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  • P-3C vs. P-8I: India, Pakistan and the Naval Balance
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   21 Apr, 2013    ·    #3889    ·    Commentary    
    Naval aviation is an important part of the naval strategy of India and Pakistan. The Pakistan navy took the lead in the sub-continent in terms of introducing the Atlantique long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft and Sea King helicopters fit...
  • Special Commentary: China's Defence White Paper 2013
    Jayadeva Ranade    ·   20 Apr, 2013    ·    #3888    ·    Commentary    
    Click here for the PDF version. China issued its eighth bi-annual Defence White Paper entitled: ‘The Diversified Employment of China’s Armed Forces’, on April 16, 2013. The last White Paper, pertaining to 2010, was publishe...
  • Boston Bombings: Possible Lessons
    Amit Gupta    ·   20 Apr, 2013    ·    #3887    ·    Commentary    
    A few days after the Boston bomb blast, out of the two suspects identified, one has been killed and the other captured, thanks largely to the overwhelming public response with cellphone and camera video and still pictures.  What lessons can...
  • Naxal Violence: The LWE Redux in Jharkhand
    Deepak Kumar Nayak    ·   18 Apr, 2013    ·    #3886    ·    Commentary    
    The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed five jawans of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) on 4 April 2013, in Gumla District in Jharkhand. In addition, a group of 25 to 30 Maoists blew up the Sreeram Panchayat Secretariat building ...
  • The North Korean Crisis: Musudan Missile Test a Potential Face-Saver for Kim Jong-un?
    Aakriti Bhutoria    ·   18 Apr, 2013    ·    #3885    ·    Commentary    
    As the world continues to grapple to find ways of responding to North Korea’s threat-mongering, the DPRK is fast losing out on credible provocations short of an apocalypse. Already seen as ‘a boy who cried wolf’, North Korea is...
  • Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees: Travails of Asylum Seeking
    Prof. V. Suryanarayan    ·   18 Apr, 2013    ·    #3884    ·    Commentary    
    Lured by the fairy tales of an El Dorado in Australia, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are falling prey to unscrupulous human traffickers. Last week, for instance, a tragic event took place in the Bay of Bengal. After paying huge amounts to touts, 120...
  • Pir Panjal International Festival: Marketing Rajouri, Poonch, Bhaderwah and Basholi
    D Suba Chandran    ·   18 Apr, 2013    ·    #3883    ·    Commentary    
    Few weeks earlier, a commentary in this column focussed on the need to have “Friends of Pir Panjal” on the models of Friends of Tibet. This commentary is a follow up, though the subject was addressed few years ago. The author was ...
  • India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: No Clear Winners
    D Suba Chandran    ·   17 Apr, 2013    ·    #3882    ·    Commentary    
    The IPCS debate by PR Chari and Adm Vijay Shankar, in response to Michael Krepon’s commentary, analyses the various facets of the nuclear race in South Asia. Krepon’s primary focus revolves around two issues - highlighting the nuclea...
  • India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: The Elephant and the Dilemma of Nuclear Force Planning
    Vijay Shankar    ·   16 Apr, 2013    ·    #3881    ·    Commentary    
    One of the open secrets of the Indian security establishment is the evolution of its nuclear weapons capability. The process did not follow any established norms that guide the discernment of theory into a security strategy or the rendition of t...
  • Special Commentary: India’s Missile Defence
    Amit Gupta    ·   12 Apr, 2013    ·    #3880    ·    Commentary    
    India has tested a two-tier missile defence shield and is getting ready to place it around its two major cities, Delhi and Mumbai. There are three issues that emerge from the deployment of this capability: will it work effectively; how will it a...
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