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Japan: Indian Imperatives to Enhance Strategic Bonds to a Higher Plane
Dr Subhash Kapila | 10 Nov , 2016 0 comments

Asia’s evolving geopolitics places a high premium on Indian imperatives to enhance strategic bonds to a higher plane during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Japan on November 11-12,  2016 for the Annual Summit Dialogue. In the Asian geopolitical and security environment the historical moment has come which dictates that both Japan and India...

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Some Good News from the Border Front
Claude Arpi | 09 Nov , 2016 0 comments

C-17 lands in Manchuka First the Indian Air Force successfully carried out a test landing and take-off of C-17 Globemaster-III at Mechuka’s Advanced Landing Ground (ALG). A couple of years ago, I visited Mechuka which is strategically located in Arunachal Pradesh just 29 km from the border. (See The last village in ‘our’ Arunachal) After the...

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Have the Western Powers Decided to give up Afghanistan to the Taliban?
EN Rammohan | 08 Nov , 2016 0 comments

I have been following the situation in Afghanistan for the last many years and I have written papers on the developing situation in Afghanistan from time to time. For the last few years, I had an uneasy feeling that the Western powers were going to concede the ground situation in Afghanistan to the Taliban. This feeling was confirmed after the...

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Getting a Grip on Issues Regarding Forward Areas
Claude Arpi | 07 Nov , 2016 1 comment

Whether senior or junior, bureaucrats serving in the ministries of Defence, Home Affairs and Finance, should spend a weekend every month in the border areas. It should be seen as a ‘refresher course’ Something made my Diwali special this year: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent the day with officers and jawans of the Indian Army, the...

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School Burning: Turning the Clock Back in Kashmir
Brig Anil Gupta | 06 Nov , 2016 1 comment

In the last 48 hours, more than three schools have been burnt in South Kashmir taking the tally to 25 so far since July 9 — a day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was gunned down by security forces.   Why are schools being targeted and why are only government school buildings being burnt? Is it to destroy government property or is...

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