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February 14 , 2012 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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Will the long-awaited National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which will come into existence on March 1, make a difference? Most commentators feel it won’t. They say it is nothing more than affixing a...

Terrorism

An Indian Cyber Security Mechanism: Need of the Hour
February 13 , 2012 Radhakrishna Rao
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Along with outer space, cyber space is slowly but surely emerging as a new frontier of the war. While in a space war, the adversary’s movement can be, to a large extent predicted, with a fairly good d...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Political Crisis in Maldives and Options for India
February 13 , 2012 Dr N Manoharan
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In a surprising turn of events, even for many of Maldivians, Mohamad Nasheed, the first democratically-elected head of the state of Maldives, resigned on 07 February 2012 in the wake of anti-government ...

Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies

Analysing the Attempted Military Coup in Bangladesh
February 10 , 2012 Neha Mehta
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The civil-military relations in Bangladesh have always been unstable, in a country that has been marred by numerous military coups in the past. The Bangladeshi army has been known for factionalism and p...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Spot The Difference - Is the Turkish Model a Way out for Pakistan?
February 9 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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To start believing that democracy is taking root in Pakistan because the political confrontation between Prime Minister Gilani and General Kayani has not resulted in a military coup would be premature. ...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

India’s Defence Production and Research – Need for Transformational up-gradation
February 6 , 2012 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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Early January 2012, the US Defence Department came out with its Strategic Guidance Document, nineteen years after the last was brought out in 1993. Spelling out American “Priorities for 21st Century Def...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

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