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Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf: GCC, Gulf Union or Something Else?
October 1 , 2014 Col Rajeev Agarwal
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The West Asian region has been in turmoil for over three years now. What started off as a local incident in Tunisia in December 2010 engulfed the entire region of North Africa and West Asia in what has ...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Progress and Challenges Related to the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal
September 24 , 2014 Dr Vijay K. Sazawal
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Introduction This paper seeks to address factors that led to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, initial expectations, how those expectations evolved over time, policy drivers that keep the two parties from...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Energy Security, US, Nuclear and Disarmament, International Relations and Diplomacy

Need to Appoint Impartial Governors
September 23 , 2014 Dr M N Buch (late)
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Under Article 1 of the Constitution, read with the Preamble, India is sovereign and the sovereignty rests in the Union. The same Article makes India a Union of States, which means that whereas the coll...

Governance and Political Studies

China Eyeing Enhanced Role in Afghanistan Post US Drawdown
September 22 , 2014 Monish Gulati
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China's Foreign Ministry on 18 July said that it had appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan, underscoring its concerns on the political and security developments in the country.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Mountain Strike Corps along Indo-Tibet Border and Strategic Advantage
September 19 , 2014 Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee
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“Begin, be bold and venture to be wise” – Horace Cause for a Mountain Strike Corps

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

India Must Choose the Right Strategic Partner
September 19 , 2014 Mohan Kumar S
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