IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

Reforming Defence Contracting Procedures

It may perhaps be useful to examine some features of India’s Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) for streamlining of the capital acquisition process for defence procurement. After all, the DPP may...

Sandeep Verma |
May 28, 2014 |
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Little Hope for Entry into the SCO

The prospects for new states becoming SCO members seem remote. The new clause that requires all heads of the member states to sign the membership document is the main obstacle...

P. Stobdan |
May 26, 2014 |
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Syria: A Grand Settlement?

It is painfully clear that no serious attempt is being made to resolve the Syrian crisis. There seems to be a certain fatigue in the international community combined with a...

K. P. Fabian |
May 26, 2014 |
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Indo-Pak relations: Fresh dawn or false start?

Invitation to the SAARC leader to attend Prime Minister-elect’s swearing in ceremony has electrified diplomatic atmosphere in South Asia. In this context Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit and his...

Obama’s visit to Japan: strategic significance

A Sino-Japanese conflict is not in the US interest and certainly not in Japan’s. Stability in the regional security landscape cannot be solely guaranteed by reaffirming the US-Japan security alliance,...

Titli Basu |
May 20, 2014 |
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Moving on with the Defence & Security of India

Ministry of Defence which accounts for 13-14 per cent of the central government expenditure, if one also takes into account the expenditure on defence pensions, could come under some pressure...

Amit Cowshish |
May 20, 2014 |
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Challenging Stereotypes: Reinventing the national discourse on the North East

If the larger goal is to understand the challenges of the North East, it would require a strong national narrative which reconciles its many identities and adds to the peace...

Shruti Pandalai |
May 16, 2014 |
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CPI (Maoist) and Urban Movement

The Urban Movement has a defined role in the political strategy and military strategy of the CPI (Maoist). In the Maoist schemes, Urban Movement is to broadly to mobilise and...

P. V. Ramana |
May 12, 2014 |
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National Investigation Agency: Do states have right to reject?

The NIA was established in a concurrent jurisdiction framework, with provisions for taking up specific cases under specific Acts for investigation and prosecution. The NIA may be seen to conflict...

N. Manoharan |
May 12, 2014 |
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Bodo violence: Contest for power and territory

It is imperative that the government immigration agencies generate reliable verified data on the number of people coming in from Bangladesh into Assam. It is also the government’s constitutional obligation...

Namrata Goswami |
May 09, 2014 |
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Settling differences with China

A re-look of the intentions of the Chinese is important because according to long-term economic trends around 2030 Asia will be the world’s powerhouse just as it was prior to...

Mukul Sanwal |
May 07, 2014 |
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The future of India-Bangladesh ties

Amid claims and counter claims, it can not be denied that unabated influx from Bangladesh into the North Eastern states has reached alarming proportion. It is essential that India convey...

Lessons from a tragedy: Case of MH 370

There is quite clearly reluctance all around to sharing data or at least in negating the sighting of the airliner on the radar by countries in the region for security...

Naval Jagota |
May 05, 2014 |
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Naval symposium in China: Decoding the outcome

The Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) is a small but positive sign towards better communication channels between navies to reduce tension in the seas. But for CUES to...

UNSCR 1540: A decade of existence

The success of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 should not make the international community overlook persisting problems. The objective of the 1540 is to internationalise WMD security by...

Rajiv Nayan |
April 28, 2014 |
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The Indian Navy’s ‘China’ dilemma

The naval exercise at Qingdao does not detract from the fact that the India-China maritime relationship is essentially an uneasy one. Each side is uncomfortable with the other’s presence in...

Abhijit Singh |
April 28, 2014 |
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Geneva agreement on Ukraine: Can it defuse tensions?

While the ‘compromise’, as put forth by Russia is a welcome development in so far it helps to diffuse the potential confrontation yet it does raise two pertinent questions: What...

Rajorshi Roy |
April 24, 2014 |
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Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2014: Status Quo for the Defence Sector

One of the provisions in the policy is that in the Information & Broadcasting and the Defence sectors, where the sectoral cap is less than 49 per cent, the company...

Amit Cowshish |
April 23, 2014 |
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Where is Ukraine headed to?

It is unlikely that Russia has serious plans to invade Ukraine and there is no reason to believe that EU or even US really wants a war. Yet, US, and...

K. P. Fabian |
April 23, 2014 |
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China’s 2014 Defence Budget: An Assessment

Following on Xi Jinping vision of ‘fight war, win war’, the Chinese military spending is shifting towards higher technology weapons and equipment and training and also illustrates its aim to...

M.S. Prathibha |
April 21, 2014 |
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