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India Wakes up to ISIS Threat
India Wakes up to ISIS Threat

It is undeniable that the influence of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) is not seeped into the Indian society even though it has not staged any attack inside the country. Ever since this outfit announced its caliphate little more than a year ago, the objective to set its foot in the troubled Af-Pak region, India  and other part of...

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DefExpo 2016 – politics overtaking all else ?
DefExpo 2016 – politics overtaking all else ?

With the world in turmoil, the need for arming and modernizing militaries and the enormous finances of the arms industry, defence and defence related exhibitions and fairs have become a regular feature with some held annually world over. Held under multiple names, these have become a regular feature in cities like Paris, Seoul, Farnborough,...

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Tibet : Strategic Frontier of India
Lt Gen PG Kamath | 23 Sep , 2015 1 comment
Tibet : Strategic Frontier of India

India has a border of 4057 Kms with China of which more than 90% is bordering Tibet and less than 10% borders the Xinjiang Province of China.  In the State of Jammu and Kashmir 78,000 Sq Kms is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and 35,500 Sq Kms are under the illegal occupation of China.  Even the Strategic Western Highway linking...

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Chinese Incursions: 60 years ago
Claude Arpi | 21 Sep , 2015 0 comments
Chinese Incursions: 60 years ago

Following the recent Chinese incursion in Burtse in Ladakh and the quick ‘answer’ from the Indian forces who dismantled the structure built by the Chinese, it is interesting to look at what happened nearly 60 years ago at Shipki La, the pass between Himachal Pradesh and Tibet. In fact, the Chinese troops had deliberately crossed the pass...

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Unfolding the 1965 Indo Pakistan War: 50 Years Ago this day
Anant Mishra | 17 Sep , 2015 1 comment
Unfolding the 1965 Indo Pakistan War: 50 Years Ago this day

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War was one of the most important conflicts in the region of South-East Asia during the post-World War II period. The conflict itself was not an isolated incident. Tensions between these two actors originated with the Partition of British India in 1947 and diverged into the 1947...

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