India and China could form the basis of a framework on which joint cooperation among the three countries can be...

Medha Bisht |
November 11, 2009 |
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Acquisition Reform – Lessons from Bernard Gray

If India does not modernize in an evenly spread out manner, it will be faced either with the prospect of its armed forces not being prepared, or rushing to make...

Raj Shukla |
November 10, 2009 |
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Indian Defence Industry Poised to Grow

Even as the new amendments incentivise domestic companies to enter defence production, the government has made it clear that it wants a competitive environment in defence industry.

Laxman Kumar Behera |
November 10, 2009 |
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Community Building in the Asia-Pacific: Ideas, Concepts and the United States

Notwithstanding the community formation ideas in different shapes coming from Japan and Australia, the EAS came out with as many as 42 deals on issues ranging from outstanding trade and...

Rajaram Panda |
November 06, 2009 |
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Who is Supporting Jundullah’s Terror Campaign and Why?

From its base in Pakistan’s Baluchistan, Jundallah has had opportunities to forge cooperative ties not only with the ISI but also with the Taliban as well as with the intelligence...

Balaji Chandramohan |
November 06, 2009 |
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Shadow over the Latest Nuclear Deal with Iran

The draft deal is envisaged as a test of Iran’s intentions, and from the Iranian point of view as a test of Western countries’ assurance to facilitate its peaceful nuclear...

M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi |
November 05, 2009 |
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Need for a Resource Generation and Management Cell in Defence

The orientation of the existing administrative set up in Service Headquarters and in departments under the Ministry of Defence is to plan for the utilization of defence budget allocation. They...

Arvind Kadyan |
November 05, 2009 |
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A Possible Afghan Denouement

Post an American exit, China is likely to increase its investments in Afghanistan, provide employment to hundreds of unskilled Afghan workers, and assume the role of regional stabiliser.

Ramesh Phadke |
November 03, 2009 |
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