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  • 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 ...
  • Does China Matter? Elections and Foreign Policy Issues in India
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   09 Apr, 2009    ·    #2846    ·    Commentary    
    With the general elections kicking off, Indian political parties are out to woo the voters on several issues. However, barring the Indo-US nuclear deal, other foreign policy issues such as relations with China remain marginalized in election manif...
  • Blood Emeralds: Feeding the Taliban in Swat
    Urvashi J Kumar    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2845    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan’s Taliban have poppy’s lucre to fund their operations and their Pakistani brethren have found a friend in emeralds. Swat’s emeralds, some of the finest available in the world and next only to the ones mined in Colombi...
  • The ‘Context’ of Islamism
    Ali Ahmed    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2844    ·    Commentary    
    The GWOT is a classic example in which the ‘cause’ has been completely eclipsed by the manner of execution of the terror act of 9/11. Foreign presence in and control of regimes in Arab states, for reasons of energy security, furnished ...
  • Obama’s Af-Pak Strategy: Why It Will Not Work
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2843    ·    Commentary    
    Signaling a new approach to the long war in Afghanistan, the new US administration announced a comprehensive new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on 27 March. Pakistan which expected a tougher strategy by Obama has reasons to cheer it.  ...
  • Is China’s Space Militarization a Threat to India?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2842    ·    Commentary    
    A recent fact-filled 78-page analysis of China’s rapidly expanding military capabilities by the Pentagon with a focus on its developing “disruptive technologies,” points to Chinese advances in acquiring the capability to attack s...
  • Obama’s Af-Pak Strategy
    Amit Kumar Gupta    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2841    ·    Commentary    
    A new strategy has been unveiled by the Obama Administration, for both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The most prominent feature that stands out is its intent to make Afghanistan self-supporting in terms of its security, and also enabling it to shore u...
  • CTBT Redux
    Arundhati Ghose    ·   30 Mar, 2009    ·    #2840    ·    Commentary    
    Today India is a declared nuclear weapon state, with a nuclear doctrine and a recognition, however reluctant, by the international community that India is a responsible nuclear state with an impeccable proliferation record, except for the die-hard...
  • North Korea’s Planned ‘Satellite’ Launch
    Rajesh Kapoor    ·   30 Mar, 2009    ·    #2839    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea is planning to launch a long range missile under the guise of its satellite launch programme in the first week of April. Rejecting all objections and criticism, North Korea says it is a sovereign nation, and has the right to develop it...
  • Indian Missile Defense: Questions Unanswered
    Mayank S Bubna    ·   26 Mar, 2009    ·    #2838    ·    Commentary    
    India’s latest successful test of a missile interceptor system in Bay of Bengal on 6 March may not have generated the same national euphoria as its five nuclear tests in 1998 but in strategic circles, there were smaller celebrations. “...
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