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A macabre plot to target Indian cities is foiled as MARCOS storm a boat near the Porbandar coast in Arabian Sea. Notwithstanding the failure, Rehan Khan, son of a decorated Indian army officer, refuses to give up. Rehan is the most essential cog in the wheel of ISI's policy of 'thousand cuts'. PM Shivaji Vatsal, his political existence at stake, and his team do not have time to lose as Rehan plans an even dangerous attack. Deceit, subterfuge and deception are the ...
China has declared 'Outer Space and Cyber Space' as the new commanding heights in strategic competition among all partices and is accelerating its evolution to informatization. The control of cyberspace is central to the PLA's overarching goal of the becoming a force that can 'win wars under informatized conditions' as the newest element of its military strategy. China pursues a strategy of aggressive cyberspace management and is in the midst of fortering a ...
This book presents a brief account of historical, geographical, socio-cultural and economic perspectives of Afghanistan and analyses the factors responsible for its failure. Spelling out the efforts that the international community has taken to restore Afghanistan post-Soviet withdrawal, it pinpoints the gaps in those efforts that have led it to the present status.
It further examines the possible effects after the withdrawal of the NATO forces from Afghanistan ...
Contents: 1. Perspective on India-Nepal relations and China factor/Lalit Mansingh. 2. Shift of China's strategic objectives and the impact on India and Nepal/Chen Mumin. 3. Rediscovering Nepal’s relationship with South Asia and east Asia: India and China in comparative perspective/Sangit Sarita Dwivedi. 4. Reconsidering India-Nepal bilateral relations in the twenty-first century/Neelam Sampang. 5. Safeguarding the 'National Interest' of Nepal: analysis of ...
This book is a geo-strategic study of hydrocarbon, metal and mineral resources in Africa. It showcases India’s efforts to project itself as a key player in the extractive-resource partnership with African countries. It studies trends in India-Africa resource engagement: India’s oil partnership with Nigeria, natural gas partnership with Mozambique, diamond partnership with Botswana, partnership on uranium with Namibia and partnership with Senegal ...
The book covers challenges ahead for India’s security policy: meeting strategic challenges, responding to the challenges of globalisation; managing non-traditional critical issues such as human security, food, water, energy, environment and missiles development; and evolving a national consensus on constituents of India’s national interest. The contributions by scholars and experts cover various aspects of India’s engagement with the major ...
The papers on interlinkages, conflicts and challenges to management bear reference to international borders in South Asia. They view the cross border socio-economic linkages across countries in the region that sometimes make the border lands separate entities with an independent socio-cultural and economic identity. They examine conflicts over borders due to encroachment, river shifting, wind erosion and intentional violation of border demarcations by countries ...