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Single Digit Chinese Defence Budgets – Are They The “New Normal”?
March 22 , 2016 Ashish Sirsikar
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One of the much awaited announcements of the recently concluded Chinese “Two Sessions” was the Chinese defence budget. With some commentators predicting another double digit rise in line with what has b...

Defence

Tags : China’s Internal security , Chinese Defence Budgets

How Political Uncertainty May Affect Security in J&K
March 22 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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I remember watching a Newstrack video magazine report in 1989 in which the existence of a brooding network of local terrorists was denied very authoritatively. In less than six months Kashmir was in the...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Affect Security J&K , Jammu & Kashmir , LoC , Political stability

Nepal PM Visits India to repair Relations
March 18 , 2016 C D Sahay RNP Singh
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Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli made his first visit to India (February 19 to 24, 2016) after taking office. Oli’s visit was the first foreign trip undertaken by him after assuming charge and came...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India-Nepal Relation , KP Sharma Oli , Nepal PM India

China’s 13th Five Year Plan - a slower but stronger China?
March 17 , 2016 Vikas Khitha
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Ending months of global speculation over China’s slowdown and its impact on the global economy, China’s National People’s Congress adopted the 13th five year plan aimed at a slower growth rate of 6.5 pe...

Economic Studies

Tags : China , China’s National People’s , Chinese economy

Ethics Committees of our Parliament: The Mallya and Rahul conundrum
March 15 , 2016 Prof R Vaidyanathan
Views: 4150
I am sure many of you may be smiling on seeing Ethics and our Parliament in the same sentence. But believe me. Both houses of parliament have ethics committee and the Rajya Sabha one is older of the two...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Lok Sabha , Parliament ethics committee , Rajya Sabha

Image Challenge for The Indian Armed Forces: Take It by the Horns
March 14 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 4184
At the outset, I must warn my readers that this is going to be more about the problem than the solution; that is because the problem itself needs a detailed definition before a solution can even be cons...

Media Studies

Tags : Indian Armed Forces , Pakistan

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