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  • East Asia Compass
    Japan’s New Security Laws: Context and Implications
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra    ·   04 Apr, 2016    ·    #5009    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    On 29 March 2016, Japan’s new security laws came into effect. The laws were passed in September 2015 despite not being favoured by the opposition parties and many Japanese people. The new laws allow the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF) t...
  • China-Iran: Common Grounds for Cooperation
    Tapan Bharadwaj    ·   30 Mar, 2016    ·    #5008    ·    Commentary    
    Given the recent 'mainstreaming' of Iran, it is important to consider its foreign relations, and especially relevant in this context is its relationship with China and the future prospects of this bilateral, with particular focus on its ec...
  • India: Defence Budget in an Age of Scarcity
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   28 Mar, 2016    ·    #5007    ·    Commentary    
    While defence budget allocation makes the news every year, this year the ubiquitous hypothesis in all strategic comments and opinion articles has been about ‘the marginal allocation being inimical to the India’s defence preparedness&rs...
  • Ansar ul-Tawhid: Evolution and Operational Dynamics
    Husanjot Chahal    ·   23 Mar, 2016    ·    #5006    ·    Commentary    
    In the run up to India’s Republic Day celebrations in January 2016, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained 20 men across the country for planning to carry out attacks in the country on behalf of the Islamic State (IS). On 29 Janu...
  • LWE and the Role of Economic Development and Key Industries
    Jed Lea-Henry    ·   22 Mar, 2016    ·    #5005    ·    Commentary    
    The mere presence of poverty, economic stagnation, and relative underdevelopment within a community or a section of society itself dramatically increases the likelihood of them suffering from or resorting to violent uprisings or civil war. Convers...
  • NSS 2016: Implications of Russia's Absence
    Urmi Tat    ·   22 Mar, 2016    ·    #5004    ·    Commentary    
    The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2016 is the last in a series of four summits held to identify and commit to time-bound agendas on nuclear security concerns. The Washington Summit (2010) focused on securing nuclear material and radiological sub...
  • Big Picture
    Forecast 2016: Cardinal Transitions
    Varun Sahni    ·   21 Mar, 2016    ·    #5003    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    In 2016, India is likely to hit a ‘sweet spot’ and come to be seen – despite a host of domestic debilities and external vulnerabilities – as an island of growth and stability. This year, several countries whose internal d...
  • Strategic Space
    Nuclear Security Summit Process: Progress and Prognosis
    Manpreet Sethi    ·   21 Mar, 2016    ·    #5002    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    In less than two weeks from now, the Heads of Governments of over 50 countries will once again gather to discuss the knotty issues of nuclear security. Having met three times earlier in the last six years, this congregation in Washington will br...
  • Forecast 2016: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia
    Preet Malik    ·   18 Mar, 2016    ·    #5001    ·    Commentary    
    Southeast Asia has always been of considerable geo-strategic importance with its sea frontiers straddling important sea-lanes connecting the oil rich Indian Ocean region to the strategically important Asia Pacific region. Of considerable signi...
  • The Strategist
    To Steer the Stream of Time: The Crisis of Verge Powers
    Vijay Shankar    ·   18 Mar, 2016    ·    #5000    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The Crisis of Verge Powers  A quarter of a century after the demise of the Soviet Union brought an end to the bi-polar confrontation of the Cold War, what is emerging today is a fluctuating plurality of on-the-verge-great powers. These...
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