COMMENTARIES
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Air Power and Future Battlefields: India's Needs
Gurmeet Kanwal · 12 Feb, 2015 · #4833 · Commentary
As the 10th edition of Aero-India gets underway at Bengaluru (18-22 February 2015), attention will be focused on big-ticket deals like the long-pending multi-billion dollar acquisition of the MMRCA by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Discussion will ...
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IPCS Discussion
West Asia, Iran Nuclear Deal, and Islamic State: Review of IPCS Forecasts
Report · 13 Feb, 2015 · #4832 · Commentary
On 9 February 2015, the IPCS, in collaboration with the India International Centre, reviewed and released three papers published as part of the Institute’s Forecast 2015 Series. The papers covered issues on West Asia (by Amb Ranjit Gupta),...
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IPCS Discussion
China, East Asia and the Indian Ocean Region: Review of IPCS Forecasts
Report · 11 Feb, 2015 · #4831 · Commentary
On 4 February, 2015, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, and the India International Centre, conducted a review of the second set of IPCS Forecast 2...
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IPCS Discussion
Pakistan in 2015: Review of IPCS Forecast
Report · 11 Feb, 2015 · #4830 · Commentary
The IPCS, as part of its 2015 Forecast Series, published three projections titled ‘Pakistan in 2015’ (authored by Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, VIF; Salma Malik, QAU, Pakistan; and Dr D Suba Chandran, Director, IPCS) addressing spec...
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IPCS Discussion
Southeast Asia and Myanmar: Review of IPCS Forecasts
Report · 11 Feb, 2015 · #4829 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) successfully reviewed and released two papers from its Forecast Series; on Southeast Asia in 2015 by Prof Shankari Sundararaman and on Myanmar in 2015 by Aparupa Bhattacherjee. The papers were r...
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The Strategist
Swabbing the Bleakness of Subcontinental Nuclear Instability
Vijay Shankar · 10 Feb, 2015 · #4828 · Commentary · Column
Nuclear Stability: Where does it Begin?
After the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, it dawned upon President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev how catastrophically close to nuclear war they had blundered due to a misshapen military-led nuclea...
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Spotlight West Asia
New Leadership Lineup in Saudi Arabia: Reading the Tea Leaves
Ranjit Gupta · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4827 · Commentary · Column
In Saudi Arabia, the incumbent King has the absolute right to designate a successor who is titled as the Crown Prince. However, with an eye to ensure acceptable successions in the future given the intense factional rivalries within the royal fam...
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Looking East
Insurgency in Northeast India: The Chinese Link
Wasbir Hussain · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4826 · Commentary · Column
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has just ended a four-day visit to China where she discussed “bilateral, regional and global issues of concern” for both countries. The range of discussions with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi...
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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean: Exploring Maritime Domain Awareness
Vijay Sakhuja · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4825 · Commentary · Column
Attacks on maritime targets such as the USS Cole and MV Limburg off Yemen by al Qaeda, the 2008 Mumbai attacks by the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and the 2014 attempt on Pakistan Navy ship by al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) ...
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East Asia Compass
Japan-South Korea: Antagonism Despite Alignment
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4824 · Commentary · Column
On 29 December 2014, Japan and South Korea concluded a military intelligence-sharing agreement related to the North Korean nuclear and missile programmes. It is a three-way pact in which the US is the connecting party. The negotiations between S...
