Articles in Issues
AFSPA in Manipur: Securing India’s Northeast
By: Surbhi Moudgil | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 15 Sep , 2016
The 8 July 2016 verdict by Supreme Court on the Extra-Judicial Execution Victim Families Association versus Union of India, Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 129 of 2012, turned the spotlight back onto...
Central-South Asian Connectivity: New Security Panorama
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Sep , 2016
Long before the partition of India, famous Urdu poet Iqbal praised the Himalayas in glowing words and called it “our sentry and our protector”. Much water has gone down the river. The mighty...
India’s Military Engagement in Afghanistan Could Ruffle Many Feathers
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 14 Sep , 2016
The apprehension has come true. The Taliban has now expressed its displeasure over India’s decision to supply arms to the Afghanistan government. New Delhi has already supplied to Afghanistan...
Kashmir: The Soldier Betrayed
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Sep , 2016
As per the media reports, “in the next 48 hours, thousands more soldiers will be deployed in south Kashmir, with an emphasis on rural areas. The military is moving back into areas that it vacated...
Indian LUH completes first flight with Safran's Ardiden 1U engine
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2016
The first flight of Safran’s Ardiden 1U engine, powering the Indian LUH (Light Utility Helicopter), took place on 6 September in Bangalore. LUH is a new three-ton, single-engine, multipurpose...
China’s Mythification as Superpower by United States Fades
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 13 Sep , 2016
Perceptionaly, United States mythification of China as a potential Superpower seems to have lasted as long as China confined itself to use of ‘Soft Power’ strategies to gain influence in Asia...
Smarter Eyes in the Skies
By: Sanatan Kulshrestha | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 12 Sep , 2016
“…[t]he main advantage of using drones is precisely that they are unmanned. With the operators safely tucked in air-conditioned rooms far away, there’s no pilot at risk of being killed or...
Afghan President's Visit to India: Need to Reboot Indo-Afghan Relationship
By: Brig NK Bhatia, SM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Sep , 2016
The forthcoming visit of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to New Delhi next week would be an appropriate occasion for both the countries to re assess their relations in the backdrop of...
Acoustic Capacity Building in the Indian Ocean Region
By: Vice Adm DSP Varma And Cdr (Dr) Arnab Das | Issue: Vol. 31.2 Apr-Jun 2016 | Date: 11 Sep , 2016
The fractured maritime mandate in India and the involvement of multiple agencies and ministries for matters maritime, make it complicated to achieve synergy. The UWR, Goa is a defence facility...
“...Rafale is the best fighter plane in the world” - Air Chief Marshal...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
Appointed as the Air Force Chief of Staff (CEMAA) on September 17, 2012, at the age of 53, General Denis Mercier had joined the French Air Force academy in 1979 and qualified as a fighter pilot...
Deciphering Pakistan’s Kashmir Lexicon
By: Prabha Rao | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
Kashmir has been claimed by Pakistani leaders as central to their foreign policy. But a closer look shows that it has been more of a political convenience for Pakistan since 1947, both as a...
Raheel Sharif A Disaster For Pakistan
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
The people of Pakistan owing loyalty to the State hail General Raheel Sharif as some kind of a Messiah. Such messianic inflection moments are endemic phenomenon, given the construct of the...
Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarathi’: Third Ship in the Series of Six...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Sep , 2016
Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarathi’, third ship in the series of six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) was commissioned by the Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today at Goa, in the presence of...
Military Aviation and the Indian Air Force
By: Dr Narender Yadav | Issue: Vol. 31.3 Jul-Sep 2016 | Date: 09 Sep , 2016
The invention of the aircraft in 1903 added a new element to warfare. Now to maintain the balance of military power, the states needed air power also. India was introduced to the aeroplane in...
Pakistan's Next Army Chief: Will Nawaz Sharif Have a Say?
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 09 Sep , 2016
A war of authority between the civil and military authorities of Pakistan over the selection of a new army chief is likely to take place as Raheel Sharif, the incumbent chief of the Pakistan army,...
Pakistan Conquered
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Sep , 2016
Speaking on the occasion of Defence Day of Pakistan on September 6, army chief Raheel Sharif stated, “I want to make it clear to all enemies of Pakistan that Pakistan has always been strong and...
Tata and Boeing Sign an Agreement for Providing Interior Panels for the P-8...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Sep , 2016
Tata Advanced Materials Limited (TAML), a subsidiary of Tata Industries Limited, has been awarded a contract from Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P-8 aircraft that...
Fall of ISIS at Manbij and its Implications on Syrian Conflict: An Analysis
By: Harsh Upadhayay | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 07 Sep , 2016
Introduction After months of preparation and 10 weeks of fierce fighting, a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), took full control of Manbij on 12...
Women Join the Fighter Stream of the IAF: Will It Work?
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 31.3 Jul-Sep 2016 | Date: 06 Sep , 2016
History shows that change often triggers misgivings, grumbling and active resistance, especially if the old order is threatened. But within a short time, most people adjust. This happened when...
No Case for Simultaneous NSG Membership for India and Pakistan
By: Dr Manpreet Sethi | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 06 Sep , 2016
In the midst of nearly daily attacks by home grown terrorists on its own populace, Pakistan found a moment of cheer when China engineered an unfavourable consideration of India’s case for...