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  • Debate: India’s Nuclear Doctrine and Radiological Weapons
    Alankrita Sinha    ·   16 Feb, 2012    ·    #3577    ·    Commentary    
    The term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was first used in a Times (London) article in 1937 and was later defined by the UN in 1947. The UN definition included several weapons under the category of WMDs like atomic explosives, radioactive mate...
  • Debate: India’s Nuclear Doctrine and Radiological Weapons
       ·   16 Feb, 2012    ·    #3576    ·    Commentary    
    The 2003 CCS Review which operationalized India’s nuclear doctrine, incorporated nuclear retaliation against attacks using weapons of mass destruction (WMD), namely chemical and biological weapons. This has become a major bone of contentio...
  • NCBMs: Scaremongering, But with a Purpose
    Ali Ahmed    ·   15 Feb, 2012    ·    #3575    ·    Commentary    
    In his probe as to why the two states, India and Pakistan, do not pursue Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (NCBMs) with a degree of urgency, D Suba Chandran (Indo-Pak Nuclear CBMs: The Road to Nowhere, http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/indo-p...
  • China’s Leadership Dilemma: Development or Environment?
    Gunjan Singh    ·   15 Feb, 2012    ·    #3574    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese economy has been developing at a tremendous pace for the last three decades. The level of growth has been touching almost double digit figures. In 2010 China surpassed Japan and became the number two economy in the world. It also man...
  • Iran’s American 'Problem' in Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   14 Feb, 2012    ·    #3573    ·    Commentary    
    Iran views the presence of American forces in Afghanistan as detrimental and a threat to its interests. Iran’s strategy towards Afghanistan is greatly influenced by this threat perception. The question that arises then is why is the Americ...
  • China-India: Courting Closer Confidence
    Swaran Singh    ·   08 Feb, 2012    ·    #3572    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna’s three day visit to Beijing follows the State Counsellor Dai Bingguo’s visit to India last month to participate in the 15th round of China-India Special Representatives border talks. The latter vi...
  • Indo-Pak Nuclear CBMs: The Road to Nowhere
    D Suba Chandran    ·   07 Feb, 2012    ·    #3571    ·    Commentary    
    Despite numerous initiatives at the research and track-II levels, India and Pakistan have not undertaken substantial NCBMs. A plethora of proposals and suggestions have been ignored, only indicating that the two countries are reluctant to pursue...
  • Why does India need an Aerospace Command?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   01 Feb, 2012    ·    #3570    ·    Commentary    
    The early 2007 anti-satellite test carried out by China, besides sending shock waves across the world, seriously jolted the Indian defence establishment into thinking about strategies required to blunt the edge of Chinese space war endeavours. The...
  • Southern Philippines’ Conflict: Quest for a Settlement
    Chongtham Gunnamani    ·   31 Jan, 2012    ·    #3569    ·    Commentary    
    The 24th round of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to end the decades old conflict was concluded on 11 January 2012 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The joint statem...
  • Indo-Vietnam Defence Relations: Strategically Responsive
    Amruta Karambelkar    ·   31 Jan, 2012    ·    #3568    ·    Commentary    
    The year 2012 is being hailed as the Indo-Vietnam friendship year. Apparently this also coincides with the fifth anniversary of the Strategic Partnership agreement. While Vietnam has been of strategic importance in India’s Look East Poli...
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