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  • 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...
  • East Asia Compass
    What is the Efficacy of Sanctions on North Korea?
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra    ·   15 Mar, 2016    ·    #4999    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The United Nations Security Council decided to impose more sanctions on North Korea on 2 March 2016. This time, it took around two months for the UN to agree on ‘tougher sanctions’ on North Korea after Pyongyang conducted its fourth ...
  • 2016 EU-India Summit: Platform for Change?
    Mirjan Schulz    ·   15 Mar, 2016    ·    #4998    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 March 2016, India and the European Union (EU) will meet for a 13th summit. The negotiations about a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will presumably be on top of the agenda. It will be the first summit since 2012, which was previously on an annu...
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