Articles By Gautam Sen
Defence Planning Committee (DPC) and Beyond
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 23 Apr , 2018
Every major power of the world and more so the two superpowers in the post 1945 period had never ceased to carry out the intellectual and introspective methodology to bridge the gap between the...
Continuance of Declaration on Disturbed Area in Nagaland is a Decision based...
By: Gautam Sen | Date: 17 Jan , 2018
The Government of India extended the declaration on Disturbed Area provisions in Nagaland till the end of June 2018 under Section 3 of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958. The raison...
Way Forward to a final Naga Settlement
By: Gautam Sen | Date: 02 Aug , 2017
The Framework Agreement for Naga settlement was initialled on 3 August 2015 by Thuingaleng Muivah, leader of the Nationalist Council of Nagalim (Issac Swu– Thuingaleng Muivah) (NSCN: IM) and...
A European Union Army: Objective or Chimera?
By: Gautam Sen | Date: 30 Jun , 2017
The proposal for a pan-European defence force has been in the public domain for quite some time. As early as 1950, Winston Churchill, the then British Prime Minister, had for the first time...
Prospects of US–German Relations under Trump
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 17 Mar , 2017
Chancellor Angela Merkel will be engaging in her first substantive summit discussions with President Donald Trump shortly. Both countries are at a sensitive stage in their bilateral relationship....
Trump and Israeli Settlements Expansion
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 24 Feb , 2017
US President Donald Trump voiced mild criticism of the Israeli government’s expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, at a dinner with a Jewish magnate on February 08, 2017. Thereafter...
Political Fallout of the Creation of New Districts in Manipur
By: Gautam Sen | Date: 21 Dec , 2016
Manipur is on the boil on account of the creation of new districts by the Ibobi Singh government. The agitation led by the United Naga Council (UNC) has intensified after seven new districts —...
Need for Persevering with the Dialogue Process in Jammu & Kashmir
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 01 Nov , 2016
The latest process of dialogue with Kashmir Valley separatists initiated by the Yashwant Sinha-led five-member delegation is an interesting development. Notwithstanding Sinha’s claim that the...
Implications of a Complete Sealing of the India-Pakistan Border
By: Gautam Sen | Date: 19 Oct , 2016
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has recently declared that the entire India-Pakistan border is to be completely sealed by December 2018. The announcement may be viewed in the context of India-Pakistan...
Deactivating the Permanent Indus Waters Commission
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 06 Oct , 2016
The Indus Waters Treaty (1960) has not been immune to the vicissitudes currently affecting India-Pakistan relations. In the aftermath of the attack by Pakistani terrorists on an Indian Army camp...
Message from the Indo-Bangladesh Border: `Banijya Basati Lakkhi’
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 07 Aug , 2016
On July 21, 2016, the prime ministers of India and Bangladesh jointly inaugurated, through video-conferencing, Asia’s largest Integrated Check-Post (ICP) at Petrapole, 95 km from Kolkata, in...
Problem of Fishermen in India-Sri Lanka Relations
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 22 May , 2016
During his latest visit to India in early May, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the problem of frequent arrests of fishermen of both...
Re-location of ITBP Frontier HQs from Shillong to Itanagar
By: Gautam Sen | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 11 May , 2016
It has been reported that the Government has recently started the process of shifting the North East Frontier Headquarters of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) from Shillong to Itanagar. The...