Defence Budget 2019-20: Does Budget Support ‘Make-in-India’ in Defence?
The interim Union Budget for the financial year 2019-20, was presented by the interim Finance Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha on...
Taliban and Talks
Introduction
Taliban conducted its deadliest attack yet at the training centre of the National Directorate for Security in Maidan Wardak province, west off Kabul on...
China Streamlines the PLA, But with Strings Attached
Acting upon the ‘fight and win’ logic, Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Xi Jinping set 2019 resolution by calling...
The Super Power Buckles
Eighteen years after the US launched the first global war on terrorism in Afghanistan, the end state desired at its commencement by the US...
Identifying The ‘Organisational Base’ of Left-wing Extremism in India: Women Naxals
IntroductionLeft-wing Extremism (LWE) is currently believed to be the gravest threat to India’s Internal Security, and has been so for four decades now. Although...
Israel – Saudi Arabia Bonding in Making?
The regional schism in West Asia has been moving to a new direction negating the triangular proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran...
Sustaining Blue Economy and Indian Challenges
The concept of sustainable development is the core idea behind Blue Economy and is reflected in its definition. The term was first coined during...
West Asia: An Overview of Recent Important Developments
India considers West Asia her extended neighbourhood. The region is of paramount importance to us in terms of energy security, diaspora, foreign remittances, shared...
Religious Tourism: An Informal Confidence Building Measure in the Indo-Pak Lexicon?
Informal Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) can be defined as an activity wherein there is an unofficial or informal interaction amongst members of adversarial groups...
Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA): What It Means for India
On December 31, U.S President Donald Trump signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA), which promises to bring back fresh focus to American priorities...