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India`s Chief of Defence Staff: Some Issues to be Resolved
January 16 , 2020 Gautam Sen
Commentary Views: 4163
Government of India has created the institution of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a single point adviser to Raksha Mantri (RM) on all matters concerning the Defence Services of the country and as Secre...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Acquisition Plans , Capital budget , CDS , DMA , DOD , Principal Advisor , Revenue budget

Trump and Iran: Who Lost More?
January 16 , 2020 Amb K P Fabian
Article Views: 3624
The media as well as some scholars refer to “Iran-U.S. confrontation” giving the wrong impression that both sides are equally responsible for the genesis of the current crisis in their relations, a cris...

West Asia, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Hague Convention , JCPOA , Russia , Soleimani , Ukrainian plane crash

Sabrimala Issue and the Law
January 16 , 2020 Rajesh Singh
Commentary Views: 4304
All eyes are on the pronouncement of the nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on the Sabarimala issue. The matter is to be heard soon and it is likely that the court will engage itself with the case in...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 25 & 26 , Articles 14 , Sabrimala Issue , Supreme Court

West Asia Roundup - December 2019
January 16 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
Article Views: 2885
Year 2019, in keeping with the ongoing trend of conflicts and hotspots in the region, ended in heightening tensions between US and Iran which does not portend well for 2020. Iraq has been facing series of demonstrations and consequent killing of innocent and disgruntled people by security forces.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Attack on Southern , Developments in Algeria , Iran , Islamic Ummah , Qatar , US

IBGs – Need To Survive To Fight Another Day
January 14 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 5407
Premise It was reported in Nov 2019, that after having tested the Integrated Battle Group (IBG) concept (explained later) both in the Western, as well as, the Eastern theatre, the Indian Army will be op...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Cold Start Doctrine , IBG , Missiles , OP PARAKARAM , PAF , PGMs , PLAAF , UAVs

Trends in Central Asia in 2019
January 14 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5214
In 2019, a major highlight of political trends in Central Asia was the steady development of intraregional relations, driven primarily by Uzbek President Shawkat Mirziyoyev’s neighbourhood-first initiat...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Economic reforms in Uzbekistan , India- Central Asia Dialogue , IS threats , political rift in Kyrgyzstan , Power transition in Kazakhstan , SCO , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan

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