Spotlights

Boko Haram: Beginning of a New Crusade

Boko Haram: Beginning of a New Crusade

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Jan , 2015

Boko Haram is an Islamists militant group located in the Northern region of Nigeria. The name “Boko Haram” in regional Nigerian dialect means “Western Education is forbidden” which...

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Threat Perception of India

Threat Perception of India

By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 26 Dec , 2014

Very few countries in the world are beset with as many hostile or uncomfortable neighbours as India. With its two neighbours China and Pakistan, it has a post-independence history of wars and the...

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The Rise and fall of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

The Rise and fall of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Dec , 2014

The late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat famously said “Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart”. This quote illustrates the...

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The CIA and China

The CIA and China

By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 12 Dec , 2014

The much-awaited report (summary) from Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program is finally in the public domain. Its conclusion are clear, the Intelligence...

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The Legacy of Peshawar

The Legacy of Peshawar

By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2014

If the United States had been sincere and provided aid to the Afghan Mujahidin after the Russians were ousted from Afghanistan, Afghanistan might have not gotten into its current situation. ...

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Crimea – The War That Didn’t Boil

Crimea – The War That Didn’t Boil

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2014

The Crimean crisis was an international crisis in 2014 principally involving Russia and Ukraine over the control of the Crimean Peninsula, until its annexation by Russia. Crimea is populated by...

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Pakistan will never dismantle its Jehad Machine

Pakistan will never dismantle its Jehad Machine

By: Brig Arun Bajpai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Dec , 2014

America’s decade old war on terror is finally drawing down in Afghanistan in next seven months. Even though Americans are going back on their own vocation in an orderly manner, most of the...

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Kurdish problem can redraw the map of Middle East

Kurdish problem can redraw the map of Middle East

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Dec , 2014

The 30 million or so Kurds are large ethnic minorities in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, but have no sovereign state of their own. This status quo is a continuing source of instability in the...

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Kashmir Under Spotlight and Our Response

Kashmir Under Spotlight and Our Response

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2014

Kashmir has come under focus for all the reasons that should worry India. The LOC has recently become active, as there have been a large number of cease fire violations and hostile actions by our...

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Nehru’s Pacifism had nearly cost us Tawang

Nehru’s Pacifism had nearly cost us Tawang

By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Nov , 2014

It is entirely due to Major Bob Khathing’s courage and swift action, backed by the Assam Governor, that Tawang is part of India. Had Jawaharlal Nehru had his way, it would have been Chinese...

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ASEAN’s Answer to the Coup d’état in Thailand

ASEAN’s Answer to the Coup d’état in Thailand

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2014

The Thai national security situation has been shaky at best in the aftermath of a series of political problems in the last couple of years. A sustained period of political turmoil has...

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Lessons from Sri Lanka's War

Lessons from Sri Lanka's War

By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 19 Nov , 2014

Terrorism has to be wiped out militarily and cannot be tackled politically. That’s the basic premise of the Rajapakse Model. Conduct of Operations This is how the Sri Lankan government...

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Bangladesh Military's Political Retreat: Sheikh Hasina's War on Yunus & the US

Bangladesh Military's Political Retreat: Sheikh Hasina's War on Yunus & the US

By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2014

When seemingly unending political street-battles gripped Bangladesh in late 2006, the United Nations pushed the country’s military in a circuitous way to take over the administration, brazenly...

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The Issue of Religious Extremism

The Issue of Religious Extremism

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Nov , 2014

Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems and worldviews that relate mankind to the supernatural and spirituality. Most religions have numerous signs and symbols as well as...

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Way to a Credible Deterrent

Way to a Credible Deterrent

By: Arun S Vishwakarma | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 08 Nov , 2014

Ten years after the Pokhran (POK-2) series of tests in May 1998, it is useful to examine the progress on the diplomatic front and see what is needed further. The recently concluded India-US...

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Reforming the United Nations Security Council

Reforming the United Nations Security Council

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2014

In an era where there is increasing inter dependence amongst nations, where a narcissistic approach is a thing of the past, where good diplomacy and smart foreign policies are a way to subdue your...

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Sardar Patel's Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on Tibet

Sardar Patel's Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on Tibet

By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Unmaking of Nepal | Date: 31 Oct , 2014

My dear Jawaharlal, Ever since my return from Ahmedabad and after the Cabinet meeting the same day which I had to attend at practically fifteen minutes’ notice and for which I regret I was not...

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Role of Intelligence Agencies in Modern Warfare

Role of Intelligence Agencies in Modern Warfare

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Oct , 2014

Gathering intelligence and information by means of espionage has been a key element to the survival of nations ever since their existence. However, there has been a major change in the way...

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India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent

India's Multifunction Missile for Credible Deterrent

By: Arun S Vishwakarma | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 22 Oct , 2014

Shourya and Sagarika is a new common missile that can be launched from multiple platforms, i.e. ground, submarine and mobile launcher. The naval version is called Sagarika, while the land based...

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Threat or Use of Force with Special Focus on Interventions and Invasions

Threat or Use of Force with Special Focus on Interventions and Invasions

By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Oct , 2014

 The international law realm has for some time struggled with two distinct and contrary legal principles: state sovereignty, and humanitarian justice. It had been almost a truism of international...

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