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  • Why the 2009 NPT PrepCom was Not a Failure
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   05 Jun, 2009    ·    #2886    ·    Commentary    
    For two weeks in the month of May, delegates from 122 countries, signatories of the Non-Proliferation Treaty discussed the procedural agenda and substantive recommendations for the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Chaired by Ambassador Bonifac...
  • Nuclear Trajectory in South Asia
    Ali Ahmed    ·   04 Jun, 2009    ·    #2885    ·    Commentary    
    David Sanger has routinely raised concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear program. In his latest article in the New York Times, he talks of Adm. Mullen’s confirmation to a Congressional committee of the expansion of Pakistan’s nuclear ...
  • India and the Impending FMCT
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   04 Jun, 2009    ·    #2884    ·    Commentary    
    Excerpts from an Interview with Prof. R Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 19 May 2009 The FMCT debate is fragmented in India. Opinion varies regarding the fissil...
  • Surrendering a Failed Policy
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2883    ·    Commentary    
    As the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance government takes charge for the second consecutive term in New Delhi, it faces a big challenge in addressing the growing concerns of insurgency-related violence in the troubled northeastern sta...
  • Human Face of Indian Defence Technology
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2882    ·    Commentary    
    In popular perception, India’s state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is a premier high-tech research hub active in developing missiles, aircraft and armored vehicles of various description. However, many of the tech...
  • Australia’s Force 2030 and India
    Rahul Mishra    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2881    ·    Commentary    
    Australia’s defence White Paper released in early May and titled “Defending Australia in the Asia-Pacific Century: Force 2030,” heralds a whole new range of discussions among the countries of the Asia-Pacific. While it has sparke...
  • US Change of Policy on Iran
    Vidisha Shukla    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2880    ·    Commentary    
    US President Barack Obama has offered the beginning of a new engagement to the US’ traditional enemies, exemplified by its seriousness towards Iran. Even though Obama has declared his opposition to the Iranian nuclear programme, like the B...
  • AWACS in the IAF
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2879    ·    Commentary    
    The arrival of the AWACS (Air Borne Warning and Control System) is a formidable leap for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in initiating a new structure in the air defence network for India but only a small step towards filling this capability gap. The t...
  • Congress (I) Victory and Relations with Bangladesh
    Harun ur Rashid    ·   25 May, 2009    ·    #2878    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is only the second Indian leader to win re-election after serving a full five-year term. Even though the election was fought primarily on domestic issues, the result has enormous implications for South As...
  • Agenda for the Next Government
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   23 May, 2009    ·    #2877    ·    Commentary    
    The electorate has spoken in favour of the Congress (I). This could be taken as an endorsement of the previous Congress (I)-led UPA government’s policies. Therefore, these can reasonably be expected to continue, bringing about the much desir...
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