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Analysing Sri Lanka Elections: Implications for India
January 12 , 2015 Nitin Gokhale
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Perhaps Mahinda Rajapaksa had seen the rapid decline in his popularity much before others did. That and apparently advice of astrologers who told him his propitious time was fast running out, forced Ra...

Sri Lanka, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Afghanistan: Can it be A Template for India, China Cooperation?
January 10 , 2015 Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF Sushant Sareen
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One of the most troubling, but also fundamental, questions confronting India is while New Delhi is keen on cultivating with China a mutually beneficial and cooperative relationship that, despite an elem...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

The Electoral Verdict-2014 in Jammu & Kashmir- a Challenge and Opportunity
January 9 , 2015 C D Sahay Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 9173
Two weeks have elapse since the eagerly awaited results of the J&K state assembly elections were announced on December 23, 2014. It is a bit surprising, indeed disappointing, that the main political...

Jammu & Kashmir, Governance and Political Studies

Who will be Sri Lanka’s Next President?
January 8 , 2015 Col R Hariharan
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Even the day before people vote to elect the next Sri Lanka President on January 8, 2015, the question who will become the next President remains without a clear answer. If we go by media write ups it i...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Human Tragedy at the Peshawar Army school -a game changer or a mere blip on the radar?
January 6 , 2015 R. K. Bhandari
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Human violence and brutality fell to their lowest of the low in our living memory when 148 people, including 132 innocent students at a Pakistan’s Army run school in Peshawar were shot dead from a point...

Terrorism, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Modi’s Prescription for Rejuvenating DRDO should be Taken Seriously
January 5 , 2015 Radhakrishna Rao
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has left none in doubt that his commitment to the Indian defence self-reliance is “unquestionable and uncompromising”. Modi was right in his criticism of the Defenc...

Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies

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