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The emergence of the Indo-Pacific as a new geopolitical frame ofreference is embedded in the growing strategic importance of themaritime domain and the rise of states that have demonstrated theability to 'transcend' their respective subregions. However, the Indo-Pacific remains a concept in its infancy, as evidenced by the fact that itcontinues to compete with alternative conceptions of regional space inAsia. This article argues that India has a vested interest in the survival ofthis new strategic geography as it serves to reinvigorate the momentumof its post-Cold War re-engagement with Asia under the aegis of its 'LookEast' and 'extended neighbourhood' policies. In this context, India shouldcontinue to cultivate the Indo-Pacific concept and ensure its embrace inthe region's evolving strategic vocabulary.
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134035
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In the run-up to the voting on the budget, detailed demands for grant(DDGs) presented by various ministries to the Parliament are examinedby the departmentally-related standing committees. As Parliamentcannot possibly examine more than 100 DDGs presented to it everyyear, these committees are required to examine them in detail and reportback to the Parliament. One such committee is the Standing Committeeon Defence. This article looks at the manner in which this Committeeexamined the DDGs of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over a 10-yearperiod from 2004-05 to 2013-14, and the impact of its recommendationson the trajectory of the overall defence budget. This is the first oftwo articles which focuses on the tenure of the 14th Lok Sabha from2004-05 to 2008-09. The second part would cover the tenure of the15th Lok Sabha from 2008-09 to 2013-14.
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The Maritime Silk Road (MSR) idea is part of this wider attemptby China to construct multiple lines of communication to its economicheartland in eastern China since the early 2000s. The underlying aim ofsuch a geostrategy is to also develop inner Chinese provinces and shapeChina's regional periphery by exercising economic, political and cultural Influence.
In May 2014, Xinhua unveiled maps showing China's ambitious Landand Maritime Silk Roads.3 The MSR envisions an 'economic cooperationarea' stretching from the Western Pacific to the Baltic Sea as a sort ofmaritime highway buttressed by Chinese-supported infrastructure andport facilities in states straddling maritime routes along which China'strade and natural resources flow.
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2014.
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State and non-state elements in India's neighbourhood have beensupporting insurgency in the North-East to weaken the Indian state. Inthe 1960s and 1970s, insurgents from the region, particularly the Nagarebels, had received moral and material support from China. Moreover,elements in Pakistan and Bangladesh too have been aiding North-EastIndian insurgents from time to time. The sanctuaries in Bhutan andMyanmar have emerged out of the inability of their governments toadequately administer the border areas or deal effectively with the hostileactivities of the Indian insurgents inside their respective territories. Thisarticle examines the role played by various external powers in sustain inginsurgency in the North-East, the changing external dynamics, andprovides a road map for future.
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2014.
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The last decade has witnessed unprecedented developments in thediscovery of novel materials and their radically different propertiesat nanoscales. Global efforts in research and development (R&D)in nanotechnology are being undertaken by many countries dueto far-reaching benefits encompassing the entire arena of scienceand technology. The field of defence is likely to profit immensely bynanotechnology-enabled applications. The impact of these applicationswill have a direct bearing on soldier in the battlefield in terms ofenhanced protection, lethality, manoeuvrability, communication, healthmonitoring, and surveillance. This article dwells upon the current globalscenario of nanotechnology and how a 'soldier as a system' can beconceived through integration of nanotechnology-enabled applications.
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2014.
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In the Kautilya-Arthashastra, espionage and other 'operational' activitiesof the secret service-notably 'active measures' and 'covert action'-are addressed often and in detail. In contrast, Kautilya seems to sayvery little about intelligence analysis, assessment and estimates whichprovide the basis of strategic planning and grand strategy-and arekey components of statecraft. However, the central proposition of thisarticle is that 'ideas' (or meanings) underlying these modern intelligenceterms are very much present in the Arthashastra. Moreover, Kautilyadoes submit key methodological and theoretical ideas and conceptsfor intelligence analysis, assessment, estimates and strategic planning.Therefore, the Kautilya-Arthashastra is quite relevant for the history ofideas of the political science sub-discipline, intelligence studies.
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