IN FOCUS: DECEMBER 2013
YASUKUNI CONTROVERSY FOR JAPAN: ABE’S VISIT A REPLY TO THE CHINESE ADIZ?
Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, CAPS
30 DEC 2013: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on 26 December 2013, first anniversary of his taking office has infuriated China and South Korea once again...read more
WILL THE EGYPTIAN COUP CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ISLAM?
Kamran Shahid Ansari,Research Associate, CAPS
26 DEC 2013: The statements made by the US Secretary of State John Kerry in his brief visit to Cairo, in the first week of November, make clear that the US is committed to work with Egypt’s interim rulers...read more
DE-CONFLICTING SIACHEN: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Wg Cdr Nishant Gupta, Research Fellow, CAPS
26 DEC 2013: : On December 4, 2013 Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security and Foreign Affairs, called upon India to withdraw Indian forces deployed at Siachen Glacier...read more
INCHING TOWARDS CREDIBLE DETERRENCE
Arjun Subramanian P, Associate Fellow, CAPS
26 DEC 2013: A news report in the Indian Express says that India is all set to test launch its longer range Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) K-4 from an underwater platform by the end of next month...read more
CHINA ON THE MOON: WOULD THE FEAT EMBOLDEN DRAGON TO EXHIBIT MORE BELLIGERENT BEHAVIOUR?
Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
26 DEC 2013: “That's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong’s quote on stepping onto the lunar surface in July 1969 is one of the most inspiring phrases ever to have been uttered...read more
CHINA’S EAST CHINA SEA ADIZ: CONFUSION AND ALARM
Ravinder, Senior Fellow, CAPS
23DEC 2013: China’s surprise announcement of creating a new ADIZ in the East China Sea has caused much confusion and alarm in the Asia -Pacific region...read more
BRAIN DRAIN AT DRDO: INDIGENISATION IN PERIL?
Ankit Kumar,Research Associate, CAPS
17 DEC 2013: According to the statement made by Defence Minister A.K. Antony in parliament on 8th December, a total of 443 scientists resigned from the DRDO during 2008-2012...read more
BRITAIN-CHINA RAPPROCHEMENT: TIBET ISSUE SIDELINED
Tseyang Lhamo, Research Associate, CAPS
11 DEC 2013: David Cameron’s paid three days visit to China in early December accompanied by around hundred business delegates...read more
THE ROAR OF GROWTH: HOW WILL CHINA FACE ITS HAZARDOUS POLLUTION LEVELS?
Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, CAPS
10 Dec 2013: Even the Chinese government cannot censor the hazardous smog that’s become part and parcel of daily Chinese life...read more
ARCTIC: IS IT US VS. RUSSIA ONCE AGAIN?
Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, CAPS
09 DEC 2013: Recent statements made by President Vladimir Putin to Russian students on 03 December, this month have emphasized the antagonism between Russia and US...read more
CHINA’S ADIZ: REACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
Sana Hashmi,Associate Fellow, CAPS
06 DEC 2013: Chinese Air Force spokesperson, Shen Jinke announced that, “any aircraft flying through the newly designated East China Sea ADIZ must seek prior permission...read more
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
05 DEC 2013: When China established an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) to support its claims over parts of disputed East China Sea...read more
APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW ARMY CHIEF IN PAKISTAN
Mohammed Rashid,Research Associate, CAPS
05 DEC 2013: Is the appointment of new army chief by Nawaz Sharif an effective step to limit the sway of an institution...read more
IN FOCUS: NOVEMBER 2013
CHINA’S AWACS : HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
Ravinder, Senior Fellow, CAPS
30 NOV 2013: China last week announced that it was setting up an “air defence identification zone” (ADIZ) in the East China Sea over an area...read more
US REBALANCING STRATEGY: FACING SEVERE SCRUTINY?
Asha Mathew, Research Associate, CAPS
30 NOV 2013: When there were speculations of a possible US military strike on Syria, political analyst...read more
CHINA’S RESPONSE TO THE SYRIAN CRISIS
Simrat Virk, Research Associate, CAPS
30 NOV 2013: There has been a lot of talk recently about severe human right violations in the context of the Syrian crisis...read more
REVISITING INDIA’S NUCLEAR LIABILITY ACT
Ji Yeon-jung, Research Scholar, JNU
30 NOV 2013: While the Russian-built Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu is now generating electricity, India’s ambitious nuclear energy plan seems...read more
‘CHAKRA’ VIEW: STRENGTHENING INDIA’S UNDERSEA WARFARE CAPABILITY
Arjun Subramanian P,Associate Fellow, CAPS
28 NOV 2013: In the Indian naval arena, one of the most recent developments is India’s plans to lease a second nuclear submarine from Russia...read more
PHASE I, COMPLETE; PHASE II, COMMENCING SOON…
Ankit Kumar, Research Associate, CAPS
27 NOV 2013: With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Cambodia and Laos coming to end on 17th November...read more
THE PERILS OF ‘PEACEFUL ATOMS’: A REFLECTION ON RECENT SINO-PAK NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Hina Pandey, Research Associate, CAPS
26 NOV 2013: The signing of peaceful nuclear cooperation agreements (PNCA) between states is not new...read more
PLAN’S J-15: TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL OR MILITARY FOLLY?
Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
22 NOV 2013: When Shenyang Aircraft Corporation developed J-15 little did they envisage that one day they will be facing unfavourable comments...read more
RELEVANCE OF INS VIKRAMADITYA IN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE OF INDIA
Chandra Rekha, Research Associate, CAPS
22 NOV 2013:The handing over of INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier to India will further enhance not only the operational capabilities of the Indian Navy ...read more
INDIA CHALLENGES CHINA IN LAC
E. Dilipraj,Research Associate, CAPS
21 NOV 2013: ‘Pangong Tso’ lake - the scenically beautiful blue lake has become the current contest ground for the two Asian giants – India and China...read more
INS VIKRAMADITYA: THE ARRIVAL OF A GAME CHANGER
Kriti Singh, Associate Fellow, CAPS
19 NOV 2013: As the geopolitical dynamics keeps on shifting, so does the defence strategy keep on reinventing themselves with changing times...read more
DRAGON EXHIBITS A BENIGN ATTITUDE TOWARDS MARKET
Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
14 NOV 2013: World’s second largest economy issued a communiqué after a four day behind closed doors meeting stating...read more
CHINA TURKEY MISSILE DEFENCE COOPERATION
Debalina Ghoshal, Associate Fellow, CAPS
09 NOV 2013:An interesting development in recent times has been the nascent talks of missile defence cooperation between China and Turkey...read more
OPENING ADDRESS CAPS/CII CONFERENCE 06 NOV 2013
Air Marshal Vinod Patney SYSM PVSM AVSM VrC (Retd),Director General CAPS
08 NOV 2013: Much has been achieved by the Indian Aerospace Industry and the support, bilateral I may add, of foreign aerospace industry has been meaningful...read more
WHY CHINA WILL PURSUE CYBER WARFARE MORE AGGRESSIVELY?
Wg Cdr MK Sharma,Research Fellow, CAPS
08 NOV 2013: The New York Times (06 May 2013) carried a story claiming that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Unit 61398 near Shanghai has been identified...read more
DIRECTING ENERGY V/S PGM –A CHEAPER APPROACH TO DESTROY STRATEGIC TARGETS
Gp Capt B Bose, Senior Fellow, CAPS
08 NOV 2013:All over the world, military planners have been using a large number of weapons to destroy a particular strategic target...read more
ATTACK IN TIANANMEN SQUARE: AN ACT OF TERROR OR VOICE OF SUPPRESSED?
By Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
05 Nov 2013: 28 Oct 2013 attack in Tiananmen Square resulting in death of five persons underlined a new challenge which is likely to alter...read more
CHINA CONTINUES WITH MINING WORK IN TAR AMIDST PROTESTS
Simrat Kaur Virk, Research Associate, CAPS
05 Nov 2013: A recent news report in August this year brought to light the issue of large-scale ‘illegal’ mining in many areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region...read more
RIPPLES OF UNRESOLVED BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN INDIA-CHINA: VISA ROWS
Tseyang Lhamo,Research Associate, CAPS
05 Nov 2013: India and China have a long pending unresolved border dispute which causes unfolding of certain events where inhabitants of the disputed region...read more
PAKISTAN AND TALIBAN PEACE PROCESS - DOOMED TO FAIL?
Mohammed Rashid, Research Associate, CAPS
04 Nov 2013: Is Taliban in Pakistan getting strengthened by Pakistan government actions especially with the peace agreements?...read more
PRAHAR: A CONVENTIONAL REJOINDER
Dr. Sitakanta Mishra, Research Fellow, CAPS & Visiting Scholar, Cooperative Management Centre, Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, USA
04 Nov 2013: Strategic utility of missile systems is vividly interpreted. While hardliners view the precision-strike tactical missiles as protection...read more
IN FOCUS: OCTOBER 2013
BORDER DEFENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT: A NEW BEGINNING?
Sana Hashmi, Associate Fellow, CAPS
29 Oct 2013: There are ample positive signs to believe that just concluded high-level Indian leadership visit to Beijing...read more
US SHALE BOOM: TRANSFORMING THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE
Prerna Gandhi,Research Associate, CAPS
29 Oct 2013: With the recent boom in its shale production, the United States has a strong opportunity to re-shuffle cards on the international stage...read more
CHOOSING BETWEEN ALLIES AND UNSC SEAT: INDIA’S CATCH 22 SITUATION
Ankit Kumar, Research Associate, CAPS
29 Oct 2013: “We have every intention to stay on. This can be done in two ways — seek re-election quickly and through Security Council reform....read more
THE UNITED STATES AND THE TALE OF TWO ‘AIDS’- EGYPT AND PAKISTAN
Dr. Stuti Banerjee, Research Fellow, ICWA
29 Oct 2013: Egypt and Pakistan are instrumental in the formulation of US policies towards their respective regions -- the Middle East and South Asia...read more
HOTLINE TO CHINA IN NEW BORDER PACT, 24 OCT 2013
Wg Cdr Raj Mongia, Research Fellow, CAPS
24 Oct 2013: Troops of India and China will not tail each other’s patrols and, during face-off situations, both sides will exercise maximum self-restraint. These are two major points of the key agreement India and China...read more
Unified Commands – The Road Ahead’, 24 OCT 2013
Wg Cdr Vishal Nigam,Research Fellow, CAPS
24 Oct 2013: Very soon the "formal joint proposal'' of the three Services to form three new Commands will be taken up with the government. Indian armed forces are contemplating creation of three new unified commands...read more
TALK AT BROCHURE RELEASE 17 OCT 2013
Air Marshal Vinod Patney SYSM PVSM AVSM VrC (Retd), Director General CAPS
17 Oct 2013: The theme for this year’s conference is “Energizing Indian Aerospace Industry: Challenges and Opportunities”. The theme clearly indicates that there are many challenges and we can take that as a given...read more
CURTAIN RAISER FOR THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGISING INDIAN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, 17 OCT 2013
AVM Manmohan Bahadur VM (retd),Distinguished Fellow, CAPS
17 Oct 2013: The brochure release for the 8th International Conference on energising Indian Aerospace Industry was held at New Delhi on 17 Oct 2013. This was the curtain raiser of the actual event taking place on 6-7 Nov 13...read more
SU-35 SALE TO CHINA: THE CHALLENGE FOR INDIA
Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal, Senior Fellow, CAPS
15 Oct 2013: After many years of effort it seems that Russia has agreed to sell 24 Sukhoi SU-35 ‘Super Flanker’ aircraft to China...read more
MAKING SENSE OF CHINA’S ‘MARITIME SILK ROAD’
Sana Hashmi, Associate Fellow, CAPS
23 Oct 2013:China’s President, Xi Jinping, was on a state visit to Southeast Asian biggest economies, Indonesia and Malaysia on October 2-3 and October 4-5, 2013 respectively. Interestingly...read more
BRICS’ CABLE AND CYBER SECURITY
E. Dilipraj, Research Associate, CAPS
22 Oct 2013: The USA’s PRISM program, which is a mass electronic surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) on almost all the countries of the world has created a huge storm in the world politics...read more
NEW TOOLS OF TERROR: ARE WE PREPARED?
Arjun Subramanian P, Associate Fellow, CAPS
16 Oct 2013: A recent news item on the Asian Defence News blog reports a foiled terrorist plot in Pakistan to attack the Pakistani Naval and Air headquarters with a Remotely Piloted Aircraft...read more
NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN – DOES IT AUGUR WELL?
Kamran Shahid Ansari,Research Associate, CAPS
11 Oct 2013: The upcoming Presidential Elections in Afghanistan, which are scheduled to be held on April 5, 2014, carry significance for two major reasons....read more
INDIA’S CONCERN OVER CHINA-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR NEXUS, 23 OCT 2013
Sana Hashmi, Associate Fellow, CAPS
23 Oct 2013: Since the inception of its nuclear programme, Pakistan has been getting the support of the Chinese Government.The A. Q. Khan episode made it clear to the world that Pakistan ...read more
INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES : TOWARDS CO-DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAVELIN?
Debalina Ghoshal, Associate Fellow, CAPS
04 Oct 2013: The United States Department of Defence had proposed to the Indian Ministry of Defence to jointly develop the next generation anti-tank missile called the Javelin. On October 1, reports confirmed that the deal was sealed....read more
US EXPANDS ITS INFLUENCE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC: CHINA REACTS
Asha Mathew, Research Associate, CAPS
03 Oct 2013: Saipan, a small island located in the Western Pacific, will now form a crucial part of the US Rebalancing Strategy toward Asia Pacific. The island located about 200km north of Guam, already finds its place....read more
SYRIAN CONFLICT AND THE GLOBAL RESPONSE
Dr. Lungthuiyang Riamei, Research Associate, CAPS
03 Oct 2013: The Arab Springs has triggered many of the undemocratic regimes in West Asia. Syria has been embroiled in civil war in the wake of the uprising against the Bashar-al Assad military regime and his neo-Baathist government.....read more
SHORT CALL, BIG SIGNIFICANCE: THE OBAMA - ROUHANI CONVERSATION
Dr. Manpreet Sethi, ICSSR Senior Fellow, CAPS
Historic détentes in the past have radically changed the course of international relations. Are we on the threshold of another such event in USA-Iran rapprochement? ....read more
WHY CHINA SHOULD SHOULDER GREATER RESPONSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
Hina Pandey, Research Associate
It is because of the nature of international nuclear politics that is mostly embedded in threat perceptions and mistrust that the possibility of cooperation between countries becomes limited....read more
RECENT INSURGENTS ATTACK IN PHILIPPINES AND ITS IMPACT ON PEACE PROCESS
Ankit Kumar, Research Associate, CAPS
While Kenya and Nigeria are in the news because of Islamic extremists, who are using excessive violence and bloodshed against civilians in order to establish an Islamic State, the situation is not very different in the Philippines. ....read more
CHINA'S SILENT SERVICE ENTERS THE FOURTH GENERATION CLUB
Arjun Subramanian P, Associate Fellow, CAPS
Reportedly, China’s fourth generation Nuclear Attack Submarine (SSN) is now ready. According to Du Wenlong, a military expert, this would be capable of high performance. …read more
YET ANOTHER DASTARDLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN JAMMU : WAY AHEAD FOR INDIA
Wg Cdr Nishant Gupta, Research Fellow, CAPS
On 26 September 2013 state of Jammu and Kashmir suffered another ghastly terrorist attack, and this time the targets were a police station at Hiranagar in Kathua district and an Army Camp in the adjoining Sambha district...read more
US SIGNS ARMS TRADE TREATY
Lt. Col (retd.) Rakesh Verma, Research Fellow, CAPS
The United States on 25 Sep 2013 signed a landmark United Nation treaty regulating the $90bn conventional arms trade, offering a major boost to the pact despite opposition at home (US)....read more
AVIC-CATALYST FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
Wg Cdr Vishal Nigam, Research Fellow
Inter-changeability of actors and tryst with geopolitics in 1990s redefined China’s stature in contemporary history. The breakup of the Soviet Union, the end of the cold war...read more
INDUCTION OF C-17 GLOBEMASTER III, TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION IN INDIA'S AIRLIFT CAPABILITY
Group Captain Ashok K Chordia, Senior Fellow, CAPS
The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft was formally inducted in the IAF on September 2, 2013. Of the ten aircraft on order, three have already been delivered.....read more
EXERCISE SHAHEEN II OPERATIONAL PAF AND PLAAF EXERCISE
Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur VM (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow
The Shaheen series of bi-annual exercises between the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) commenced in 2011 when, for the first time ever as part of Shaheen I, a PLAAF contingent with Su-27UBKs....read more
NATURAL OR TARGETED' ALLY
E. Dilipraj, Research Associate, CAPS
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff cancelled her state visit to USA after the revelation that the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on her and fellow Brazilians with their cyber espionage program “PRISM”. .....read more
(Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Centre for Air Power Studies, CAPS)
