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Running Out of Talk Time
June 27 , 2010 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
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The next three weeks will be marked by a flurry of India-Pakistan exchanges in Islamabad. These comprise the India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks on June 24, Chidambaram’s discussions with his c...

Pakistan

India’s Strategic Criticality: Need for an Effective National Response
June 26 , 2010 Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF
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In the last six decades there has indeed been substantial accretion in India’s National Power. The economic progress, technological advancements, human resource development, infrastructural improvements...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Has tank a future?
June 21 , 2010 Abhijit Bhattacharyya
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Introduced 93 years ago at the battle of Ypres in 1917 at the fag end of the First World War, tank (known as main battle tank/MBT) continues to adorn the stage and inventory of virtually all major armie...

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Stay Away from The Iran Imbroglio
June 21 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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The Iranian nuclear issue is not any the closer to a denouement with UN Security Council Resolution 1929 of June 9 slapping additional sanctions on Iran, dismissed promptly as inconsequential by its Pr...

Nuclear and Disarmament

Glossing Over Rajiv’s Role
June 21 , 2010 Dr A Surya Prakash
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Leaders of the Congress are scurrying for cover as the television and print media have begun bombarding the nation with hitherto unknown facts about the horrific environmental disaster that struck Bhopa...

Governance and Political Studies

The US Nuclear Posture Review : Prompt Global Strike System
June 17 , 2010
Views: 4453
Towards Global Zero: Seeking Conventional Alternatives ?

Prompt Global Strike System

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