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Israel Palestine Talks: Joining Pieces to Attempt Peace
September 6 , 2013 Col Rajeev Agarwal
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The recommencement of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis on 29 July 2013 was long overdue and marked the culmination of six rounds of shuttle diplomacy in the region over the past six months ...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

INS Sindhurakshak Tragedy: Navy should Strengthen and Safeguard its Submarine Fleet
September 4 , 2013 Radhakrishna Rao
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Even as the Indian Navy, the youngest of the three services, had every reason to rejoice over India’s home-grown nuclear powered submarine INS Arihant attaining criticality and the launch of the indige...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

The Case Against Smaller States
September 3 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
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In his book, “The Story of the Integration of Indian States”, V.P Menon, who was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s right hand in ensuring that the British legacy of lapse of paramountcy which virtually gave in...

Governance and Political Studies

Moderate and Balanced Afghanistan: Imperative for Regional Security
September 2 , 2013 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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A moderate and balanced Afghanistan is not only an absolute necessity for regional security but is equally imperative for rest of the world. A radicalised and unstable Afghanistan, imbued with an intole...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Will Maoists’ Anti-India Tirade Impact India-Nepal Ties?
August 29 , 2013 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
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Conflict does not end for all the time once it breaks up in a country. It happened so in Africa, Latin America, Asia and other parts of the world. Experience shows that conflict re-emerged in at least 4...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Why Pakistan is Blowing Apart LoC Ceasefire?
August 27 , 2013 Sushant Sareen
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Even though there have been occasional violations by Pakistani troops of the ceasefire agreement on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the recent flare-up has placed an enormous strain on t...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

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