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137890
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Taranis, a top secret unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is considered to be the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers, successfully carried out its first flight tests in August 2013. The information, however was released to the media only in February 2014 by the UK ministry of defence (MoD) and the manufacturer BAE systems. “The UK has developed a significant lead in understanding unmanned aircraft which could strike with precision over a long range whilst remaining undetected,” said a statement from BAE systems. “The technological advances made through Taranis will also help the UK MoD and Royal Air Force (RAF) make decisions on the future mix of manned and unmanned fast jet aircraft and how they will operate together in a safe and effective manner for the UK’s defence”.
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138173
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On the surface, Narendra Modi has had a dream run in his first year as India’s prime minister. In May 2014, his Hinduright Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 281 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. This marked the first time since Rajiv Gandhi’s victory of 1984 that a party won a clear majority of its own and did not need coalition partners to form a government. After this triumph, Modi managed to install his trusted lieutenant, Amit Shah—who ran the interior ministry in Gujarat when Modi was chief minister of the state—as president of the BJP. Together with Shah, he has since gone on to win important state elections in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand. In Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP did spectacularly well in the December 2014 elections and is now in government as part of the ruling coalition headed by the Peoples’ Democratic Party.
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ID:
096327
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117145
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2012.
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Security and defence issues in Japan are still considered to be a topic which induces debate and controversies. Defence forces and actors are submerged under myriad layers of civilian control; as a result the voice of military is often muzzled. Since the 1990s, the levers of control are shifting, muted military expressions are becoming clear, and the civilian administration too understands the need for a realistic outlook on security matters. This change does not insinuate that Japan is going back to remilitarisation way of the 1930s. Bequeathed with robust democratic structures since World War II, Japanese defence decision-making follows a certain pattern and trend. Many studies in English have examined Japan's economic, trade, and security policies, while Japan's defence decision-making has not been analysed. In recognising this neglect, this study focuses on the defence decision-making process from the decision-makers points of view. This study will aim to clear some doubts over the Japanese decision-making process opaqueness.
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ID:
096012
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ID:
137892
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The Line of Control (LC), as known, is crucial for India’s security and any violation can lead to serious consequences. Last year, for instance, maximum incidents of ceasefire violation took place here, and analysts expect the trend to continue this year too. What with the US expeditionary troops leaving Afghanistan, there are chances of serious infiltration by terrorists along the Indo-Pak border. In such a scenario, it becomes extremely crucial for the Indian Army to maintain its night fighting capabilities at the LC. Also, it must beef up the day and night surveillance capabilities at the border.
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191412
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The taxation of energy consumption is a central topic in current policy debate in the European Union. While raising energy taxation is part of the European Commission’s strategy for achieving its climate targets for 2030 and 2050, the ongoing dramatic increases in the price of energy products are resulting in calls to reduce taxation on them. Therefore, it is crucial to closely consider the tax burden and redistributive effects of energy taxation in order to design compensatory measures and ensure support for the green transition. In this paper, we use the EUROMOD microsimulation model to estimate the burden and the redistributive impact of energy consumption taxation on households across Member States. In doing so, we break down the roles played by differences in consumption patterns, rates of taxation (covering both excises and VAT) and their regressivity. Countries with the highest energy taxation are often not those where its tax burden on household income is the strongest. At the same time, the strongest redistributive impact is not always taking place in countries with the most regressive energy taxation.
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ID:
102209
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