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Propelled by incidents related to border disputes, Chinese opposition to the US-India nuclear energy deal, India’s angst over the growing trade deficit due to perceived Chinese unfair trade practices, potential Chinese plans to dam the Brahmaputra River, and the “war talk” in the official...

Australian uranium sale to India will be subjected to weak monitoring safeguards or ‘facility specific’ of IAEA, contrary to nuclear deals Australia has with other countries. Andrew Davies from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute highlighted IAEA’s inability to screen exactly where uranium...

a majority of people in the country still appear opposed to the idea of selling the mineral to New Delhi."More than 60% of Australians say they are against 'Australia selling uranium to India', with 39% saying they are 'strongly against'," according to the eight annual Lowy Institute poll 2012...

Bear in mind that currently the China-India nuclear balance is asymmetrical — Beijing can deter Delhi but Delhi is less confident it can deter Beijing. That reminds us that the biggest questions here are about geopolitics and crisis management. It will take ages before India can pose a serious...

If India permitted fair referendum in Kashmir, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura these states will definitely secede. If pushed to wall, even Punjab (Khalistan) and Seemandhra would secede. It is not democracy which 'holds India' together. It is Military and use of extreme force and...

In every arm deal, there is a huge money rolling in to the politicians pockets. If you think India buys arms to protect the people, i am sorry and i pity for you. Do not be over sentiment. Try to understand what is happening in the arms deal. Why very often our flights get crashed? Why the arms...

India's programme to build dams on the Jhelum, Chenab and Sindh rivers is a clear violation of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). About 92 percent of Pakistan is dependent on the Indus River system, and more than half the population is employed in agriculture. Pakistan has absolute rights on these...

The PRISM fiasco is so grave that the Watergate Scandal, Iraq War Logs (WikiLeaks), Plame Affair, Climate-gate, Operation Mincemeat pale in comparison. Pakistan must strongly protest against the heinous act by U.S. There is a need to dump down the veil of the sluggish policies of our Foreign...

Indian Generals were ever busy in maneuvering and utilizing their conventional superiority, and devised many plans too. With greater conventional superiority, they sometimes talked about a limited war, or of surgical strikes, sometimes of punishing Pakistan, once they were able to eliminate the...

Energy resources are imperative for the economic growth of any country. In this sense, the generation of nuclear power is one of the finest ways to support a country’s energy security. Pakistan is in dire need of electricity because the crippling energy crisis in the country is a larger threat...

Pakistan’s nuclear-capable cruise missiles have the potential to complicate India’s decision-making calculus and even constrain Indian strategic behaviour. First, Pakistan’s cruise missiles will pose a serious challenge to India’s fledgling missile defence system. Cruise missiles are virtually...