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Looking Back at Sino-Indian Silk Road Cultural Linkages to Look Forward

September 28, 2015 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“Two great civilizations ---India and China --- have been in mutual dialogue for centuries. Both the dialogue as also the distinctiveness have been inspired in no small measure through the spread of Buddhism.Pilgrims from each country have visit....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Buddhism , China Silk Road , Sino - India , India and China , Civilisation

Army Modernisation is Gathering Momentum

September 25, 2015 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Defence planning in India has been marked by knee jerk reactions to emerging situations and haphazard single-Service growth. The absence of a clearly enunciated national security strategy, the failure to commit funds for weapons and equipment acquisi....

Defence

Tags : National Security Strategy , Army Modernisation , Defence Preparedness

Being A Citizen Soldier or A Soldier Citizen

September 18, 2015 Uma Sudhindra

The recently concluded One Rank One Pension agitation by Veterans of the Armed Forces had me thinking of various aspects of the armed forces itself. Having grown up as an army brat, I spoke to quite a few people about the agitation itself. What I dis....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : OROP , Indian Armed Forces

‘China’s Focus on Military Activities in Tibet’

September 18, 2015 Jayadeva Ranade

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the country’s official military media have kept a discernible focus on the activities and exercises of the PLA formations deployed in Tibet in the past some months. The recent round of promotions in....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

India’s Afghan Policy: Not Rebuff, But A Refrain from Reflexive Response

September 09, 2015 Sushant Sareen

In recent weeks, there has been some puzzlement over India’s somewhat less than enthusiastic response to Afghan overtures for re-engaging and revitalizing the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries in 2011. At a time when ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Pakistan Responsible for Breakdown of NSA Level Talks

September 04, 2015 Amb Kanwal Sibal

It is mystifying why commentators on the Indian side, including some who have officially dealt with Pakistan, should have been so critical of their own government for the failure of the Ufa initiative. They seemingly hold our side more responsible fo....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

NSA Level Talks: Culmination before Commencement of a Discursive Dialogue

August 29, 2015 Sushant Sareen

Ever since Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time in 2013, his statements professing his sincere desire for normalising relations with India have been quite at variance with his actions on ground. The result has been that w....

International Relations and Diplomacy

New Echoes in J&K

August 26, 2015 Brig SK Chatterji

The undercurrents in Kashmir Valley, the covert and overt actions of Pakistan across the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) with India require to be analysed in depth if we are not to be reactive in our strategy to thwart separatist desig....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Delhi Air Quality Challenges & Action Plan

August 26, 2015 Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain

The ambient air quality has been monitored in Delhi since 1984 by the Central Pollution Control Board formerly known Delhi Pollution Control Committee. The collected data and analysis shows there is deterioration in air quality of Delhi. The air poll....

Technological and Scientific Studies

Sri Lanka: Mandate to continue with change

August 21, 2015 Nitin A Gokhale

Will it be fourth time lucky for Ranil Wickramasinghe? Sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday afternoon, Ranil Wickramasinghe is not new to the post. He has been PM in the past--1993-94, 2001-04--and since January this year when he and Pre....

Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka