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Relevance of India's Nuclear Triad
November 12 , 2018 Ajit Kumar
Commentary Views: 4776
It may be recalled that India's 1999 Draft Nuclear Doctrine had stated that its nuclear forces would be based on a triad of aircraft, mobile land-based missiles and sea-based assets. The summary of the official Nuclear Doctrine of 2003 also mentioned about maintaining a credible minimum deterrence, a posture of 'No First Use' and that any nuclear retaliation would be massive.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : INS Arihant SSBN , Nuclear Triad

Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?
November 10 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 2237
On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first ...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Russia’s Afghanistan initiative , Taliban-Afghan meeting

Bangladesh Elections: Growing Influence of ‘Hefazat’
November 8 , 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty
Article Views: 3296
The announcement on October 26th at a party forum by Sheikh Hasina that the two foremost hard-line fundamentalist groups, viz. the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Hefazat-e-Islam(HeI), should be treated d...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh Islamist hard-line party

Imran Khan’s China visit: China’s Deafening Silence on Financial Bailout
November 6 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2031
Imran Khan ’s much anticipated China visit took place from 2 to 5 November 2018 in the backdrop of Pakistan's desperate requirement of a financial bailout due to mounting balance of payment crisis, the...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : CPEC woes , Imran Khan’s China visit , Pakistan’s financial state

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