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| Indian Defence |
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The Indo-US Strategic Dialogue: Challenges Ahead
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
29 June 2010 |
| Though India and the US have rebooted their relations with their first ever strategic dialogue, a few key issues will decide the fate of the new strategic partners. These include the geopolitics of AfPak and the war on terror, dealing with China, hi-tech trade and export controls. |
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Disarmament still a talk shop topic
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
21 June 2010 |
| As long as Asia continues in the vicious cycle of security and insecurity, the salience of nuclear weapons in the overall security calculus cannot diminish. And the issue of disarmament will remain a talk shop topic. |
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| Procurement & Self Reliance |
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Will talks with Pakistan really reduce trust deficit?
Gen (retd) Ved Malik
18 May 2010 |
| India and Pakistan can no longer afford to fight an all out high intensity war. The old days of military victories and defeats, and forcible major changes of the border or LOC, are over |
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National Defence Budget 2009 - 2010
Deba R. Mohanty
07 March 2009 |
| Extrapolations from resource allocations reveal many systemic flaws that need corrective measures backed by resolute will |
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| Asian Security Dynamics |
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A critique of Obama’s AfPak strategy
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan*
15 April 2009 |
| Despite pronouncements that al Qaeda/ Taliban is not the problem of the US alone, but an international problem, it appears that the US has a limited objective - ensuring that the Taliban/ al Qaeda do not use the Pakistan-Afghan territory to carry out terrorism against the US |
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Japan and the North Korean missile test
Prof K.V. Kesavan
13 April 2009 |
| North Korea is the only country with which Japan has still not normalised its diplomatic ties. |
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| Future of Conflict |
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India moves first on Kishanganga project
Aashti Salman
06 January 2009 |
| India and Pakistan have finalised plans to build hydro-electric projects over Kishanganga river, but only one country can build a technically feasible power project |
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Pakistan’s nukes not of immediate concern
Lt Gen Vinayak Patankar
01 May 2009 |
| It is axiomatic that Pakistan’s power centre is not its political leadership but the Army; the glue that has held Pakistan together through its many crises |
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| Best practices in Metro security |
| 25 August 2010 |
| Wilson John |
| Informed and aware passengers and staff members remain two of the most effective counter-terrorism measures to safeguard vulnerable mass transit systems like Delhi Metro. |
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| 'Dinakaran Case' and the Politics of Alienation |
| 18 August 2010 |
| N Sathiya Moorthy |
| What was not acceptable to Karnataka have been made acceptable to Sikkim now. Naturally, advocates in Sikkim too would not want to have a judge, allegedly tainted by misdemeanour |
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| International |
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More questions in Headley report
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| 24 August 2010 |
| Wilson John |
| The report prepared by National Investigating Agency (NIA) on David Coleman Headley, after interrogating him for 34 hours (June 3-9, 2010), |
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A Possible Taleban interlocutor
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| 23 August 2010 |
| Saeed Naqvi |
| The unspeakable tragedy of the floods in Pakistan, on a scale unknown to man, has dwarfed much else in the region: 100 shot dead in three days of political, |
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| Pakistan |
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| Floods in Pakistan- An Assessment |
| 13 August 2010 |
| Akhilesh Variar |
| The devastating floods in Pakistan have not only destroyed lives and property across the country but also seriously undermined the civilian government's reputation among the people. |
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| South Asia |
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| Bridging the gap: India Bangladesh relations |
21 August 2010
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| India and Bangladesh relations got a new boost following Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's brief visit to Bangladesh recently, demonstrating New Delhi's keenness in enhancing bilateral relations. |
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