Amidst rising tensions between China and Japan over the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to New Delhi from 25th to 27th January, 2014 was watched with great interest not only in the Chinese strategic circles but also in the entire Asia Pacific region as India holds the key to the new power balance in the area. Strategic analysts are assessing the possibilities of… Read More »Balance of Power
Prospects of Myanmar gas for India As a growing power, India requires energy. Yet, it is not self-sufficient in energy security and is highly dependent on oil and gas imports from various energy basins. For this, India has begun looking eastwards, eyeing the oil and gas reserves of Myanmar. Myanmar, being geographically close and economically attractive is a viable answer to India’s energy problems. However, seeing the attraction that Myanmar has become following lifting of… Read More »Accessing Energy
Prospects and challenges for the Trilateral Highway The balance of power is consistently pivoting toward Asia as it enhances trade with the rest of the world. In the meantime, in Asia, there is an emerging trend of multi-modal connectivity projects, cutting through country boundaries to boost economic as well as strategic ties. These projects are creating a strategic land and sea infrastructure in the region while they significantly alter the geo-political landscape. Of these, one… Read More »Connecting links
Rare earths will add new dimension to Indo-Japanese political and economic relationship other than already deepening cooperation in the area of defence and strategic issues. The agreement with India’s Department of Atomic Energy for cooperation in the production of the rare earths in India was to be signed during the postponed visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Tokyo from November 15-18 which was preceded by very high level interactions between the two… Read More »Moving forward: India to replace China
Several countries across the world are making tremendous efforts to overcome their energy shortage. In the South Asian region, Pakistan and India are the two major energy consumers and they are getting increasingly dependent on imported oil and natural gas. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, which is a major project being pursued, if successfully implemented could be the beginning of a new era of cooperation and interconnectedness at the regional level. TAPI’s route may serve… Read More »TAPI Project
The successful launch of the Bulava ballistic missile in June 2011 by Russia has demonstrated to the rest of the world about its growing capabilities and changing priorities. It is generally believed that Russia has been modernizing its strategic weaponry including ballistic missiles despite the negative impact of the ongoing world economic meltdown on its economy. The priorities of the leadership in Russia seem to have shifted. It is obvious from the launch that Russia… Read More »Gaining Momentum: Implications of Bulava missile for strategic stability
India-France relations now rests on the two solid pillars of defence and nuclear cooperation and provides a sound basis on which both can promote the future strategy of coordinated engagement with the rest of the world. These two pillars have helped India-France ties to flourish in other strategic issues and offers new possibilities for the two countries to strengthen their strategic partnerships. The French being an Indian Ocean power by virtue of having two groups… Read More »Flourishing Relation: Two pillars of India and France cooperation
As the security environment in the South Asian region remains volatile and the armies of three countries India, Pakistan and China continue to face each other backed by a force of hundreds of nuclear bombs the governments are gearing up for a contingency plan and preparations for protecting the citizens from nuclear catastrophe. India has set up a National Disaster Management Authority under which a National Disaster Response Force has been constituted. Besides creating a… Read More »Impenetrable Defense
The military modernization of China has surprised every country in the world. The best thing about the whole modernization process of Chinese military is that they are preparing themselves to counter any kind of futuristic threats. China is having border dispute with many countries in the region but with India it is a serious bone of contention. The changing requirement of modern battlefield has increased the risks coming from unexpected and deadly threats. The new… Read More »Escaping hazards
Iran’s relationship with the West and particularly with the USA has remained convoluted and under pressure for decades. Since 2003, what has kept Iran forcefully isolated from the world by way of trade embargos and sanctions by the Western powers is the Iranian nuclear issue. Uranium enrichment has remained at the heart of the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program. In November 2013, after four days of marathon talks, Iran and the P5+1, (the five permanent… Read More »Iran’s nuke deal