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Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Pakistan’s Dangerous Game (or Quest)
October 8 , 2012 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal
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The Pakistan army’s continuing efforts to arm the 60-km Hatf-9 (Nasr) short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) with nuclear warheads will adversely impact deterrence stability on the Indian subcontinent as ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Pakistan, Nuclear and Disarmament, Neighbourhood Studies

In Bludgeoning Balochistan, is Pakistan Army Losing Support in Punjab?
October 6 , 2012 Sushant Sareen
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After the huge furore in Pakistan caused earlier in the year by the Congressional hearing on Balochistan organised by US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher who also moved a resolution in the US Congress call...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Should Power Necessarily Corrupt?
October 5 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 3454
Lord Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Why does this happen? Perhaps we can find the answer in the words of Bertrand de Jouvenel, which are. “A society of s...

Governance and Political Studies

Brajesh Mishra: India's First Intelligence Tsar
October 5 , 2012 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Views: 7034
Many before him have exercised great influence on an Indian prime minister but no one's influence has been so extensive particularly in foreign policy and security related areas. This was, perhaps, an i...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Enter The Dragon
October 2 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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In the background of a perceived shift in global power from the West to the East, future relations between a rising China and India are a fit subject for analysis and speculation. The title of Bertil Li...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth
October 2 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 3931
Paul Theroux in his book, ‘Riding The Iron Rooster’ has made some fascinating comments on China which can help us in trying to understand why China is today an economic power-house and India is still ...

Economic Studies

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