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No Reason For India To Align With West On Its Pet Causes
April 14 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3737
We should be politically clear-sighted about our supposed “international obligations” as a rising global power. We are accused at times of being “free-loaders” who benefit from the global system without...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Analysis of Japan’s Natural Disaster
April 12 , 2011 Dr Vikash Ranjan
Views: 3726
The triple crisis which hit Japan on March 11 and subsequently, has led to a trail of devastation in its wake. Weeks after the crisis the death toll has crossed 12,000 counts, with 15,500 people still m...

Indo-Pacific

Defending China: PRC’s Defence White Paper 2010 and Military Transparency
April 11 , 2011 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 3242
As part of its effort towards bringing in more transparency in military affairs People’s Republic of China has been regularly churning out its white papers on national defence since 1998. Progress...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Assessment of Left Wing Extremism, 2010
April 8 , 2011 Anoop A. J.
Views: 5860
While addressing the 2010 Chief Minister’s conference on internal security, the Home Minister P Chidambaram stated the plan of action against Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the following words: “At the la...

Leftwing Extremism

The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan of 11th March 2011: A Wake up Call for India
April 5 , 2011 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM
Views: 9928
On 11th Mar 11 literally the hell struck the north eastern coastal areas of Japan in the form of a devastating earthquake of 9 magnitude which triggered a powerful tsunami with 10 meter high waves which...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Need to move step by step
April 5 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4423
Good sense dictates that we remain open to the possibility of settling our differences with Pakistan, but common sense demands that we do not anxiously chase solutions. We seem to believe that our over-...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

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