IDSA Comments

Differing perceptions among the various stakeholders has emerged because the contents of the framework agreement are not in the public domain.

• Pradeep Singh Chhonkar
• September 01, 2016 |
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Russia’s military intervention in Syria – its first beyond its immediate neighbourhood since the end of the Cold War – highlights the significant transformation that its armed forces have gone through.

• Rajorshi Roy
• August 31, 2016 |
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While the Argentinian military’s desperate state of affairs can be partly blamed on the country’s economic woes, a substantial portion of the blame must fall on the somewhat tense relationship between the military and the civilian government.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• August 30, 2016 |
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A scramble for assets between the years 2013 and 2015 culminated in the procurement of a fleet of vessels that have restored a degree of capability and viability to the TTCG.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• August 26, 2016 |
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Given that the NSG may not be able to withhold the India membership question for long, in spite of China’s inconsistent positions, it would be unwise on India’s part to forfeit any advantage it has on the SCS issue.

• A. Vinod Kumar
• August 24, 2016 |
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Furthering the premise of an increasingly severe security environment, Japan’s latest defence white paper has accorded relatively more space to its ‘strong concerns’ over China’s ‘active maritime expansion’ as well as progress in North Korea’s missile development programme.

• Titli Basu
• August 22, 2016 |
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ROK is employing an effective combination of gifting equipment combined with joint ventures with local industry, which has the dual effect of increasing exports and forging partnerships with domestic industries in a region where it has hitherto had a very minimal defence relationship.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• August 19, 2016 |
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Regardless of the concessions Beijing is willing to offer on the NSG and bilateral issues, New Delhi has reason to continue viewing China’s maritime manoeuvres in the Indian Ocean Region with suspicion.

• Abhijit Singh
• August 19, 2016 |
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Turkey is going where President Erdogan wants to take it to, as those who do not agree with him are too intimidated to stand in his way.

• K. P. Fabian
• August 17, 2016 |
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While a Russia-Turkey rapprochement is driven by their particular national interests, its trajectory and outcome are likely to be shaped by the interplay of several geo-economic and geo-political factors.

• Rajorshi Roy
• August 16, 2016 |
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