IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Sino-Japanese Relations and the ‘Wen Jiabao effect’

It is no exaggeration to state that Sino-Japanese relations are currently going through a phase of renewal and revival. Reflecting current sentiments that seek to build an optimistic future, Wen...

Raviprasad Narayanan |
April 20, 2007 |
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Seminar on Outsourcing Possibilities in Defence: Some Impressions

The Ministry of Defence (Finance) organised a day-long seminar on March 24, 2007 on Outsourcing Possibilities in Defence. The seminar brought together a variety of perspectives – of the Services,...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
April 11, 2007 |
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LTTE Air Strike Redefines Conflict

The LTTE's air attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force base at Katunayake, adjoining the Katunayake International Airport (KIA), marks a new dimension in the three-decade-old conflict. The bombing raid...

M. Mayilvaganan |
March 30, 2007 |
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The Indian Defence Budget 2007-08

On February 28, 2007, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the Union Budget for the fiscal Year 2007-08 (April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008). Out of a total budgeted expenditure...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
March 09, 2007 |
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Indo-US Business Relations: Setting new records

With the passage of a year since the visit of President George W. Bush to India, it is the business communities of the two countries that have benefited the most...

Cherian Samuel |
March 08, 2007 |
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India and Russia Need to Deepen Economic Relations

The recent meeting of the Indo-Russian Business Co-operation Council and the Trade and Investment Forum in New Delhi was significant, in that it took place after the recent summit-level talks...

Nivedita Das Kundu |
March 07, 2007 |
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Naxalites resolve to focus on urban areas

In response to the government-organised National Naxalite Co-ordination Committee meeting held in December 2006 at Bhubaneswar, Naxalites have enunciated their counter-strategy. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which accounts for...

Nihar R. Nayak |
March 06, 2007 |
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India can drive a hard bargain on the IPI Pipeline

The general impression is that Iran has gained tremendously from rising oil prices, fuelled by its vast oil wealth. In reality, however, given increased domestic consumption coupled with inefficient usage...

Rohit Pattnaik |
February 23, 2007 |
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Aero India 2007: The Lure of India’s Burgeoning Aerospace Market

The Sixth Aero India Aerospace and Defence Exhibition held from February 07 to 11, 2007 was by all accounts a 'big' event. The biennial gathering was organized jointly by the...

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
February 22, 2007 |
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Why are we talking about an OGEC now?

In January 2007, when the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei suggested to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Igor Ivanov, that the two countries should explore setting up an...

Shebonti Ray Dadwal |
February 21, 2007 |
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The US Defence Budget for 2008

On February 5, 2007, President Bush presented his administration's budget for fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008). Out of a total budgetary allocation of US $2.9...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
February 21, 2007 |
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A Tightrope Walk in the Korean Peninsula

Earlier speculations negating the possibility of one-on-one talks between the United States and North Korea after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test have proven wrong. Irrespective of the merits or the...

Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
February 19, 2007 |
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China’s Ambitions in Space

It may be a mere coincidence that the People's Daily, official mouth piece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), decided to carry two pieces on China's ongoing space programme on...

M. V. Rappai |
February 19, 2007 |
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Growing Fundamentalism in the Northeast

The disturbing reports about the presence of jihadi forces in India's northeast have added a new twist to the region's multiple insurgencies. Combined with the recent arrest in Delhi of...

M. Amarjeet Singh |
February 19, 2007 |
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Fake Killings in Jammu & Kashmir: Need for Checks and Balances

The recent uproar in Jammu and Kashmir over 'fake killings' has once again turned public attention towards the issue of human rights violations by law enforcement agencies. The State is...

B. S. Sachar |
February 13, 2007 |
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The Way to Engage Iran

In addition to the earlier run two pilot cascades of 164 centrifuges, Iran has set up two more cascades of 164 centrifuges each despite repeated calls from the UN Security...

Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
February 12, 2007 |
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The ASAT test and China’s Space Ambitions

With the successful test of its first anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, China has once again highlighted its impressive achievements in space technology. At the same time, the test is refuelling debate...

Jagannath P. Panda |
February 12, 2007 |
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Securitising Development and the Naxal Threat

It has been generally accepted that the Naxal issue is more than a law and order problem. With the socio-economic dimension being increasingly important along with the military one, a...

Medha Bisht |
February 12, 2007 |
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Rehabilitating Child Soldiers in Nepal

In January 2007, the House of Representatives in Nepal, restored after the people's movement of April, 2006, unanimously adopted an interim Constitution and dissolved itself. This technically paved the way...

Sukanya Podder |
February 03, 2007 |
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China’s Defence White Paper: Can India Draw Some Lessons?

On 29 December 2006, China released its latest white paper on national defence. Though this document is widely perceived as opaque in budgetary facts and figures, it gives policy makers...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
January 31, 2007 |
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