Interviews/Spotlights
“Our vision in next 10 years is to become top defence industry in the...
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 31.2 Apr-Jun 2016 | Date: 24 Jun , 2016
The Defence Expo 2016, held at Goa; a maiden attempt to get the world to see a different destination rather differently. Goa is famous for its sea beeches, sun and sand. Every year lakhs of...
Why is NSG Membership important for India?
By: Ashok Sajjanhar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 23 Jun , 2016
The issue of India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has been the focus of significant public and media attention over the past few weeks. It appears to have emerged as the...
To the Brink: 2001-02 India-Pakistan Standoff
By: Prakhar Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jun , 2016
On 13 December 2001, the world’s largest democracy came to a standstill, when five militants, armed with AK47 rifles and grenades, stormed into the Indian Parliament. In an attempt to inflict...
Talwar Frigates: Stealth Ships That Could Sink Pakistan
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 21 Jun , 2016
The Talwar class frigates will play a key role in India’s new Maritime Strategy 2015 that aims to dominate the blue waters and strike on land. High octane defence deals are often the most...
Chabahar Tripartite Agreement Signals New Geopolitical Power-Play
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 20 Jun , 2016
The Chabahar Tripartite Agreement signed in Tehran on May 23, 2016 between India, Iran and Afghanistan during PM Modi’s Iran visit signals the dawn of a new power- play though essentially...
China and Japan in Dangerous Waters
By: Dr Rajeev Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 18 Jun , 2016
In response to the recent moves made by the US in the South China Sea and by Japan through its growing involvement in the South China Sea and its participation in the Malabar Exercise 2016, China...
Greater Economic Interaction can keep SAARC afloat
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 17 Jun , 2016
There is now a distinct possibility that in the 19th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held in Islamabad and Murree in November this year, Pakistan may...
India is Building A Missile Defence System - With Russian Missiles!
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 16 Jun , 2016
A new generation of air defence missiles is coming up with the ability to create an “iron dome” over India that will deflect missiles, aircraft and drones aimed against the country. In March...
No Religious Discrimination in China?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 15 Jun , 2016
Beijing insists that there is no religious discrimination in China, particularly against the Muslim populations (Uyghurs) of Xinjiang. Religious freedom has reached an ‘unparalleled’ level; it...
Defeat of ISIS Will Not Mark the Death of Violent Salafist Extremism
By: Brig Narender Kumar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 14 Jun , 2016
At its peak ISIS/ ISIL, which was controlling territory equal to Great Britain with a population of approximately 9 million people, is eventually nearing its end. In Iraq ISIS controlled almost...
India needs to keep its eyes open, lest it loses Myanmar to China
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 13 Jun , 2016
China is now all set to gain a major advantage in the strategic scenario of South Asia as Myanmar has awarded contracts to a China-led consortium for constructing a deep-sea port and a special...
Pentagon Report and China's Territorial Disputes: Conflict Scenarios
By: Bhartendu K Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 11 Jun , 2016
Since 2000, the US Department of Defence has been publishing an annual report on military and security developments involving China to gauge its military preparedness, particularly, against...
MiG - 21: The Story of Russia’s ‘People’s Fighter’ and its Service...
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 10 Jun , 2016
The time: 2 pm, December 12, 1971, India-Pakistan War. The place: A forward airbase in Jamnagar, Gujarat. One of the most eagerly awaited dogfights in aviation history is about to take place. The...
Recent Transitions in the Leadership of the PLA Rocket Forces
By: M S Prathibha | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 09 Jun , 2016
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Forces (火箭军) (previously the Second Artillery) has been witnessing leadership transitions and adjustments in its organisation, especially in the...
Antics of Political Understatement
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2016
We all know what an ‘overstatement’ means. But good examples of political ‘understatement’ are few and far between. Defining the latter is rather arduous if not elusive. Mehbooba...
The Forgotten Mutiny that Shook the British Empire
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 06 Jun , 2016
The naval mutiny of 1946 was among the hardest blows the British received during their brutal 200 year occupation of India. The unexpected revolt by more than 25,000 ratings of the Royal Indian...
Pakistan’s Double-Game Stands Exposed Again
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 05 Jun , 2016
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the Afghan Taliban chief who was killed in a drone attack on May 21 in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan was a hardliner and averse to the idea of any...
Reusable Space Vehicle, Here Comes India
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 04 Jun , 2016
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 23 May 2016 successfully pulled off the maiden test flight of the Technology Demonstrator (TD) version of the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) in a...
How India’s Missile Defence System can take down Pakistan
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 03 Jun , 2016
Given the Pakistani obsession with matching India weapon for weapon, it is likely Islamabad will try and develop a Made in Pakistan BMD. At the same time, it will attempt to buy systems from...
Killing of Mullah Mansour: Illusions of Peace
By: Brig NK Bhatia, SM (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 02 Jun , 2016
Mullah Akhtar Mansour head of Afghan Taliban was killed in a US drone strike on the afternoon of 21 May 2016near Ahmad Wal town on the main highway connecting Quetta along Afghanistan-Pakistan...