IDSA Comments - MP-IDSA

India’s Maoists: Financing the war machinery

In a document entitled ‘Our Financial Policy’, the Maoists mention that they have three types of economic needs, viz. the needs of war, political propaganda and the people. To cater...

P. V. Ramana |
December 27, 2013 |
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Delegation of Powers to the Armed Forces in a Time Warp

MoD, according to news reports, has instructed the Army HQ that its permission will need to be taken before changing the structure or role of the units in future. This...

Amit Cowshish |
December 26, 2013 |
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Taking Stock of Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s One Year Rule

In the last one year, Xi’s has consolidated his position within the Standing Committee of the Party Politbureau, elevated information security as China’s core concern and focused on internal security...

R. S. Kalha |
December 20, 2013 |
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Iftikhar Choudharys Judicial Activism and the Pakistani state: Time for a rethink?

While Choudhary’s judicial activism did restore a degree of sanity to Pakistan, it came at the expense of other institutions and created an imbalance of power. Pakistan, to become a...

Wajahat Qazi |
December 18, 2013 |
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Border Roads Organisation in the North-East: Need for Priority

The importance of the road network in the north-east needs no emphasis. India is now raising the 17 Mountain Corps to augment its strategic strike capability vis-à-vis China. The BRO...

Gautam Sen |
December 16, 2013 |
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Is It Time to Withdraw the Army from Kashmir?

2013 witnessed the highest ceasefire violations in eight years, accompanied by a sharp increase in security force casualties. Some sections within the media and intelligentsia have misunderstood the army’s presence...

Vivek Chadha |
December 13, 2013 |
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Chief of Defence Staff must be Appointed Immediately

All major democracies have opted for the CDS and India cannot ignore it any further. In the prevailing battlefield milieu of joint operations, combined operations and even coalition operations, modern...

Gurmeet Kanwal |
December 12, 2013 |
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US Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific: Implications for West Asia

White House has sought to assuage the West Asian states’ feelings that the ties with Asia-Pacific would not be at their expense. On the other hand, there are strong prescriptions...

Gulshan Dietl |
December 11, 2013 |
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China’s ADIZ: A Case of an Overreach?

There is no doubt that this an audacious foreign policy gambit played by China. Un-named Chinese officials have been quoted in the Chinese press to say that China is willing...

R. S. Kalha |
December 10, 2013 |
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Cause and Effect of the ADIZ over East China Sea

The primary aim of the ADIZ is to provide a lead time to the air force, in case of hostile aircraft intruding, and take appropriate actions to counter them. The...

Naval Jagota |
December 06, 2013 |
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Gen. Raheel Sharif: Chief Has Changed, Army Remains the Same

A lot has being made of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif taking his time to select the next army chief and signalling civilian supremacy by picking the number three in the...

Sushant Sareen |
December 03, 2013 |
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Reduction in Expenditure on Internal Security in Nagaland: Is it Feasible?

The State hardly has any `balance from its current revenues` to take on additional internal security expenditure or fund its own development activities. In this backdrop, the State has perforce...

Gautam Sen |
December 03, 2013 |
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Avro Replacement Programme: Alive and Kicking

This programme was a sincere effort by the MoD to walk the talk on participation of the private industry in defence manufacturing. The success or failure of this programme will...

Amit Cowshish |
December 03, 2013 |
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Chinese ADIZ in East China Sea: Posers for India

China has created a furor by announcing the creation of an Air Defence identification Zone (ADIZ) over the Senkakau/Diayou islands in East China Sea. There is now little doubt that...

Arvind Gupta |
December 02, 2013 |
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The US-Iran Deal and the Outcome

The interim deal was signed by seven foreign ministers of US, UK , France, Russia, China, Germany and Iran but the deal was not negotiated mainly in Geneva, but in...

K. P. Fabian |
November 28, 2013 |
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Vikramaditya’s Induction: High-point for the Indian Navy

Vikramaditya’s commissioning has re-ignited an old debate on the relevance of aircraft carriers. Proponents argue that it must play a central role in ‘blue-water’ plans while opponents posit that the...

Abhijit Singh |
November 27, 2013 |
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Coastal Security: Time for course correction

Five years since the Mumbai terror attacks, the coastal mechanism remains weak. It is time to seriously consider the Indian coast guard as the single authority responsible for coastal security...

Pushpita Das |
November 26, 2013 |
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Bangladesh: Should Anti-incumbency Outweigh Growth and Stability?

The Awami League government may not have done everything right in the last five years, but it has done commendable work by South Asian standards. The Bangladesh economy has grown...

Anand Kumar |
November 22, 2013 |
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India’s Policy Objectives in Afghanistan

India’s interests lie in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan and one of its major policy objectives would be to see the elimination of terrorism from Afghanistan and the destruction of...

Gurmeet Kanwal |
November 21, 2013 |
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India-Myanmar Border Problems: Fencing not the only solution

In addition to building a 10-km fence along its border with Myanmar, India should strengthen the security of the border by deploying adequate guarding forces, revise the FMR and constructively...

Pushpita Das |
November 15, 2013 |
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