IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

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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America’s Afghan Sojourn

The US may have satiated its desire for vengeance but risks losing sight of its objectives due to liberal atavism, inconstancy, pusillanimity and operational ineptitude.

Kartik Bommakanti |
November 03, 2009 |
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East Asian Regionalism Vs Asian Regionalism

The appropriate option for the Hatoyama government would be to take incremental steps aimed at building greater confidence and trust amongst Asian nations across a number of policy fronts rather...

Rajaram Panda |
October 31, 2009 |
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The new government in Berlin

On the eve of the formation of the new government it is expected that Germany would mainly devote its energy at home as the mandate is for continuity in the...

Controversy over Relocating Futenma base

The Futenma issue is therefore unlikely to be allowed to derail the decades-old alliance relationship, irrespective of the fact that there is now a government in Japan headed by the...

Rajaram Panda |
October 31, 2009 |
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Leading the way – Exercise Yudh Abhyas

India's relationship with the United States has been a subject of debate and discussion. Both nations despite being large and stable democracies have had a contentious relationship demonstrating that shared...

Arvind Dutta |
October 29, 2009 |
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Japan’s quest for East Asian Community

Japan is seeking to forge an East Asian Community inline with the European Union. But the optimism that East Asia will realize the goal of European Union (EU) type integration...

Shamshad A. Khan |
October 28, 2009 |
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India-Pakistan Conflict Outcome Probability

The Prime Minister in his address to the Combined Commanders conference of the armed forces exhorted the Services to remain alert, due to the unfolding situation in Pakistan. The armed...

Ali Ahmed |
October 27, 2009 |
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China should not use water as a threat multiplier

Water may not become a catalyst for a direct conflict, but China could leverage Tibet’s water as a politico-military tool vis-à-vis other riparian states. As the economies of India and...

P. Stobdan |
October 23, 2009 |
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Re-strategizing the AfPak Campaign

America’s new strategy in Afghanistan needs to be based on the concept of `connect–hold–build’, where the ground troops surely and silently `connect’ with the local population.

Harinder Singh |
October 22, 2009 |
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India’s Afghan Policy Requires Rethinking

Stability in Afghanistan is vital and the stakes for India are high, but the time is over for sitting on the fence. India requires a larger strategic vision, not a...

P. Stobdan |
October 19, 2009 |
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Talibanization of Gilgit-Baltistan and Sectarian Killings

The year 2009 has seen more sectarian killings in Gilgit-Baltistan than the previous two years put together. Although sniper shooting has remained the primary method of sectarian killings, owing to...

Senge H. Sering |
October 19, 2009 |
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