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  • The Chabahar Port Project and Afghanistan’s Alternative Approach to Trade
    Jawad Torabi.    ·   19 Apr, 2018    ·    #5460    ·    Commentary    
    Historically, and given the tensions in bilateral relations, dependence on the Pakistani market and trade routes has been a point of vulnerability for Afghanistan, a landlocked country. To overcome this vulnerability, Kabul has begun looking for ...
  • Trump’s Tariffs and a Looming Trade War: India's Stakes
    Ayan Tewari.    ·   17 Apr, 2018    ·    #5458    ·    Commentary    
    As US President Donald Trump imposes steel and aluminium tariffs on most countries, India is in a unique position to capitalise on the situation. Trump ...
  • Maritime Matters
    Game-changing Technologies for Future Naval Operations
    Vijay Sakhuja.    ·   31 Mar, 2018    ·    #5455    ·    Commentary    
    Two new weapon technologies - Solid State Lasers (SSLs) and Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) - can augment ship defence against incoming missiles, high speed projectiles and unmanned vehicles/drones. Experts argue that if these are successfully deploye ...
  • Has India Changed its Tibet Policy?
    Palden Sonam.    ·   23 Mar, 2018    ·    #5453    ·    Commentary    
    Does the recent circular from the Prime Minister Modi government advising high functionaries and leaders to avoid a Tibetan event represent a change in India ...
  • China-India Relations: What is the Role of Third Parties?
    Siwei Liu.    ·   16 Mar, 2018    ·    #5450    ·    Commentary    
    Despite the intensification of high-level interactions between China and India in recent years, the current situation can at best be described as complex and sensitive. The bilateral relationship is quite complicated by itself, and 'third-party ...
  • Decoding the Elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura
    Nasreen Habib.    ·   15 Mar, 2018    ·    #5449    ·    Commentary    
    The recent assembly elections in the three Northeastern states, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, made one thing crystal clear: the BJP's ability to strike smart alliances has turned things around in its favour. Its wins range from ousting the Left ...
  • The Strategist
    Quad: The Making of a Robust Entente?
    Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar.    ·   12 Mar, 2018    ·    #5446    ·    Commentary    
    The force planner’s primary task is to ensure that the military element of national power alongside economic and political elements supports national strategy. India had in 1950 defined national goals in the Preamble and Directive Principles to ...
  • 2018 US Nuclear Posture Review: Intent and Implications
    Shivani Singh.    ·   09 Mar, 2018    ·    #5445    ·    Commentary    
    Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board announced their decision to move the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. Around the same time, the US Department of Defense released the 2018 Nuclear Posture Revi ...
  • Regulating India's Cattle Industry: A Socio-Economic Assessment
    Ayan Tewari.    ·   08 Mar, 2018    ·    #5443    ·    Commentary    
    On 23 May 2017, a notification issued under the 1960 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was passed, placing new regulations on the cattle industry. The livestock sector (consisting of meat, dairy, and eggs) now makes up 28 per cent of the agrari ...
  • Women Cyber Warriors and the Indian Military
    Vijay Sakhuja.    ·   08 Mar, 2018    ·    #5442    ·    Commentary    
    The stage is set for the entry of women as ‘cyber warriors’ in the Indian armed forces. The Indian Army chief noted in 2017 that plans were in place to employ women officers "in new cadres such as cyber" since the country fac ...
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