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Coronavirus in Pakistan’s Urdu Media: God’s Punishment to Conspiracy to Biological Warfare!

While scientists all over the world are working tirelessly to find an antidote to COVID-19, the narratives doing the rounds in Pakistan – pushed and peddled by the Urdu media,...

Nazir Ahmad Mir |
April 20, 2020 |
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A Case for Deferring Promulgation of DPP 2020

Considering the impending financial crunch due to the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty about allocations in the coming years, it is unlikely that the MoD will be able to launch many...

Amit Cowshish |
April 17, 2020 |
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Draft DPP 2020 – Keep it Simple

Draft DPP 2020 needs to cut out obfuscation, repetitions, and bring out core issues for the consideration of the decision-makers in a concise and clear manner.

Kishore Kumar Khera |
April 17, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and Geo-political Implications

The lack of international cooperation and trust deficit to tackle the COVID-19 crisis is stark. The pandemic of fear may deepen an ongoing shift towards increased anarchy reflected in ‘everyone...

Prakash Menon |
April 17, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and GCC Countries

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the key priorities for the GCC countries are to contain the spread of the pandemic, maintain the flow of trade across their borders...

COVID-19 Crisis and Pakistan-China Equation

China is too important for Pakistan’s power elite, given that their stakes are tied firmly to the success of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects. Similarly, China would also need dependable and loyal...

Priyanka Singh |
April 15, 2020 |
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Turkey Struggles to Tackle COVID-19

The political divisions and economic challenges facing the country have complicated the government’s response to the pandemic, putting the population at risk and threatening to undermine the popularity of President...

Md. Muddassir Quamar |
April 14, 2020 |
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Coping with New Guidelines on Expenditure Management

The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe.

Amit Cowshish |
April 13, 2020 |
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Civil War Complicates Fight Against COVID-19 in Syria

Syria’s fragile health care system on account of the continuing conflict hinders the country’s effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lakshmi Priya |
April 13, 2020 |
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Video Conferencing Apps: A New Playground for Cyber Criminals

With a new found celebrity status among the video conferencing applications, Zoom now faces a massive privacy and security threat as the platform’s default settings are not secure enough.

Kritika Roy |
April 11, 2020 |
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Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Looming Crisis in the Horizon

The Hasina Government is in overdrive to meet the Covid-19 challenge head on, and ensure that this unforeseen threat does not snowball into a major national crisis.

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
April 09, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Should Qualify as Force Majeure in Defence Contracts

There is a need to act quickly on the issue of force majeure to scotch all speculations about how the MoD is going to deal with the inevitable delay in...

Amit Cowshish |
April 06, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and Role of Global Mega Corporations

COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to the global new-age mega corporations to up their game and showcase their innovativeness and resourcefulness.

Ashish Chhibbar |
April 03, 2020 |
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COVID-19 and Cyber Risks

While maintaining cyber hygiene in these disruptive times is indeed a challenge, each organisation should work towards putting in place a tailor-made work-from-home cyber defence strategy.

Kritika Roy |
March 30, 2020 |
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Patterns of Arms Trade

The SIPRI report on the volume of international arms transfers during 2015-19 highlights the strengths of key strategic partnerships such as Russia-India, US-Japan and China-Pakistan, reinforced by arms trade.

Kanica Rakhra |
March 25, 2020 |
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Iran’s Nuclear Quandary

The European Union-3 and Iran are indeed up against formidable odds to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) alive going forward.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
February 21, 2020 |
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Ensuring a Level Playing Field in the Indian Army

The Indian Army is at the cusp of a huge change. It has to concurrently manage the matter of Women Officers as seamlessly as possible. Success in this venture is...

Alok Deb |
February 19, 2020 |
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Defence Budget 2020-21

The slowdown in economic growth not only seems to have cast its shadow on the allocation of the defence budget for 2020-21 but has also compounded the challenges for the...

Vinay Kaushal |
February 12, 2020 |
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Israel’s Laser-based Missile Interception System

The laser-based aerospace defence assets, as and when they are fully developed and deployed, could prove to be a potent deterrent.

Atul Pant |
February 07, 2020 |
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India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave: A Fresh Initiative

The India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave is a step towards engaging the African countries on peace and security. It is hoped that the conclave leads to a candid discussion on common...

Ruchita Beri |
February 06, 2020 |
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