Nexus between Insurgency and Narco-Trafficking : A Case Study of Manipur
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Mapping Terrorism & Extremism in Bharat
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् । कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥ [Translation: “O Partha, how can a
Changing Contours of Drone Warfare – Dawn of a New Reality
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Military drones have become an indispensable tool in modern warfare, and stand poised to shape the contours of all future wars. Use of drones in warfare is not new, they were used in Vietnam, in the Kosovo war, Afghanistan,
Red Sea Crisis and India’s Options
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Since mid-November 2023, the maritime security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the larger Western Indian Ocean has been gravely upended due to the repeated attacks on merchant shipping by the Yemen-based Houthi rebels. T
Climate Change in 2023: Has the World Reached an Inflection Point?
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2023 was a watershed year for climate change. As record after record was broken that year, experts lamented that the world may have reached an inflection point. For example, CO2 levels in the atmosphere are projected to reach
Contemporary Land-Centric Operational Environment: Need for Dynamism and Adaptability
It was half a decade ago, when the ‘strategic community’ commonly opined that conventional wars were passe, and if and when future wars did occur, they would ‘likely to be ambiguous, uncertain, short, swift, lethal, intense, precise, non-linear
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The Supreme Court’s judgment on the Deletion of Article 370 and Pakistan’s Reaction
Supreme Court’s historic judgment on the deletion of Article 370 has settled the legal questions raised by the petitioners. The Court has stated that the provision was temporary, and the President had the power to issue a proclamation for deleting
Radicalisation in Bharat: Case Studies of Kashmir and Kerala
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Bharat has been facing terrorism ever since it became independent in 1947. Post-invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan-sponsored militants in October 1948 and followed by the defeat in the Indo-Pak war in 1965, Pakistan realised tha
The Magic of MANPADS- Making Sense of Indo-Russian Deal
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On 14 Nov 2023, the Russian media announced inking an arms deal with India which was a little different from the usual defence procurement cases. This deal is anchored on two provisions; the Supply of Igla S Man Portable Air DeMarch 10, 2016 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, the-magic-of-manpads-making-sense-of-indo-russian-deal
Pathways to World War III
Understanding ‘World War’
A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. The Oxford English Dictionary cited the first known usage in the English language to a Scottish newspaper, ThContact Us