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Human Rights Violations Vs AFSPA: A Contradiction That Must End
AS Lamba. · 31 Aug, 2018 · #5511 · Commentary
In an unprecedented move, 356 officers of India’s
security forces across the country filed a writ petition on 14 August with the
Supreme Court against handling, processing and disposing of cases alleging
human rights violations against security ...
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IPCS Discussion
Interaction with Sichuan University's Institute of South Asian Studies
IPCS. · 30 Aug, 2018 · #5510 · Commentary
On 7 August 2018, IPCS hosted a visiting delegation from Sichuan University ...
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Identity and Violence: Media Coverage of the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka (Part 2)
Anjana Vencatesan. · 16 Aug, 2018 · #5506 · Commentary
Part 1 of the two-part series on media and conflict in Sri Lanka examined the coverage by Sri Lanka-based English and Tamil language media of the February-March 2018 conflict that took place in Kandy and Digana areas. Part 2 examines the approach of ...
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Challenges to Securing India's Borders
Tim Walpot. · 13 Aug, 2018 · #5505 · Commentary
The pace of border security projects in India has accelerated over the past two years. A prime example of this has been the implementation of a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) pilot project along two 5.5 km and 5.3 km stretc ...
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The Strategist
The Dilemma of a Threshold
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar. · 01 Aug, 2018 · #5498 · Commentary
The nuclear planner is acutely involved in analysis of when and under what political conditions opposing leadership (military or otherwise) may resort to the employment of nuclear weapons. For nations with a policy of no first use (NFU), the answer i ...
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Maritime Matters
The Challenges of AI-enabled Underwater Platforms
Vijay Sakhuja. · 01 Aug, 2018 · #5497 · Commentary
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is likely to acquire a new type of submarine by the early 2020s. According to the South China Morning Post, the Shenyang Institute of Automation under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is engaged i ...
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Strategic Space
China and the Shape of the Indo-Pacific
Manpreet Sethi. · 18 Jul, 2018 · #5496 · Commentary
It is hardly surprising that China figures prominently in the idea of the Indo-Pacific. In fact, China ...
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Maritime Matters
Digital Connectivity in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Vijay Sakhuja. · 17 Jul, 2018 · #5495 · Commentary
The Indian government has awarded a contract for the installation of a 2,300 km-long optical fiber cable (OFC) across the Bay of Bengal between Chennai in the Indian mainland and Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands. Announced in ...
