Spotlights
China-Russia ‘Joint Sea-2016’ Drill: Timely Convergence or Strong Signal?
By: Dr Rajeev Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 27 Sep , 2016
Chinese and Russian navies concluded their week-long “Joint Sea-2016” drill from 13-19 September 2016. These are the fifth Sino-Russian ‘Joint Sea’ drills since 2012. They are the single...
Pakistan will have to Pay a Price for Irresponsible Conduct
By: Amb. Hardeep Singh Puri | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 26 Sep , 2016
Absent good advice, democratically elected leaders are capable of making serious mistakes which have far-reaching repercussions on the future of their country. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz...
Panchsheel: It is right for Our Country, for Asia and for the World or Born...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 25 Sep , 2016
The ‘Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India’ was signed April 29, 1954 in Beijing. It has remained (in) famous for its preamble, containing the Five...
Myanmar's Peace Conference: Working to end Decades of Ethnic Strife
By: Obja Borah Hazarika | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 24 Sep , 2016
Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi called for a ‘durable peace’ at the 21st Century Panglong Conference, or Union Peace Conference, on 31 August, 2016. The Panglong Conference, also...
Pakistan Army Chief’s Adventurism 2016 and India’s Options
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 23 Sep , 2016
Pakistan Army Chiefs have compulsively resorted to Kashmir-centric military adventurism against India based on flawed and misconceived assessments on Kashmir Valley being ripe for secession from...
What after Uri attack?
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2016
All five permanent members of Security Council have condemned the attack on Uri army camp. However, their language is not the same and condemnation messages are carefully worded. For example,...
Terrorist Attacks and Our Border Management
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2016
A group of Jaish-e-Mohammad fidayeens attacked an Indian infantry installation at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir at the wee hours on 18th Sept 2016 in which 17 Army jawans were killed and 19 others...
Not all Goliaths are Bullies
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Sep , 2016
A recent issue of weekly magazine, Outlook, carried an article on Kashmir by Dr. Ashish Nandy, whom the magazine refers to as “India’s foremost public intellectual and renowned political...
Intelligence Key to Fighting Terrorism
By: Brig NK Bhatia, SM (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 Sep , 2016
In a very significant statement in Parliament on 16 March 2016, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that “intelligence build-up cannot take place overnight”. Referring to the setting up...
Uri Attack: Government Must Act and Act Fast
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 19 Sep , 2016
The terror attack in Uri is part of a well calibrated game plan designed by Pakistan to escalate the threshold of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Fidayeen (Suicide) squads of terrorists have been...
Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar-Economic Corridor: Ushering a New Era...
By: Dr Rupak Bhattacharjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 18 Sep , 2016
Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar-Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC) seeks to deepen friendly cooperation among the four member nations and connect South Asia with South East and East Asia by...
India-Vietnam Relations Elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
By: Sumit Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 18 Sep , 2016
India’s foreign policy towards East Asia has witnessed a marked shift over the last two years, with the government intent on transforming India’s relations with this part of the world under...
Kashmir and Balochistan
By: Prof MK Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 17 Sep , 2016
Two areas that grabbed maximum headlines in the News papers/TV channels in the last month were Kashmir and Balochistan. Any problem in the former gets exaggerated sometimes more than the actual...
Can Prachanda use his India visit to resolve the Madhes issue at home?
By: Umesh K. Bhattarai, PhD | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Sep , 2016
Puspa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” is on an official visit to India as prime minister of Nepal for the second time. Eight years ago, in October 2008, he had visited India for the first time as...
China will fight India to the last Pakistani!
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 15.4 Oct-Dec 2000 | Date: 16 Sep , 2016
The strategic triangle in Southern Asia is unique. Pitted against two closely aligned nuclear neighbors, China and Pakistan, puts India in an extremely hostile two-front security environment....
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...
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...
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...
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...