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India should ensure arms deals are not one way traffic |
| While India will spend around $200bn-plus in the next 10 years, future contracts like the MMRCA should pave the way for opportunities for Indian firms to upgrade their design, development, production and innovation capabilities. India must ensure that arms deals are not a one-way traffic for suppliers. |
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| Space Security |
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Towards an Indian AirSea Battle Concept?
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
25 January 2012 |
| Discussing on "Towards an Indian AirSea Battle Concept?", panelists pointed out that India should develop better stealth technology, target key vulnerabilities of the adversary and could consider dispensing its assets. |
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Space Code: Why US analysts were wrong
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
24 January 2012 |
| Precisely because India has an interest in the normative process and institutionalising a space code, it is important for New Delhi to sit on the high table as an active party shaping the debate. |
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| Indian Defence |
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India's MMRCA decision: Strategic implications
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
04 February 2012 |
| For India's current administration, beset with corruption scandals, letting technical merits alone determine the MMRCA decision was probably the politically easiest choice. But its strategic merits are somewhat less clear. |
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Common security challenges to shape future India-US defence ties
17 January 2012 |
| The willingness of the United States to engage in arms sales to India indicates a certain level that the bilateral relationship has reached. However, India is wary of it taking on an alliance character. |
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| Asian Security Dynamics |
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Can India ignore signs of Chinese assertiveness?
Dr Probal Ghosh
03 September 2011 |
| The list of China's signs of displaying its assertiveness in the South China Sea is numerous - like the incident with the Japanese coast guard and the USNS Impeccable. The Pentagon accused the Chinese vessels of "harassment" during the US ship's routine operations in international waters. |
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China' s New Aircraft Carrier: How Does It Impact Upon India?
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
23 August 2011 |
| China's ability for air and sea power projection in its neighbourhood is significant and growing, and its first aircraft carrier is another indicator. The carrier would provide China the ability to project its power even farther |
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| Procurement & Self Reliance |
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From MIC to NSIC
Deba Ranjan Mohanty
11 October 2011 |
| Nomenclature notwithstanding, the evolution of an Indian National Security Industrial Complex (NSIC) must be watched with interest and caution. |
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Will talks with Pakistan really reduce trust deficit?
Gen (retd) Ved Malik
18 May 2010 |
| India and Pakistan can no longer afford to fight an all out high intensity war. The old days of military victories and defeats, and forcible major changes of the border or LOC, are over |
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| Non-Traditional Security |
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Moves to enhance response to CBR attacks
Astik Sinha
27 December 2011 |
| The recent Indian government's decision to equip 800 police stations in 80 cities with radiation monitors is a clear indication of how serious the threats posed by chemical, biological and radioactive (CBR) weapons is being taken. |
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Winning the aerospace tech battle
Deba R Mohanty
29 August 2011 |
| India had recently decided to partner Russia in a joint project known as Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). A project like this is a rarity, like Brahmos, that India can ill afford to lose. Prudence would demand employment of a realist strategy of engagement by India in convincing the Russians to expand the scope of involvement. |
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| Identity and Access in Uttar Pradesh |
| 30 January 2012 |
| Samir Saran and Vivan Sharan |
| The higher levels of development seen in the northern and southern Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh serves to highlight that successive governments. |
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| Muslim matters in UP |
| 25 January 2012 |
| Saurabh Johri |
| The political weight of the Muslims is undeniable in Uttar Pradesh. With nearly 18% of the population. |
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| Making sense of US-Taliban talks |
| 24 January 2012 |
| Haripal Singh Brar |
| The recent US-Taliban moves offer a ray of hope for the Obama administration to achieve a much needed breakthrough before the President begins his re-election campaign. |
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