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  • Obama – II and the Global Nuclear Disarmament: Will There Be a Revival?
    Shubhra Chaturvedi    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3769    ·    Commentary    
    The American Presidential debate is a projection of the different policies that the United States as a state would follow when different candidates come to power. The 2012 debates, in this regard, were definitely a clear indication of the issues...
  • India: How Credible is its Ballistic Missile Defence?
    Debak Das    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3768    ·    Commentary    
    The strategic implications of an operational Ballistic Missile Defence System are grave and potentially dangerous. The DRDO’s successful test of the indigenously built Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor on 23rd November 2012 in a &lsqu...
  • China: Reasons for being a Top FDI Destination
    Teshu Singh    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3767    ·    Commentary    
    Within three decades of reform and opening up China has become a top destination of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The United Nation Conference of Trade and Development released a report on 23 October 2012, stating that China replaced the US a...
  • IPCS Discussion: Sino-Indian and Sino-South Korean Relations
    Teshu Singh    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3766    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the Sino-Indian and Sino-South Korean Relations: Compulsions, Comparisons and Contrasts event held at the IPCS on 22 November 2012 Amb. Sudhir Devare It is a comprehensive manuscript including several perspectives ...
  • IPCS Discussion: China's Role in North Korea's Stability and Regional Security
    Teshu Singh    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3765    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the North Korea's Stability and Regional Security: China's Role event held at the IPCS on 15 November 2012 Dr. Rajaram Panda For its own ideological and strategic reasons, China has assumed t...
  • IPCS Discussion: Will the India-Pakistan Dispute Last for Hundred Years?
    Roomana Hukil    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3764    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the Indo-Pak Dispute: Will it Last for Hundred Years? event held at the IPCS on 12 October 2012 The  book, Shooting for a Century - A Hundred Years of India-Pakistan Conflict, largely builds on the ap...
  • India-Japan Strategic Partnership: An Agenda
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3763    ·    Commentary    
    “Japan and India enjoy deep mutual understanding and are fully committed to enhance the strategic and global partnership for peace and prosperity.” -Prime Ministers, Yoshihiko Noda and Dr.Manmohan Singh, Joint Statement, Decemb...
  • Book Review: A Retrospective on Reaffirming Ties East of India
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3762    ·    Commentary    
    Two Decades of India’s Look East Policy: Partnership For Peace, Progress And Prosperity AN Ram (Ed) New Delhi: Manohar, 2012 pp: 257 Price: Rs 695/- The book is a significant academic exercise as it involves the who’s who of t...
  • Book Review: Implications of Asia's Rising Powers for the US
    PR Chari    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3761    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm George J Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2012 pp. xxx+ 346 Price: Rs 995/- The two authors are MIT alumni, but their work experience differs...
  • Peace Alert: Final Stages of Indo-Naga Talks?
    Madhumita Das    ·   26 Nov, 2012    ·    #3760    ·    Commentary    
    The six-and-a-half decade old Indo-Naga conflict appears to be finally petering out. Talks between the Government of India and the main insurgent group the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN I-M) have reportedly entered its most deci...
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