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Pakistan wants to play a central role in the Afghan settlement

Karzai’s use of the word ‘proxy war’ in relation to India’s reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts can only be understood in view of the West’s fatigue in Afghanistan and the growing importance of Pakistan

March 18, 2010

Defence Budgetary Allocation 2010-11: Adequacy vs. Usage

Adequacy or inadequacy of defence allocation largely lies in the manner it is spent keeping in view the defence requirements for meeting operational and strategic goals and to have the needed defence preparedness to deal with threats.

March 18, 2010

Testing Times for the Japan-US Alliance: “Secret Pact” Revealed

Notwithstanding revelations about the secret nuclear pact, the Japan-US alliance is likely to remain strong and the East Asian security order will continue to be determined by the American presence

March 16, 2010

Japan unveils existence of a secret nuke pact with the US

The disclosure of this agreement is aimed at scoring political points as well as addressing the discontent among the nuclear allergic Japanese who want adherence to the non-nuclear principles in letter and sprit.

March 16, 2010

The 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan Struggle: What is the future?

China has to accept that the long term solution to Tibetan discontent lies in granting greater autonomy to Tibetans instead of pursuing assimilation oriented policies.

March 12, 2010

Contradictory Tendencies in the India-China Relationship: Does it help the bilateral relationship?

Contradictions in India-China relations provide the rationale for greater engagement exactly like it has done in the case of US-China relations.

March 10, 2010

The Challenges of Asymmetric Warfare

While the asymmetrical threat will have an effect on warfare at strategic, operational and tactical levels, the threat will be most dramatic at the operational level.

March 09, 2010

The Naxal Muddle - of Intellectual Haze, Governmental Clarity and Operational Realities

The Naxal challenge is a wake up call to rejig our internal security instruments and restore their organizational ethos, autonomy and operational credibility.

March 09, 2010

AfPak dialectics can work in India’s favour

If Pakistan succumbs to American pressure, it will continue to be engaged in a long war of attrition on its western borders. If Pakistan resists American pressure, it will be isolated in the world and the international community will have to fall back upon India to put a firewall around the AfPak region.

March 08, 2010

Pakistan against signing the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state

In a fundamental shift in its position on the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, Pakistan has made it known that it will join the NPT only as a recognised nuclear weapons state.

March 08, 2010

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