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An OROP reprise: The need for accountability
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
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A veteran paratrooper and consultant with the Observer Research Foundation, Deepak writes on matters of military and broader security concerns. His blog Para Phrase will seek to unravel issues in the security domain without fear or favour, mainly from a military perspective.
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CIVIL MILITARY FUSION: A MODEL FOR INDIA
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


In case India has to modernise and rise as a power of consequence, the necessity of Civil Military Fusion for India is undisputed.
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CASA DIALOGUES : THE AFGHANISTAN TRAIL(CASA7)
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, Pakistan


In this video, Lt Gen K J Singh (R) and Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) discuss issues about Afghanistan in the backdrop of the evolving situation in Pakistan.
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Japan, Australia strengthening ties with India
- April 17, 2023
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- Categories: Australia, India, Japan


Japan and Australia recognise that India, the largest democracy in the world, is respected for its diversity and development. They seem connected to India in a natural way and believe that despite their diversity, there is ample understanding among them to find the best way forward so that the impact on the Indo-Pacific is positive.
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Fumio Kishida’s India visit: Personal invite to Narendra Modi for G7 Summit in Hiroshima boosts India’s global stature
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


Although the current visit was not classified as the annual summit since it was the turn of the Prime Minister of India to visit Japan, the significance of the visit rest in the fact that Fumio Kishida took the trouble to invite Narendra Modi for G7 Summit in Hiroshima in person
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Post COVID China: Hard Exterior and Brittle Interior
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: China


To understand this, one must start with the economy. China and the CCP are GDP fixated. China has always set hard growth rates and striven to achieve them. The fundamental precept of the Chinese political economy has been getting high GDP growth rates and achieving them.
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Iran-Saudi rapprochement: Despite realignment taking shape in Gulf region, deal implementation remains challenging
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Ukraine


There are a host of issues that involve a major policy shift in entrenched positions by both sides. We need to wait and see the outcome as the two month period outlined in the agreement is not easy to bridge the bitter gulf
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Why Theatre Commands must be accompanied by a Uniform Military Code
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India


The differences on justice delivery among the individual Services exist mostly as a legacy of the British Acts from which the existing laws were derived.
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OPINION Iran-Saudi Arabia ties: How China’s energy needs led to reconciliation between Tehran and Riyadh courtesy Beijing
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia


A major rapprochement between two estranged powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia traditional rivals and among the biggest oil producers who have been on opposite sides on a host of issues and are politically polarised took place on 10 March 2023.
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CASA DIALOGUES : A NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE FOR THE INDO PACIFIC (CASA6)
- April 17, 2023
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Indo Pacific


In this video, Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) and Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) discuss issues related to a new security structure in the Indo Pacific.