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India’s Geopolitical Posturing and Conflict Termination
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

The Issue
A nation needs to assess her geo-political position in consonance with regional threat environment, aspirations of her people, economic growth and military power. Excessive aggression leads to instability. At the same time, indi....

September 24, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India’s geo-political positioning , Indo Pak Wars
COMCASA - The Bigger Picture
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

In the context of the signing of Communication Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) between US and India on 06 Sep 2018 during the 2+2 dialogue1, this article attempts to analyse the bigger picture. In that, it traces the journe....

September 19, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indo-US defence relations , COMCASA , DTTI
Cultural Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, Edited by K. Warikoo, Pentagon Press, 2009, Pages: 338, Price: Rs. 1750, ISBN: 978-81-8274-376-2
Prateek Joshi

Much has been written about Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the virtue of its disputed status. The ever growing literature by leading scholars and legal experts has continued to emphasize either on the legal aspect of the Kashmir dispute or has analysed J....

September 12, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , Book Reviews , Cultural Heritage , Ladakh , Socio-cultural , Islamic influences , Buddhist
Visit of the Chinese Defence Minister: A Missed Opportunity to Establish Hot Line between the Two Armies?
Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM Commentary

The Chinese Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe, visited India for four days, from 21 to 24 Aug 181. This visit was significant from more than one perspective. First, it was the first visit by a defence minister from China not ....

September 12, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Chinese defence minister’s visit , India-China Boundary Hot Line
Making Sense of Missile Shield
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The media picks up the tag line "India puts up a missile shield" every time there is news related, one way or the other, to the plan to acquire a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system. The so called "missile shield" filled the media space when there wa....

August 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , S-400 , Missile Defence
Cryptocurrencies: A New Scourge of Terror Financing

...global counter-terrorism community has serious concerns over the use of cryptocurrencies by terrorist groups for terror financing … this essay examines some of the recent cases of the use of virtual currencies for terror financing, and the use o....

August 27, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Islamic State , Cryptocurrencies , Terror Financing
National Register of Citizens (NRC) - The Next Steps
Abhijit Chakravertty Article

The process of filing appeals against the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the State of Assam, published on July 30, is underway. Individuals can file for review till October 28 and hearings will begin from December 15 this year. About 4....

August 24, 2018 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Illegal immigration , Assam Accord , National Register of Citizens
A Threat Looming Large: India must display Resolve and Unity
Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.) Article

India is in transition in many ways: From agricultural to industrial to information age with constantly varying coincidence amongst them. There is transformation to digital economy, new tax regime, infrastructure development and extension of service....

August 23, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , ICT and Media , Controlling disinformation campaigns , Fake news
US-India 2 Plus 2 Dialogue: Significance of Strategic Partnership
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, …confusion of counsel until emergency comes … are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history” – Anon

Defence Industry and....

August 22, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , 2 plus 2 , Indo-US defence cooperation
Is NRC Only for Assam, or to be Extended to All States Where Bangladesh Migrants Have Spread?
Pravas Kumar Mishra Commentary

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) contains the names of Indian citizens in Assam. It specifically emphasizes on inclusion of all those who came to India after first January 1966 and before twenty-fifth March 1971 as Indian citizens. It was init....

August 20, 2018 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Illegal immigration , Assam Accord , NRC
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