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  • Hacking + Securities Fraud = New Face of Insider Trading

    Hacking + Securities Fraud = New Face of Insider Trading

    Hacker groups have turned their attention to stock markets not just to disrupt operations but also to trade and make financial gains.

    September 02, 2015

    GSAT-6: India’s Second Military Satellite Launched

    GSAT-6: India’s Second Military Satellite Launched

    India’s increasing investments in space for strategic purposes clearly indicates the rising relevance of space assets for the armed forces.

    August 31, 2015

    India-US Nuclear Deal: Only Half Realised After a Decade

    India-US Nuclear Deal: Only Half Realised After a Decade

    While the first watt of power from foreign-aided projects may take many years to come, the 10th anniversary coincides with major transformations in India’s indigenous nuclear energy programme.

    July 21, 2015

    Concerns About Proposed US Rules on Cybersecurity Products

    Concerns About Proposed US Rules on Cybersecurity Products

    While the Wassenaar Arrangement has instant recall in nuclear circles, it has only recently become a source of turmoil in cybersecurity, after the US Bureau of Industry and Security published rules that are applicable to cyber technologies.

    July 20, 2015

    India and the Satellite Launch Market

    India and the Satellite Launch Market

    While India has a reliable vehicle for launching less than 2 tonne satellites into LEO, it lacks the necessary infrastructure to obtain larger commercial benefits from this capability.

    July 16, 2015

    MERS: A New Virus Challenge

    MERS: A New Virus Challenge

    East and Southeast Asia are known to get affected by various diseases routinely. Particularly, various waterborne and other diseases likely malaria and dengue fever commonly affect the regions. There is a concern that global warming may translate into explosive growth of mosquito-borne diseases. In addition to this, growing number of natural disasters are found escalating the health related challenges. All this eventually poses a threat to health, economic and human security.

    July 01, 2015

    Recent ‘Chemical Incidents’ in France and Taiwan

    Recent ‘Chemical Incidents’ in France and Taiwan

    While the attack on the chemical warehouse in France and the accident in the Taiwanese park are not cases of chemical terrorism in a classical sense, they can be analysed against the backdrop of a ‘chemical incident’.

    June 30, 2015

    Shangri La Dialogue: Is Indian Participation a Necessity?

    Shangri La Dialogue: Is Indian Participation a Necessity?

    India’s ministerial presence at the Shangri La Dialogue could have helped India to articulate the new government’s strategic thought and expand from the realm of military diplomacy to defence diplomacy. So, is India’s defence establishment blind to probable benefits of participating in the Dialogue or are they thinking differently?

    May 29, 2015

    Reframing the Disarmament Discourse: Can the Humanitarian Paradigm make a difference?

    Reframing the Disarmament Discourse: Can the Humanitarian Paradigm make a difference?

    The 2015 NPT RevCon ended on an expected dismaying note. The only positive outcome was its endorsement of the recent initiatives to project the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, though not adopting its underlying theme - a nuclear weapons prohibition treaty.

    May 26, 2015

    A Comprehensive Approach to Internet Governance and Cybersecurity

    The pressing issues around cyberspace revolve around internet governance, cybersecurity and drawing up rules of the road for the new domain of cyberwar. While each of these is at a different stage in its evolution cycle, cyberspace itself is facing a watershed moment as insecurities mount. The fragmentation of cyberspace seems inevitable unless there is accelerated movement on resolving the fundamental issues of internet governance and cybersecurity that have been hanging fire for well over a decade.

    July 2014

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