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    • The North Eastern Council and PM-DevINE

    The development needs of the NER States and security imperatives should be suitably factored in the PM-DevINE scheme.

    Gautam Sen
    February 16, 2024

    ChatGPT and Potential for Deleterious Exploitation

    ChatGPT’s potentially exploitative use by violent non-state actors can undermine human and state security.

    Saman Ayesha Kidwai
    November 22, 2023

    US Cluster Munitions for Ukraine: Military Context and Legal Considerations

    The provisions of the Convention on Cluster Munitions are not relevant in the extant case of supply of dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) to Ukraine.

    Abhay Kumar Singh
    July 14, 2023

    ADMM-Plus and India’s Act East Policy

    The ADMM-Plus offers India and ASEAN opportunities to develop practical collaboration on security issues ranging from terrorism, maritime threats and other non-traditional threats.

    R. Vignesh and Abhay Kumar Singh
    December 16, 2022

    Vineet Ravindran asked: What is the China–Solomon Islands agreement? How does it benefit China when the Solomon Islands has denied any future Chinese military base?

    Abhay Kumar Singh replies: China’s growing influence in the South Pacific was thrust into the limelight when word leaked in March 2022 that it has negotiated a secret security agreement with the Solomon Islands, a country with which it established diplomatic ties only in 2019. Despite fervent parley by Australia and the US against this security agreement, the leader of the Solomon Islands formally announced the conclusion of this security agreement with China.

    Withdrawal of French Troops from Mali

    The French withdrawal from Mali exacerbates the regional security situation.

    Sindhu Dinesh
    June 24, 2022

    Colombo Security Conclave: Prospects for India as ‘Preferred Security Partner’

    Colombo Security Conclave, a maritime security oriented sub-regional grouping, is emerging as a promising platform through which India can demonstrate its commitment and credibility for becoming the ‘Preferred Security Partner’ for the smaller nations in the Indian Ocean Region.

    R. Vignesh
    March 30, 2022

    National Security Policy of Pakistan: Acknowledging Climate and Water Stress

    Outlining Pakistan’s vision and global engagement in the context of strategic and security trends, the recently released National Security Policy of Pakistan also acknowledges a serious need for a robust water management mechanism and an inclusive climate change policy.

    Pintu Kumar Mahla
    March 02, 2022

    Prakrut Chauhan asked: What is the basic difference between collective defence and collective security?

    Kishore Kumar Khera replies: Defence is a term used for actions or set of actions undertaken by an individual, system, entity, organisation or a state to mitigate damage from an attack or a possible attack. It normally but not necessarily relates to actions against physical aggression. Nowadays virtual dimension too is added in the overarching definition of defence.

    P. Pandey asked: What is ‘human-centric security’ and ‘citizen-centric security’?

    D.P.K. Pillay replies: Essentially human security implies citizen-centric security. The origin of the concept of human security can be traced to the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report 1994, which defined for the first time the scope of human security in modern times to include seven areas which are as under:

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