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139172
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For many years now, since 1992, when it laid its seed and slowly gathered momentum in policy circles, the “Look East” policy has been oft repeated in New Delhi’s strategic and policy circles as one of India’s foremost long-term policy visions to open up its economy for investment and trade with Southeast Asia. Increasingly now, the reference has changed from “Looking East” to “Acting East” by which one would expect that the policy is in its implementation phase. In augmenting the “Act East” policy, the northeast of India emerges, by the criterion of geography, as the region which will act as the ‘strategic catalyst’ or ‘game changer’ in accomplishing the vision that the policy aspires to embolden. Situated between China, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar and with an international border stretching up to 4, 500 km, the region has held the promise of acting as a bridge between India and Southeast Asia for years. Its history vindicates such a role as its people have traded and travelled across the Southeast Asian region and Yunnan for years through the ancient Silk Road, trading in Himalayan salt, spices, handicrafts, food items, silk and other goods. This region witnessed migration of people from Southeast Asia and Yunnan to Assam and its surrounding hills, the most prominent being the Ahoms tracing their roots to the Tai race in Yunnan and Thailand. The Ahoms led by Sukapha arrived in Assam in
1228 A.D. and ruled over this region for 600 years. It is significant to note that the Ahoms under Lachit Borphukan successfully prevented Mughal expansion into Assam by defeating the Mughal Army in the much revered Battle of Saraighat of 1671.1
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ID:
129964
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ID:
118479
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125365
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2013.
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The Armed Forces are India's "hard-power" assets and not a tool for diplomacy on the borders. Deployment of an armed force to support a diplomatic effort is axiomatic as it lends strength to diplomacy. Should "soft power" of diplomacy fail, then the will to suitably demonstrate use of "hard power" must not be found wanting. India is a Nation tugging at its leash to surge forward in all arenas of development. Without throwing caution to winds, there is a requirement to be less tentative and more assertive. India's national interests must be paramount. At stake here are the aspirations of a young generation for a bright progressive future.
"Perform necessary action; it is more powerful than inaction; without action, you even fail to sustain your own body." -Mahabharata
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109030
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ID:
093069
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ID:
132146
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2014.
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Civilians are dying?.?.?.?in South Ossetia?.?.?.?the majority of them are citizens of the Russian federation.?.?.?.?We will not leave unpunished the deaths of our compatriots. The guilty parties have brought upon themselves the punishment they deserved." This announcement about the invasion of Georgia's territory came from then Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in August 2008. Medvedev was firm, citing the Russian Constitution and federal law, but while it was his lips moving, the words were clearly those of Vladimir Putin.
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132262
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2014.
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A wide variety of state-of-the-art UGS systems are now available in the market
The use of unattended ground sensors (UGS) for border security applications has gained momentum in recent times across the world. For India, where the border guarding forces face significantly large number of challenges manning the open and porous borders, the UGS could provide a perfect solution. It is no surprise that Indian armed forces are now in the process of procuring these advanced sensors.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued an expression of interest (EoI) in 2013 to procure UGS systems for Border Security Force (BSF). This initiative from the MHA came after the reports of a 400 metre long tunnel was found in Jammu and Kashmir close to the international border. "Hand-held control receiver and variety of sensors like, passive infrared sensor to detect movement of object in a narrow field of view, magnetic sensors to monitor movement of metallic objects such as weapons or vehicles and seismic sensors to identify ground vibration caused by vehicles or pedestrians (should be encompassed in the device)," stated the qualitative requirements floated by the Paramilitary.
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ID:
130722
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2014.
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A discordant political relationship, three and a half wars and Pakistan's material support for secessionist militants in the border states of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir compelled India to harden its international border with Pakistan. An inward-looking economy and the absence of an imperative for regional economic integration also resulted in restricted movement of people and goods across the border. However, in the past decade or so, an emergent Indian economy coupled with both countries' desire to engage themselves constructively have paved the way for softening the border. As the India-Pakistan border gradually opens up for increased trade and travel, a number of issues such as infiltration by terrorists and militants, cross-border shelling and sniping, trafficking of drugs and arms and so on pose a challenge to the effective management of the border. Moreover, inadequate manpower, lack of resources and inadequate cooperation from Pakistan make management of the border difficult. As a result, India has to continuously balance the imperatives of maintaining the border as a barrier against cross-border terrorism with softening it to enable the regulated flow of trade and travel.
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ID:
124697
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2013.
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After a long peace since the ceasefire came into being on 26 November 2003, the International Border (IB) in Jammu witnessed numerous ceasefire violations in 2013. Unlike the Line of Control (LC) which has seen innumerable ceasefire violations each year, with as many as 250 in 2013 alone, the IB getting live was unusual. The firings intensified since August causing loss of lives and property to civilians, who unlike the LC, live close to the IB. This unexpected activity got the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah, to say that India should exercise options to silence Pakistani firing. Matters, however, finally settled on the IB with the recent meeting of the Border Security Force (BSF) and its counterpart, the Pakistani Chhamb rangers in R.S Pura sector. At sector commanders' level, both the sides agreed to maintain ceasefire and restore issues through negotiations.
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ID:
124871
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2013.
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The January 2013 clash in Kashmir emphasizes the need for a radical new approach: the United States should take the lead in changing the formal status of the Line of Control from a temporary boundary to a legally recognized international border.
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ID:
122763
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2013.
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Examining the experiences of the South since Sudan's independence, this article analyses why the choice of 'unity' became an unrealistic option for South Sudanese. Stressing that self-determination for the South was the only way to resolve Sudan's long-standing national crisis, this article points out, at the same time, that it left unresolved the issue of self-determination for the peoples of the northern Sudan who joined the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and brought new problems, particularly to the newly created international border area between Sudan and South Sudan.
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ID:
113604
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ID:
150760
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ID:
118191
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ID:
093992
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ID:
127458
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ID:
136083
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New Delhi, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 2014.
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48p.Pbk
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IDSA Occasional Paper No.37
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9789382169475
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 058095 | 382.0954/DAS 058095 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 058096 | 382.0954/DAS 058096 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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067392
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ID:
133461
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GAZA-Mohammed Alhwani stands in the courtyard of his school, gazing casually beyond he view of the camera. He wears a baggy sweatshirt and a backpack slung over one shoulder. He looks careless, free, and very much his 12 years of age. Several hours later, Mohammed rests next to a jerry-rigged electricity panel, yards beneath the earth, with hard, weary eyes-buried in the claustrophobic heart of one of Gaza's smuggling tunnels, an intricate network of underground passageways that illegally- under the laws of at east three nations- pass under international borders from Egypt into the Gaza territory.
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