Articles in Issues
Modi’s Visit to Vietnam and China: The Strategic Underpinnings
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Sep , 2016
The Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi started a four-day tour on Sep 02, 2016, visiting Vietnam and later China. At Hanoi, Prime Minister Modi met President Tran Dai Quang and Prime...
India & China Territorial Dispute: The Growing Challenge
By: Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal | Issue: Vol. 31.2 Apr-Jun 2016 | Date: 04 Sep , 2016
China’s negotiating strategy on the territorial dispute is to stall resolution of the dispute till it is in a much stronger position in terms of comprehensive national strength so that it can...
Visit of Myanmar President Upgrades Bilateral Ties
By: Ashok Sajjanhar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Sep , 2016
Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw paid a decisive visit to India at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee from 27 to 30 August 2016. This was the first contact between the top leadership of...
Kashmir Unrest: The Illusive Solution
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Sep , 2016
Hectic activities are underway both in the national and state capitals namely New Delhi and Srinagar to find solution to the current impasse in the Kashmir Valley which has been reeling under...
Modi’s Visit to Vietnam: Re-asserting Freedom of Navigation in Troubled Waters
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 02 Sep , 2016
India is extremely fortunate to have a Prime Minister who is leaving no stone unturned to activate our Act East policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Vietnam on September 3, 2016. From...
Japan’s Concerns on President Obama’s Extended Nuclear Deterrence
By: Prof K.V. Kesavan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Sep , 2016
There has been considerable discussion in Japan on what many Japanese analysts consider a likely change in US policy on its nuclear deterrence posture. Many Japanese experts who have been...
Defence Services in Decision Making: AFSPA and Beyond
By: Lt Gen HPS Klair | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Sep , 2016
A recurring view in the media holds the Army responsible for withholding repeal of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) in the North East and in J&K. A powerful former Home Minister lent...
Tejas Induction: A Boost to the Indian Aeronautical Technology
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 Sep , 2016
In what has been described as a shot in the arm for the Indian aeronautical technology, the fourth generation, home grown supersonic fighter, Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), that was once...
A French Solution to India’s Defence Acquisition Problem
By: Laxman K Behera | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 31 Aug , 2016
In a move to streamline defence procurement and push the Make in India initiative, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has constituted a nine-member committee under the chairmanship of Vivek Rae, former...
An Opinion on J&K: Fighting done by Fools & Thinking done by Cowards
By: Maj Gen Nitin P Gadkari | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Aug , 2016
Recently J&K has been seen some trouble times. The PDP, BJP alliance under the new Chief Minister (CM) Mehbooba Mufti has seen baptism by fire and there is no let up. The Burhan Wani encounter...
India–US Joint Statement on the visit of Minister of Defense Manohar...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2016
The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is on a three-day visit to the United States of America from 29 August 2016. Manohar Parrikar met the US Secretary of Defence Dr. Ashton Carter amongst...
Airbus selects Safran’s data loading systems for A320 family
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2016
Safran Electronics & Defense, a world leader in safety-critical software and hardware for the aviation industry, has been chosen by Airbus to modernize all data loading systems for the avionics...
India and the US Sign the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA)
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2016
India and the United States have signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement (LEMOA) in Washington DC, USA on 29 August 2016. LEMOA is a facilitating agreement that establishes basic...
Is PM Modi’s reference to Balochistan Threat to CPEC
By: Brig NK Bhatia, SM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Aug , 2016
The reference to Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by Indian Prime Minister in his address to the nation from ramparts of Red Fort on 15 August seems to have had the...
Myanmar and China: Is Daw Suu Kyi The Pivot?
By: Bhaskar Roy | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 30 Aug , 2016
Myanmar’s State Counsellor and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has just concluded a five- day (Aug 17-21) official visit to China at the invitation of...
Our Forgotten Wars: Victimisation and Survival in Bodoland
By: Dr Samrat Sinha | Issue: Vol. 31.2 Apr-Jun 2016 | Date: 29 Aug , 2016
“In modern warfare, the enemy is far more difficult to identify. No physical frontier separates the two camps. The line of demarcation between friend and foe passes through the very heart of...
Success Breeds Stunning Success: The Story of India’s Space Endeavour
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 31.3 Jul-Sep 2016 | Date: 29 Aug , 2016
ISRO is aware of the looming challenge. Perhaps that is why it is already making efforts to rope in a private Indian consortium to manufacture its workhorse PSLV. It is also working to remove...
Successful Flight Testing of ISRO's Scramjet Engine Technology Demonstrator
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2016
The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted today (August 28, 2016) from Satish Dhawan Space...
“This Much and No More” Message for Disruptive Forces in Kashmir
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 28 Aug , 2016
In the early hours of June, 4, 1989, the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China moved into the iconic Tiananmen Square at Beijing to quell a “Movement for Democracy.” The demonstrators there...
When Cornered China’s Diplomacy Borders on being Boorish
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Aug , 2016
“Should the Indian Government fail to change this decision at once, to have the Indian armed forces promptly withdraw from Chinese territory which they have seized unlawfully, responsibility...