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Hindu Terrorism: A Journalism Agenda
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2011
Often, I get phone calls from Delhi-based journalists to discuss with me the disturbing phenomenon of some Hindus taking to terrorism and the reported confession before a Magistrate of Swami...
Defence Production Policy: A Politive Change – CII
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jan , 2011
CII has welcomed the newly released Defence Production Policy and has appreciated the remarkable work done by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Having a prime aim of self-reliance in defence, the...
Which direction for China in 2011?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2011
Which direction will the Superpower that is China take in 2011? An answer to this question, lies in the Chinese press, in particular in the analyses/comments published in China during the last...
Middlemen in Defence Procurements
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 14 Jan , 2011
The role of middlemen in defence deals has been a subject of intense debate in India for decades now. The recent statement of the Prime Minister that India needs to regulate the functioning of...
ULFA The Hindu Mercenaries of Jihadis
By: B Raman | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 14 Jan , 2011
In 13 different incidents reported since January 5, 2007 from the districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Dhemaji, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is reported to have mowed...
China’s brazen assertiveness
By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2011
The irritants in the Sino-Indian relationship have raised its fangs yet again barely a month after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded his visit to India. The People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
New Defence Production Policy 2011
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jan , 2011
Self-reliance in Defence is of vital importance for both strategic and economic reasons and has therefore been an important guiding principle for the Government since Independence. Accordingly,...
India’s Silence on Chinese Incursions
By: Aditi Malhotra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jan , 2011
China continues to convince the world about its ‘peaceful rise’, a claim which gets periodically belied by Chinese actions and strategic developments. The New Year was greeted by the first...
PLA’s Stealth Surprise to Gates: Was it a surprise to Hu too?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2011
There is so much happening in China and with such rapidity that I find it difficult to keep pace with it. I do hope that the Indian intelligence agencies are keeping themselves abreast of what...
China: Harmony or chaos?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 12 Jan , 2011
China suffers from a superiority complex. This is not new. Genetically, it must have been there for ages, but in recent years due to the rapid economic development, the tremendous advances in the...
Left Wing Extremism
By: Maj Gen GD Bakshi, (Retd) | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 12 Jan , 2011
The Assembly elections in J&K in 2008 was peaceful and witnessed record voter turnouts. In sharp contrast the very first day of the Lok Sabha Polls in 2009 witnessed an upsurge of Naxalite...
Communication Technologies and non-state Actors
By: Ajey Lele and Gunjan Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 12 Jan , 2011
Technology brings development. However, every new technology comes with few drawbacks. At times the drawbacks of new technologies are so serious that they could change the strategic focus of the...
Defining Victory: The Dilemma in Anti-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency
By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 12 Jan , 2011
The usage of the term, ‘war’ when battling terrorism or insurgency raises several issues. An important one is the use of the term ‘victory’ to delineate the desired objective in this...
Defence Procurements: Need for Accountability Audit
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 10 Jan , 2011
Sluggish modernisation of the Indian armed forces has been a cause of serious concern to all who are concerned with national security. Whereas the process of modernisation is lagging behind by 10...
India should suspend work visas for Chinese
By: B Raman | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 10 Jan , 2011
The Hindu has reported on October 1, 2009, that the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi has been issuing visas on a separate sheet of paper to Indian citizens born and resident in Jammu & Kashmir...
China dictates development on Indian territory
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2011
As reported several times on Claude Arpi blog, during the past months, the Chinese have been constructing mega infrastructure projects (roads, airports, five-star hotels) on their side of the...
US should pay more attention to Balochistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jan , 2011
There is a need for the US to pay more attention to Balochistan as part of its Af-Pak strategy in order to pacify the Pashtun militancy encouraged by Al Qaeda and the Talibans operating in the...
Focusing on a National Security Strategic Chain
By: NNL/HEM | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jan , 2011
PLA Daily published an article that Qiushi Journal later republished stating that China should focus on its national security strategic chain, which is composed of strategic resources, strategic...
The Samjauta Express Explosion: The Follow-Up
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jan , 2011
“According to American investigators, the LET (Lashkar-e-Toiba) and Al Qaeda were responsible for the Samjauta Express blast and the HUJI( Harkatul-Jihad-Al-Islami) for the Mecca Masjid blast...
LTTE’S Self-Destruction
By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 07 Jan , 2011
Insurgency-guerilla war as a combination in the struggle of the weak against the strong has established itself as a strong and successful method of waging an armed struggle. It is said that the...