Comment & Briefs

Internal Security Challenges Preclude Military Reorientation in Trinidad & Tobago

The Trinidad Military, which should be concentrating on the maritime domain, is forced by expediency, to take on internal land operations.

November 15, 2016

  • Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
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    Rivlin’s Visit to India: Envisaging Expectations

    India-Israel Relations reach a new milestone with the forthcoming visit of President Reuven Rivlin to India.

    November 11, 2016

  • Amit Mukherjee
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    Blacklisting Policy on the Anvil

    The proposed blacklisting policy of the Ministry of Defence must be comprehensive enough to ensure that no loose ends are left to be tied at time of implementation.

    November 10, 2016

  • Amit Cowshish
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    Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Conundrum: No End in Sight

    Riyadh’s military intervention has neither forced the Houthis to the negotiating table nor has it restored the Hadi government in Sa’naa.

    November 09, 2016

  • Md. Muddassir Quamar
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    Caribbean Air Arms Requirements Offer an Opportunity for India

    India can become a player of significance as its current MR/ LTA – the Dornier Do-228 – is admirably suited to meet the requirements of Caribbean Air Arms.

    November 07, 2016

  • Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
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    Can Stronger Regional Partnerships Help The UN Promote Global Stability

    Though no one questions the promise of regional partnerships, there are many impediments in practically achieving it as is evident from past partnership missions of the UN.

    November 04, 2016

  • Rajeesh Kumar
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    2017 Conference to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons: Time Ripe for a Stand-Alone Disarmament Instrument?

    The First Committee vote is a culmination of a long-drawn campaign and marks a dramatic shift in the affairs of the non-proliferation regime.

    November 04, 2016

  • A. Vinod Kumar
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    ICANN57: A Backgrounder

    This backgrounder examines the current structure of ICANN, the intricacies of the IANA transition, and the way it will impact the architecture of cyberspace in the future.

    November 04, 2016

  • Natallia Khaniejo
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    Need for Persevering with the Dialogue Process in Jammu & Kashmir

    It is essential that the dialogue process continues and additional steps are taken to resolve the deep sense of alienation presently prevailing among the civil society in the Kashmir Valley.

    November 01, 2016

  • Gautam Sen
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    Is Turkey’s insistence on a military role in Mosul a strategic miscalculation?

    Turkey’s insistence on a role for itself risks escalating the already fraught sectarian situation in Iraq, undermining Iraqi sovereignty and not yielding any significant military or political gains for itself.

    October 28, 2016

  • Md. Muddassir Quamar
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