Complications staring at Indo-Russian arms ties | |
India and Russia are
known to be tested Cold War era allies but that is no longer enough to
sustain their relationship in an era which demands pragmatic approach to
push forward national interests above
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IAF Chief's remarks may reopen old wounds | |
Chief of Indian Air
Force ACM N A K Browne’s recent statement in which he got nostalgic
about 1962 has not been well received. Even some found it quite
unnecessary as it is a dead past, rather a disastrous
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Army must introspect within | |
The evolving
geostrategic situations in the Asian landscape and internal changes
within the Indian military echelon with the two top appointments are
quite significant. Change is the order of the nature. It is good
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Donor's Meet confused over Afghan future | |
Afghanistan needs money
and resources to post growth which can ultimately ensure political
freedom and stability. But the donors’ conference last month in Tokyo
has brought out differences and created confusion
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Recasting strategic balance in South Asia | |
The US and China are
all set to fight it out in South Asia to achieve their larger goal of
maintaining preeminence in Asian strategic landscape. But this is not
going to be simple as they may have thought
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Changing equations in Asian strategic landscape | |
The recently concluded
Shangri-La Dialogue has raised a spectrum of signals that an imminent
change of power equations is awaiting the Asian continent. The whole
event started unfolding with US expressing
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DEMILITARIZING SIACHEN: Right offer at a wrong time | |
Most Indian policy
makers and strategists are surprised over the Pakistani offer to resolve
Siachen triangle with urgency. This, if at all could be resolved, no
doubt will change the hostile relationship between
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The cost of victory and defeat | |
Whether the elephants
make love or fight, it is the grass which suffers the most in either
situation. Fighting elephants often destroy so much in the process they
regret later that their daily fodder is lost.
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MMRCA Fallout : Strategic ties suffer a drubbing | |
The laws of motion say
every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In this chain of action
and reaction mode, under the current MMRCA negotiation scenario India’s
strategic interests are suffering due to mishandling of the subject by
top strategists in the government. Although the MMRCA deal has the
potentiality of either propelling the Indian defence industry to a great
height or can result
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Iran war can salvage us preeminence | |
Iran-US relations could be the most unfathomable crust of the Persian
Gulf, although the ocean floor is not so deep. Their love and hate, past
and present, war and peace, are quite well documented in the history.
American penchant for Iran goes back to the 50s. Then came the scary
revolution. However, the 80s witnessed rapid
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