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India unveils new policy for buying weapons and platforms for its defence sector

by Nitin A Gokhale

01 Jun/13

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After three months of intense deliberations, the Indian Defence Ministry has come up with new norms to buy weapons and equipment for the Indian armed forces. DG Acquisition, Satish Agnihotri and his team, by the looks of the salient features released by the Defence Ministry, has managed to take most…

Build deterrence against China, stitch alliances with its adversaries: My prescription

by Nitin A Gokhale

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25 May/13

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Last week in Pune, friends wanted me to share my experience and thoughts on india-china relationship in the context of recent incursion in ladakh and premier li’s india visit. some friends who couldn’t come wanted me to upload the power point presentations. here’s an excerpt of those two talks with…

India-China: Looking back to re-imagine the future

by Nitin A Gokhale

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09 May/13

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Almost exactly four years ago, the outgoing UPA-I government’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was meeting for the last time before the results of the 2009 general elections were to be announced. The sole item on the agenda: Enhancing India’s military preparedness against China. According to insiders present at that…

India-China standoff: A peep in the past and view from the current impasse

by Nitin A Gokhale

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06 May/13

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Found this from my visit to Chushul, Demchok, Pangong in Jan 2010: http://t.co/roo7mLdzwC. Even if I say it myself, instructive to watch AND THIS ONE WRITTEN before THE STANDOFF ENDED FROM THE FAIR OBSERVER The India-China Face-Off: Testing Times for the Indian Leadership 5 May 2013 Nitin…

From Telegram to Twitter: 3 decades and more of fun

by Nitin A Gokhale

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30 Apr/13

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My first big purchase: the Brother portable Two years ago, as I completed three decades in journalism, our children asked me how it all began and how I feel looking back? Here’s what I had written then. Reproducing the piece here for many freinds and students of journalism who ask…