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India’s Gradual Transition from ‘Defense Market’ to ‘Export Hub’
January 4 , 2019 Devsena Mishra
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2019, the final year of current Indian government, is the perfect time to trace and evaluate how much progress India has made on some of the ambitious targets related to defense sector i.e. promotion of indigenous defense development, reducing country’s defense import dependence and further changing India’s status from a ‘defense market’ to ‘defense export hub.’

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Defence modernisation , India’s defence

सामरिक मंच की सफलता का ढांचा: अरिहंत से मिले सबक
January 4 , 2019 Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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कार्यक्रम आईएनएस अरिहंत शिप सबमर्सिबल बैलिस्टिक न्यूक्लियर (एसएसबीएन) ने हाल ही में अपनी पहली ‘निवारण गश्त’ यानी डिटरंस पैट्रोल पूरी की, जिस पर प्रधानमंत्री ने उसकी सराहना की। यह जहाज टिकाऊ परमाणु प्रक्...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , नौसेना आईएनएस अरिहंत , परमाणु प्रक्षेपण विकल्प

India and the World in 2019
January 3 , 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 7391
With rising trade protectionism and uncertain oil prices, both the world economy and international trade will slow down. India with above 7 % GDP growth will be the fastest growing major economy in the world. However, it will face head-winds with rising climate concerns and the energy bill. India now imports increasing amount of coal, apart from oil and gas.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Geo-politics in 2019 , Trends in 2019

India Navigating Global Security in 2019 – Challenges, Opportunities and Prescriptions
January 2 , 2019 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Commentary Views: 2649
A New Year brings hope but what follows may be 365 days of uncertainty in the complex world of international security. A combination of apriori-cum-empirical survey of challenges and opportunities would...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Geo-strategy in 2019 , Security issues in 2019

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