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India must support Iran not clerics regime
By: RSN Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May 2019
The Iranian nuclear deal painstakingly scripted by Obama for all practices is, off. The deal came into effect on 18 October 2015 and was implemented on 16 January 2016. The deal as part of Joint...
Re-emergence of ISIS: Threat to India
By: Brig Anil Gupta |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May 2019
Ever since the rout of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also referred to as Islamic State (IS), a debate has raged in the strategic circles regarding its future. IS not very long ago was...
Post Balakot: Building Nation’s Nuclear Resilience
By: Col RN Ghosh Dastidar |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May 2019
February 26, 2019 Indian Air Force hit Terrorist training camps at Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunwa region. The raid was a big success and we came back unscathed. It was in retaliation...
INS ‘Vishal’ – next aircraft carrier
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May 2019
Reports in media indicate UK is in talks with the Indian government on building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier on the lines of Britain’s HMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’ as part of ongoing...
Eric Beranger appointed as CEO of MBDA
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May 2019
Eric Beranger is to be MBDA’s new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 1 June 2019, replacing Antoine Bouvier. Over the past 20 years Eric has worked in a number of senior positions in...
IS Strikes South Asia: Are India and China Next?
By: Maj Gen SB Asthana |Issue: Courtesy: www.col.hariharan.info/ | Date: 21 May 2019
After the IS caliphate was decimated, USA and multinational forces including some groups like Kurds supporting them announced victory over Daesh. It was however well anticipated that despite the...
US sanctions on Iran can hamper World Peace
By: VBN Ram |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May 2019
The reasons offered by President Donald Trump for his abrupt withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) i.e. the Iran nuclear deal on May 8, 2018- were many, such as, • Its...
North Korea and the musings in Capitol Hill
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May 2019
Soon after Kim Jong-un, DPRK’s Supreme Leader returned from his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, DPRK fired two short-range ballistic missiles within the space of a week. The...
In Search of a Trigger this Summer
By: Brig Anil Gupta |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May 2019
Come summer and coinciding with the “Durbar” move, it has almost become a routine that the Valley is set on fire by the elements inimical to the return of normalcy and peace in Kashmir....
Firepower needs willpower: "GOCO” – free gifts for private sector
By: Neeraj Mahajan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May 2019
• The Indian Army is facing an acute deficiency of ammunition and spares. Almost 60-70 % of the army’s inventory is out-of-date and unserviceable due to lack of spares for repair,...
Japan-Russia dilemma over the territorial dispute
By: Simran Walia |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May 2019
Relations between Russia and Japan have strained mainly due to the issue of obstinate territorial dispute between the two nations over the Southern Kuril Islands. Peace talks between Japan and...
Sixth US-Taliban Talks – little gain?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 May 2019
The sixth round of US-Taliban talks at Doha, Qatar concluded on May 9 with spokesman for Taliban stating, “The sixth round of talks … ended, with some progress made on the draft agreement...
General Elections: Unsavoury incidents tarnishing image of Armed Forces
By: Col Jaibans Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May 2019
Exercising their voting rights has emerged as yet another challenge that the soldiers of the nation face in their day to day existence. One remembers that during army service one did not get to...
ISIS is a Big Hurdle for Afghan Peace
By: Manish Rai |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 May 2019
Islamic State Afghanistan claimed responsibility for an attack on the communication ministry building centrally located in capital Kabul last month. The Islamic State’s local arm has repeatedly...
IAF receives its first Apache AH-64E helicopter
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2019
First AH-64E (I) – Apache Guardian helicopter was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona, USA on 10 May 19. Air Marshal AS Butola, represented...
Beyond Defence Deals: The Alchemy of Elections
By: S.N. Misra |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May 2019
There is a consensus that the NDA government (2014-2019) has followed broadly the same path of economic liberalisation as the UPA government during (2004-2014). To be fair to the NDA, they have...
India’s Iran Predicament: Striking the Right Balance
By: Nasima Khatoon |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May 2019
The six month period of waiver granted by United States to India, China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Taiwan and Greece to reduce their Iranian crude import to zero, expired on May 2. The...
Significance of the New Baghdadi Video
By: Nikita Kohli |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 May 2019
Five years after he stood at the pulpit of the al-Nuri Mosque and declared a new Caliphate, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reappeared in a rare video uploaded and dissemated by the group’s...
Proscription of Masood Azhar: Significance and aftermath
By: Dr. Simrit Kahlon | Date: 10 May 2019
So, the world has finally realised that Masood Azhar is a terrorist! One wonders about the reason behind this enlightened thought especially so far as China is concerned. China has relented, not...
Surgical Strikes-Avoidable Debate
By: Brig Anil Gupta |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May 2019
In the ongoing elections for the Indian Parliament, “Surgical Strikes” have become a bone of contention. Modi government used the surgical strikes carried out by Indian Army in September 2016...
