IDSA Comments

With the successful sixteenth flight of the PSLV-C16, the “feel good” factor has returned to ISRO which was buffeted by failures and controversy over the last year.

• Ajey Lele
• April 25, 2011 |
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In rethinking Cold Start as a default option and working towards proactive ‘contingency’ options, India is a step ahead in doctrinal shadow boxing.

• Ali Ahmed
• April 24, 2011 |
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China’s aircraft carrier programme will not only affect the balance of power in the Asia Pacific region but also add impetus to the Chinese maritime intent.

• Avinash Godbole , Sarabjeet Singh Parmar
• April 21, 2011 |
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To make the transition from the prevalent Nash Equilibrium with its lower payoffs to Pareto-optimal which will yield higher pay offs, India and Pakistan must break away from their traditional thinking of making no concessions.

• Arvind Gupta , Sarita Azad
• April 20, 2011 |
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If the political infighting continues, Japan will be left rudderless and the gigantic task of reconstruction will get complicated.

• Rajaram Panda
• April 20, 2011 |
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On the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight, the space scenario appears to be at a crossroads. Because of the economic and other geopolitical compulsions, major powers are found trading cautiously.

• Ajey Lele
• April 20, 2011 |
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S.M. Krishna should reassure the people of Nepal that India has always acted in the interests of the Nepalese people and that it has no intention to interfere in the internal politics of the country.

• Ashok K. Behuria , Nihar R. Nayak
• April 19, 2011 |
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After the threat level for the Fukushima plant was raised from 5 to 7, Japan’s claims about the situation getting stabilised are being received with a degree of scepticism.

• Rajaram Panda
• April 18, 2011 |
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Drug trafficking has become a major source of funding for armed groups in the north east and contributes to the continuance of militancy in the region.

• Shivananda H
• April 13, 2011 |
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India’s two core national security objectives of territorial integrity and sovereignty can be better achieved through individual progress and overall societal happiness especially of its ethnic minorities.

• Namrata Goswami
• April 11, 2011 |
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