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  • Social Entrepreneurs: Silent Killer of Naxal Forces in Bihar
    Satish Kumar    ·   01 May, 2009    ·    #2856    ·    Commentary    
    Naxalism in Bihar is expanding in some of the northern districts while at the same time declining in traditional strongholds in central Bihar. Many initiatives have been planned by the central government to combat Naxal forces in the last one y...
  • Obama’s Prague Speech: A New Push for Nuclear Disarmament?
    Rajesh Rajagopalan    ·   29 Apr, 2009    ·    #2855    ·    Commentary    
    US President Barack Obama’s call for nuclear disarmament earlier this month in Prague may appear to be a radical message; however, a closer examination suggests that his soaring rhetoric hides somewhat baser – and narrow – nation...
  • RISAT-2 : A New Era in Defence Surveillance Capability
    Shamsur Rabb Khan    ·   27 Apr, 2009    ·    #2854    ·    Commentary    
    With the successful launching of its first Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-2) into orbit in the early morning of 19 April from the spaceport in Sriharikota, India took a big stride in its defence surveillance capabilities. According to the Indian...
  • Fighting Terror: Politics, Police and Community Engagement in India
    Kamala Kanta Dash    ·   27 Apr, 2009    ·    #2853    ·    Commentary    
    Fighting terror is a top national issue in these Indian general elections. All national parties have cited terrorism as the major problem in their election manifestoes and have advocated their own ways to tackle it. In India, whether it is the B...
  • Clamour over the Henderson Brooks Report: Missing the Wood for the Trees?
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   25 Apr, 2009    ·    #2852    ·    Commentary    
    Editors’ Note: The Henderson Brooks Report (HBR) was meant as an operational investigation into the failures of the Indian Army in the 1962 War. Due to the sensitivities of the time its scope was deliberately restricted. By no stretch of t...
  • A Prague Spring for Nuclear Disarmament?
    Arundhati Ghose    ·   22 Apr, 2009    ·    #2851    ·    Commentary    
    Within the first hundred days in office, US President Barack Obama has attempted to address a series of problems, both national and global. After trying to set in place a process to deal with the meltdown of the US economy, he announced his &lsquo...
  • India-Australia Ties: Time for More than Cricket
    Kimberley Layton    ·   22 Apr, 2009    ·    #2850    ·    Commentary    
    It is time for India and Australia to give the bilateral security relationship the attention it deserves. The democratic bond – often remarked upon as the foundation for India-Australia relations – has become amplified by more tangible...
  • North Korea's 'Satellite' Launch and International Responses
    Vidisha Shukla    ·   22 Apr, 2009    ·    #2849    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea launched 'Kwangmyongsong-2,' an experimental communications satellite, by carrier rocket 'Unha-2' on 5 April. Despite, numerous reports that it was not a satellite but a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles...
  • Northeast Asia and South Asia: Comparative Security Dynamics
    Vidisha Shukla    ·   20 Apr, 2009    ·    #2848    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held at the India International Centre on 1 April 2009 Chair: Ambassador Salman Haidar, former Foreign Secretary and member of IPCS Executive Committee Speakers: Mr PR Chari, Research Professor, IPCS Dr ...
  • Rethinking Civilian Control
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   17 Apr, 2009    ·    #2847    ·    Commentary    
    Pavan Nair writing a commemorative article in the reputed Economic and Political Weekly on the silver jubilee of India’s militarization of Sachem, deplores the manner in which the Army was permitted to go ahead with its plans in the first ...
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