Articles By S Samuel C Rajiv
Promoting Defence Exports
By: S Samuel C Rajiv | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 02 Apr , 2021
India’s defence exports during 2015-20 grew at a cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35 per cent — from around Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 9,000 crore. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has set an...
Challenges in Implementing JCPOA after the US Withdrawal
By: S Samuel C Rajiv | Date: 19 May , 2018
President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that the United States ‘will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal’.1 Trump went on to note that the US will be ‘reinstating nuclear sanctions...
Blue Flag 2017 and Beyond
By: S Samuel C Rajiv | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Dec , 2017
A 45 member Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent took part in the multilateral air exercise ‘Blue Flag 2017’ held at the Uvda Air Base in southern Israel from November 2-16, 2017. This was the...
The Trump Challenge to the JCPOA
By: S Samuel C Rajiv | Date: 25 Oct , 2017
US President Donald Trump announced a new Iran strategy on October 13, 2017. An essential element of the new strategy was the decision not to re-certify Iranian compliance with the provisions of...